Category Archives: Festivals

HRH: Prog 2 – First acts announced!

Posted on Monday, 15th July 2013 by Léon

HRH presents HRH: Prog 2 Festival, in proud association with Prog Magazine, is pleased to announce Fish, Focus, The Pineapple Thief, Quasar and Hawklords among the initial confirmed acts for next spring’s event. Running from March 20-23 2014 the second … Continue reading →

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Summers End tickets on sale

Posted on Monday, 15th July 2013 by Léon

Day tickets have gone on sale for this year’s

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Leap Day and Northern Prog Festival

Posted on Wednesday, 19th June 2013 by Léon

Leap Day is currently working on a new album called “From The Days Of Deucalion (chapter 1)”. We’re aiming for a release in October this year. We’ve made a clip of the song “Haemus”, which will be a track of … Continue reading →

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Danfest 3

Posted on Sunday, 9th June 2013 by Léon

Tickets for this year’s Danfest, headlined by DeeExpus and Haken, have now gone on sale. Joining DeeExpus at The Musician venue in Leicester on the first night will be Godsticks plus The Fierce And The Dead. The other bands playing … Continue reading →

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Rush To Play European Festivals In 2014?

Posted on Wednesday, 22nd May 2013 by Léon

Canadian prog legends Rush play their first Euro fest in 34 years when they land at Sweden Rock Festival next month, and according to Geddy Lee, it might not be so long before they don their tents and wellies again…

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Profuna Ocean wins Dutch Exposure

Posted on Wednesday, 8th May 2013 by Léon

Profuna Ocean has won Dutch Exposure, and thus a record deal with FREIA Music. During the live-event last week the band perfomed alongside two other finalists Trip Trigger and Incidense. All three bands set a solid performance on stage. The … Continue reading →

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ProgPower Europe 2013

Posted on Saturday, 4th May 2013 by Léon

This year we celebrate our 15th edition, once again at JC Sjiwa – Baarlo – 4-6 October 2013 – The Netherlands. This year we will book 14 bands, 2 for Friday evening and both 6 for Saturday and Sunday. Back … Continue reading →

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Loop reunite for final festival

Posted on Saturday, 4th May 2013 by Léon

Loop have reunited and are planning live appearances this year and next, mainman Robert Hampson has confirmed. The lineup, including John Wills, Neil Mackay and Scott Dowson, will curate the last-ever All Tomorrow’s Parties festival at the end of November, … Continue reading →

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Tangent man comes to Frost* rescue at Celebr8.2

Posted on Saturday, 4th May 2013 by Léon

The audience at this year’s Celebr8 festival will be treated to a one-off set by headliners Frost* after Jem Godfrey broke his finger. The Tangent mainman Andy Tillison has volunteered to cover Godfrey’s keyboard parts, while the injured man will … Continue reading →

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Night Of The Prog Festival

Posted on Thursday, 25th April 2013 by Léon

Devin Townsen Project have been confirmed as second headliner for the second evening of this year’s Night Of The Prog Festival. The eighth edition of the event takes place on July 13 and 14 at the Loreley Amphitheater in Sankt … Continue reading →

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ROCK ITtervoort

Posted on Wednesday, 17th April 2013 by Léon

Landmarq (UK), Knight Area (NL), Martigan (DE) and Silhouette (NL) are the bands for the 7th edition of ROCK ITtervoort. For the first time in history their will be 4 bands performing at ROCK ITtervoort. As usual these bands come … Continue reading →

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Support the Electric Garden Festival

Posted on Thursday, 11th April 2013 by Léon

The second Electric Garden Festival is set to take place on May 3 and 4 in Blackpool (UK) – but organisers need your support to make sure the event can go ahead securely. The lineup features Karnataka, Comedy Of Errors, … Continue reading →

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Night Of The Prog Festival

Posted on Friday, 5th April 2013 by Léon

Opeth have been confirmed as headliner for the second evening of this year’s Night Of The Prog Festival. The eighth edition of the event takes place on July 13 and 14 at the Loreley Amphitheater in Sankt Goarshausen, Germany – … Continue reading →

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Electric Garden Festival 2013

Posted on Saturday, 23rd March 2013 by bob

This Year’s Festival is nearly upon us. We need pledges now to help the event take place. You’ll be helping History be made as this is the first ever crowd funded Prog Festival! You’re not risking any money (just pledging) … Continue reading →

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Focus headline Summer’s End

Posted on Thursday, 21st March 2013 by Léon

Focus will headline this year’s Summers End Festival, organisers have announced. They’ve also added Fragile Featuring Claire Hamill, Silhouette plus Sean Filkins And Band to the bill, with more acts to be added in due course. Summers End boss Stephen … Continue reading →

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