Coming to Reggie's in Chicago--Progtoberfest!

[Met-Al]

Holy crap!

Apparently, this was just announced today. If you're into progressive rock, you'd be hard pressed to find a better lineup in the midwest. Check this out:

Saturday, October 25th
Main Stage Acts:
Spock's Beard
Bigelf
Oblivion Sun
Jolly
Presto Ballet
Mano

Side Stage Acts:
Richard Sinclair Band
Thank You Scientist
The Mercury Tree
Dream The Electric Sleep
Zip Tang
Riddle House

Sunday, October 26th
Main Stage Acts:
Stick Men
Tu
District 97
Fire Garden

Side Stage Acts:
Colin Edwin
Adam Holzman
Tiles
Sonus Umbra
Pavlov
Hedgehog And The Fox

There's still at least one more band to be announced for the main stage for the 26th. Regular two day passes are $90, which is pretty sweet for any festival these days. For more information, visit www.reggieslive.com. The fest doesn't seem to have an official webpage or even a Facebook page at the moment, but Reggie's wouldn't post this information if it wasn't legit.


Stay metal (but give props to the prog!).
Albert

 

[Diabolik]

that is actually pretty crazy. I just saw this pop up too. Odd there was no talk of it anywhere before it hit it seems. Not a bad price for all those bands either. Plus they have great sound too.

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Presto Ballet

 

[TychoCelchu]

That is awesome! Unfortunately it's smack in the middle of the busiest stretch of the year (at least for me) so there's no way I'll make it.

 

[TheLongshot]

that is actually pretty crazy. I just saw this pop up too. Odd there was no talk of it anywhere before it hit it seems. Not a bad price for all those bands either. Plus they have great sound too.

There was actually talk it was coming on ProgressiveEars a couple of weeks ago, but no details until now.

 

[KingsGene]

Here's a decent writeup about it:
http://prog.teamrock.com/features/2014-10-10/the-prog-report-usa-7

 

[metalprof]

Here's a decent writeup about it:
http://prog.teamrock.com/features/2014-10-10/the-prog-report-usa-7

Sadly, unless I'm missing something, this seems to be one of those sites that requires you to Log in / Register simply to read the articles. Sigh.

 

[KingsGene]

Lame. I probably already signed up for it some time ago. Here's the text:

"While Prog festivals are fairly common in Europe, there have not been that many successful attempts in the US.; but a new two-day festival called Progtoberfest is coming up this October 25th-26th in Chicago. The festival will feature some of prog music’s most heralded groups as well as some startup outfits.

Saturday’s line-up includes newer bands Dream The Electric Sleep, Thank You Scientist and Jolly, as well as prog heavy hitters Bigelf, Richard Sinclair and Spock’s Beard. Sundays’ line-up features Stick Men, TU (w/Trey Gunn), Scale The Summit, Adam Holzman and Burnt Belief. Overall, there are a number of incredible bands that round out the two days.

Founder Kevin Pollack says he decided to put on the festival because of his love for the prog genre and the need for a prog festival in his area of Chicago. “I was raised on prog; the old stuff and the new stuff. I listened to it religiously growing up, especially Genesis and Porcupine Tree. So I think it's really cool to be a part of that genre. I've always heard about the other prog festivals people put on like Nearfest and RoSfest, so I said to myself, ‘There should be a prog festival in Chicago that should be yearly.’ So this happened. I actually put on ‘Prog Night’ at the Arcada last year with District 97, Three Friends and the Neal Morse Band and it was such a success I thought putting on a festival would be cool.”

Pollack had had some experience, being a booking agent and talent buyer for a local venue known as Reggies, where the festival will take place. He more recently made the jump into promotion. The bands for the festival were chosen “based on good recommendations through word of mouth, some bands that I really like and some bands Robby Glick, the owner of Reggies, liked. If it weren't for Reggies and Robby Glick, this festival wouldn't be happening so I have him to thank.”

He says the excitement for the festival has been great and hopes that it will only continue to grow. “So far the response has been going well but we're still pushing hard. This is the first of its kind and we want it to be a success so we can do it again next year!”

The good news is there are already plans to continue the festival. “I plan to put this festival on year round. We might have another location next year. We might handle things differently next year. We're just gonna wait to see how this year pans out first!”

More more information on Progtoberfest, see here. "

 

[KingsGene]

Did anybody go to this fest?