Music festivals are the best way to tackle your band bucket list. Here at Proglodytes, we thought we would try and compile a list of all of the progressive rock/metal music festival that we knew of, in case there is one that is happening close to you. If you are aware of one that we left off, or if we need to update any details, please let us know, and we’ll make sure to keep it up to date.

North America

Cruise to the Edge

Date: February 3-8 2018

Venue: Cruise Ship

City, Country: Florida, USA- Belize & Costa Maya

Website: http://cruisetotheedge.com/

Bands: Yes, Marillion, Steve Hackett, Sons of Apollo, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, Martin Barre (of Jethro Tull), Saga, Anathema, Gong, Haken, Focus, Glass Hammer, Adrian Belew Power Trio, Lifesigns, Knifeworld, Stick Men, Sound of Contact, Moon Safari, IO Earth, Bad Dreams, Dave Kerzner, Casey McPherson, Thank You Scientist, Baraka, Eric Gillette, Brook Hansen, Late Night Live and The Art of Roger Dean

RoSFest

Date: May 4-6 2018

Venue: Majestic Theater

City, Country: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania USA

Website: https://rosfest.com/

Bands: Flor de Loto, District 97, Cell15, Perfect Beings, Shadow Merchant, Special Providence, Barock Project, PFM, Brand X, Threshold, Valdez, Lines in the Sky

Terra Incognita Prog Festival

Date: May 18-20 2018

Venue: La Chapelle

City, Country: Quebec, Canada

Website: www.terraincognita.quebec

Bands: Annule, Time for Pink Floyd, Cirkus, Hamadryad, Wobbler, Cellar Noise, Aerostation, Moon Safari

ProgDay

Date: September 1-2, 2018

Venue: Storybook Farm

City, Country: Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA

Website: http://www.progday.net/

Bands: Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores Geph , Karmic Juggernaut, Ovrfwrd , Pixie Ninja, Fernando Perdomo & The Out To Sea Band, Soften The Glare

Seaprog 2018

Date: June 1-3, 2018

Venue: Royal Room, Columbia City Theater

City, Country: Seattle, Washington USA

Website: http://seaprogfest.org/

Bands: Bubblemath, Cantrip, Cheer-Accident, Clearly Beloved, Faun Fables, Free Salamander Exhibit, Himiko Cloud, Inner Ear Brigade, Moraine, Ocelot Omelot, Spontaneous Rex, The Mercury Tree

ProgPower USA XVIII 2018

Date: September 6-9 2017

Venue: Center Stage Theater

City, Country: Atlanta, Georgia USA

Website: http://progpowerusa.com/

Bands: James Labrie, Redemption, Labyrinth, Bloodbound, Persefone, Manimal, Voyager, Nocturnal Ritues, Gloryhammer, Ross the Boss, Angra, Dream Evil, Kingcrow, Cellar Darling, Tyga, Alestorm, Vuur, Soen, Eclipse, Triosphere

Progstock 2018

Date: October 5-7, 2018

Venue: Union County Performing Arts Center in .TBD

City, Country: Rahway, New Jersey, USA

Website: http://www.progstock.com/

Bands: Evership, Mystery, Orpheus Nine, Enchant, IQ, Accordo die Contrari, Ryche Clanda & Flying Dreams, Tom Brislin & Firneds, In Continuum (new Dave Kerzner project), Michael Sadler (of Saga), Stratospheerius, Dark Beauty, Steve Unruh

Progtoberfest IV

Date: October 19-21, 2018

Venue: Reggies Chicago

City, Country: Chicago, Illinois USA

Website: http://www.reggieslive.com/

Bands: The Ultimate Queen Celebration Feat. Marc Martel, Screaming Headless Torso, Oak, Escaper, Gramps the Vamp, The Nick D’Virgilio Project, Tempano, Inner Ear Brigade, No More Pain, Paul Wrtico and Friends, Soften the Glare, Bubblemath, The Cyberiam, Valdez, Farmhouse Odyssey, Ad Astra, Lybria, The Gabriel Construct, Neal Morse, Dinosaur Exhibit (feat Jerry Goodman), ABACAB- The Music of Genesis, Unreal City, Jeavestone, The Twenty Committee, Strange Changes, Alpha Lighting System, School of Rock, FM, Bill Brufort/Allan Holdsworth Tribute (featuring members of District 97, Lovely Little Girls, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Axon-Neuron, Westward, Ovadya, Coyote Man, Soft Machine, The Transonic Experience, Mobius Strip, The Chicago Zappa Collective, The Knells, Lucille Furs, Little Atlas, The Devil’s Staircase, Fischer’s Flicker

Europe

Complexity Fest

Date: February 23, 2018

Venue: Patronaat Haarlem

City, Country: Haarlem, The Netherlands

Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1854536728210165/

Bands: Carnifex, The Faceless, Blanck Mass, VOLA, John Drum, Oceano, Three Trapped Tigers, Employed to Serve, Aversions Crown, Dodecahedron, God Mother, PoiL, Disentomb, Ulsect.

Progdreams VI

Date: March 2-4, 2018

Venue: Boerderij Cultuurpodium

City, Country: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands

Website: https://www.facebook.com/progdreams/

Bands: Steve Rothery Band, Tim Bowness, Magenta, Celestial Fire, Kaprekar’s Constant, Cairo, Alan Reed & The Daughters of Expediency, Lifesigns, Bent Knee, Golden Caves, Blind Ego

HRH Prog VI

Date: March 16-19, 2017

Venue: Camp HRH

City, Country: Pwllheli, North Wales

Website: http://www.hrhprog.com/

Bands: Uriah Heep, Magnum, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, Mostly Autumn, Focus, Caravan, Von Hertzen Brothers, Magenta, Threshold, Hawklords, Heather Findlay, Edgar Broughton, Touchstone, David Cross Band, Krankshaft, IO Earth, The Fierce and the Dead, Godsticks, Multistory, Kepler Ten, Kyros, The Tirith, The Far Meadow, Wheel, Sonic Tapestry, Ghost Community, Third Quadrant, L’Anima, Cairo

Artrock Festival V

Date: April 6-8, 2018

Venue:Neuberinhaus Reichenbach

City, Country: Vogtland, Germany

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Artrock-Festival-Reichenbach-985219821539737/

Bands: Dana Fuchs, Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, Mostly Autumn, Huis, Ken Hensley, Lazuli, Anima Mundi, Siena Root, Jadis, IO Earth, Asgard, Barock Project, Collage, Crystal Palace, Lift, Toxic Smile, Ubi Major

The Winter’s End Progressive Rock Festival 2018

Date: April 27-29, 2018

Venue: The Drill Hall, Lower Church St, Chepstow

City, Country: Chepstow, England

Website: http://www.summersend.co.uk/wintersend.html

Bands: Gordon Giltrap, Carrie Martin, Arena, Mystery, Lifesigns, C: Live Collective (featuring Clive Mitten), Presto Ballet, Frequency Drift, Galahad, Verbal Delirium, Alan Reed and the Daughters of Expediency, MultiStory, Hekz, L’Anima, Karmamoi

Gouveia Art Rock Festival

Date: May 4-6, 2018

Venue: Teatro-Cine

City, Country: Gouveia, Portugal

Website: https://www.facebook.com/GouveiaArtRock/?fref=ts&hc_location=ufi

Bands: Bent Knee, Camembert, Flairck, David Cross Band+David Jackson, Jose Cid, Magna Carta, Steve Hackett

Close to the Rain

Date: June 7-9, 2018

Venue: Garage Bergen

City, Country: Bergen, Norway

Website: https://www.facebook.com/closetotherain.no/

Bands: Anekdoten, Major Parkinson, Tusmorke, Saluki, Arabs in Aspic, Alwanzatar, Jordsjo, Ring Van Moebius, Pixie Ninja, Kabaret Makaber, Det Skandalose Orkester

Midummer Prog Festival

Date: June 23, 2018

Venue: Openluchttheater

City, Country: Valkenburg, The Netherlands

Website: http://midsummerprog.com/

Bands: Riverside, The Gathering, Amplifier, Lazuli, Lesoir

Be Prog! My Friend

Date: June 29-30, 2018

Venue: Poble Espanyol

City, Country: Barcelona, Spain

Website: http://www.beprogmyfriend.com/

Bands: A Perfect Circle, Pain of Salvation, Gazpacho, Oranssi Pazuzu, Persefone, Katatonia, Sons of Apollo, Plini

Night of the Prog Festival XIII

Date: July 13-15 2018

Venue: Loreley Amphitheater

City, Country: Sankt Goarshausen, Germany

Website: http://www.nightoftheprogfestival.com/en/home-2/

Bands: Riverside, Big Big Train, Threshold, Antimatter, Retrospective, Camel, The Sea Within, Mystery, Wobbler, Rikard Sjoblom’s Gungly, Smalltape, Steve Hogarth & Isildurs Bane (with special guest Richard Barbieri), Ange, Tiger Moth Tales, Gentle Knife, Anubis

Festival Rock au Chateau de Villersexel

Date: August 4, 2018

Venue: Château de Villersexel

City, Country: Villersexel, France

Website: https://www.rockauchateau.fr/

Bands: Karma Rassa, Karcius, Jack Dupon, Raymod

A New Day Festival 2018

Date: August 3-5 2018

Venue: Mount Ephraim Gardens

City, Country: Faversham, UK

Website: http://www.anewdayfestival.com/

Bands: Atomic Rooster, Bemis, Bernie Torme, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, Caravan, Curved Air, Gerry Colvin Band, Gong, Hawkwind, Hugh Cornwell, John Coghlan’s Quo, John Otway, Kanda Bongo Man, Martin Barre and Band, RutsDC, Son of MAN, Syd Arthur, Ten Years After, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Gift, The Mentulls, Tygers of Pan Tang, Vikki Clayton

Crescendo

Date: August 18-21, 2018

Venue: Esplanade du Concié

City, Country: Saint Palais Sur Mer, France

Website: http://festival-crescendo.com

Bands: Ars Nova, Akiko’s Cosmic Space, Tryo, Galaad, On The Raw, Yang, Julian, Electric Swan, Karcius, Mörglbl, Franck Carducci

2Days Prog +1 Festival

Date: September 7-9 2018

Venue: Piazzetta della Musica

City, Country: Veruno Novara, Italy

Website: https://www.facebook.com/VerunoProgRockFestival/

Bands: Amon Duul II, Threshold, Vanilla Fudge, Ange, BMS, Van Herzen Brothers, Kyros, Panther, Magic Pie, The Universe By Ear, Smalltape

Euroblast 2018

Date: October 5-7, 2018

Venue: Essigfabrik

City, Country: Cologne, Germany

Website: http://www.euroblast.net/en/

Bands: Monuments, VOLA, Hypno5e, Destiny, Potato, Vitalism

ProgPower Europe

Date: October 5-7 2018

Venue: JC SJIWA

City, Country: Baarlo, The Netherlands

Website: http://www.progpowereurope.com/

Bands: Major Parkinson, Need, The Thirteenth Sun, Ramage Inc, DVNE, more TBA

The Summer’s End Festival

Date: October 4-7, 2018

Venue: The Drill Hall

City, Country: Chepstow, England

Website: http://www.summersend.co.uk/

Bands: Lazuli, Magenta, Moonparticle, Tim Bowness, Landmarq, Kaprekar’s Constant, Toxic Smile, Frequency Drift, Edensong, September Code, Golden Caves, When Mary

Very Prog Festival

Date: October 12-13, 2018

Venue: 2, Rond-point Madame de Mondonville

City, Country: Toulouse, France

Website: https://www.facebook.com/pg/veryprogfestival/about/?ref=page_internal

Bands: Sons of Apollo, Persefone, Caligula’s Horse, DGM, Spheric Universe Experience, Soul Secret, Taotopia, Amon-Sethis, Metronum