ProgPower Europe

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ProgPower Europe
Baarlo - The ProgPower City.jpg
GenreProgressive metal
DatesOctober
Location(s)Baarlo, Netherlands
Tilburg, Netherlands
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.progpowereurope.com

ProgPower Europe (formerly ProgPower) is a progressive metal festival held annually in the Netherlands since 1999. The next edition, the 22nd, will be held at Sjiwa in Baarlo from 1 – 3 October 2021. Notable headliners at the festival were Sons of Apollo, Evergrey and Caligula's Horse.

History[]

The beginnings of ProgPower Europe started in November 1998 by René Janssen (mostly known from his activities for the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages) decided the time had come for a special event in the progressive metal scene. So he started looking around for other prog metal fans who would be willing to organise a festival with him.[1] The first ProgPower Europe took place in November 1999 at 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands. All the follow on events have taken place at Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands.

ProgPower Europe Specials[]

Some special performances were given at ProgPower Europe:

  • In 2008 Wolverine played both on Saturday 4 October and on Sunday 5 October. On Saturday they played the same set they played 10 years before when they were headlining the first ProgPower festival. On Sunday they played their regular 2008 set.
  • In 2009 Evergrey surprised everybody with an acoustic set during the diner break.
  • In 2012 Persefone played Thursday night before ProgPower Europe in memory of Mikko Laine, who died in a truck accident the year before. Mikko Laine was the guitarplayer in the Finnish band Sole Remedy.
  • In 2013 Damian Wilson was doing an acoustic set and standup show (!). He also jumped on a table outside the venue during a break playing acoustic guitar and sing-a-long songs with the ProgPower family.
  • In 2014 Pain of Salvation played the whole of Remedy Lane, in addition to a regular set.

Lineups[]

Year Location Thursday / Friday Saturday Sunday
1999[2] 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands 14 November
2000 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 10 November 11 November
2001[3] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October 6 October
2002[4] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October
  • Threshold (UK)
  • (Canada)
  • Dead Soul Tribe (Austria))
  • (Hungary)
  • (Norway)
  • (Netherlands)
 6 October
2003[5] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 4 October 5 October
2004[6][7] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 2 October 3 October
2005[8] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 30 September
  • (Italy)
  • Time Line (Netherlands)
 1 October 2 October
2006[9] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 29 September 30 September 1 October
2007[10] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October
  • Thessera (Brazil)
  • Picture of the Moon (Netherlands)
 6 October 7 October
2008 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 3 October 4 October 5 October
2009[11] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 2 October 3 October 4 October
2010 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 1 October 2 October 3 October
2011 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 30 September 1 October 2 October
2012 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October

4 October

6 October 7 October
2013[12] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 4 October

3 October

  • Nehl Aëlin (France)
 5 October 6 October
  • The Ocean (Germany)
  • Wolverine (Sweden)
  • The Omega Experiment (US)
  • Toundra (Spain)
  • Ramage Inc. (UK)
  • Malicious Dream (Netherlands)
2014[13] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 2 October
  • Heavy Hoempa

3 October

4 October 5 October
2015 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 2 October 3 October 4 October
2016 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 30 September 1 October 2 October
2017 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October

6 October

7 October 8 October
  • Tesseract (UK)
  • Toehider (Australia)
  • Hemina (Australia)
  • (UK)
  • Organized Chaos (Serbia/Chile)
  • (Netherlands)
2018 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 4 October

preparty at Kasteel De Berckt

  • Spires (UK)

5 October

6 October 7 October

References[]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20001018033526/http://www.progpower.com/pp1999/index.htm
  2. ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 1999". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  3. ^ "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2001". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  4. ^ "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2002". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  5. ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2003". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  6. ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2004". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  7. ^ "PopFrontal.de review of ProgPower Europe 2004". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  8. ^ "ZwareMetalen.com review of ProgPower Europe 2005". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  9. ^ "ProgPower Europe 2006". Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
  10. ^ "ProgPower Europe 2007". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
  11. ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2009". Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  12. ^ http://www.avenoctum.com/2013/10/progpower-europe-baarlo-holland/
  13. ^ PROGPOWER EUROPE 2014 official LineUp, accessed May 23, 2014.
  14. ^ Pagan's Mind cancel announcement 2014 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane Set Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed Sept. 30. 2014

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