ProgPower Europe

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ProgPower Europe
Baarlo - The ProgPower City.jpg
Genre Progressive metal
DatesOctober
Location(s) Baarlo, Netherlands
Tilburg, Netherlands
Years active1999–present
FoundersRene Janssen
Website progpowereurope.com

ProgPower Europe (formerly ProgPower) is a progressive metal festival held annually in the Netherlands since 1999. Notable headliners have included Sons of Apollo, Evergrey, and Caligula's Horse.

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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. A contest was held to name the festival; Peter Renfro (founder of the ProgDay Festival in the US) submitted ProgPower, which was deemed the best. So René 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:

Lineups

YearLocationThursday / FridaySaturdaySunday
1999 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands14 November
2000Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands10 November11 November
2001 [2] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands5 October6 October
2002 [3] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands5 October6 October
2003Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands4 October5 October
2004 [4] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands2 October3 October
2005 [5] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands30 September
  • Mind Key (Italy)
  • Time Line (Netherlands)
1 October2 October
2006 [6] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands29 September30 September1 October
2007 [7] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands5 October
  • Thessera (Brazil)
  • Picture of the Moon (Netherlands)
6 October7 October
2008Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands3 October4 October5 October
2009Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands2 October3 October4 October
2010Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands1 October2 October3 October
2011Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands30 September1 October2 October
2012Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands5 October

4 October

6 October7 October
2013 [8] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands4 October

3 October

  • Nehl Aëlin (France)
5 October6 October
  • The Ocean (Germany)
  • Wolverine (Sweden)
  • The Omega Experiment (US)
  • Toundra (Spain)
  • Ramage Inc. (UK)
  • Malicious Dream (Netherlands)
2014 [9] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands2 October
  • Heavy Hoempa

3 October

4 October5 October
2015Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands2 October3 October4 October
2016Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands30 September1 October2 October
2017Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands5 October

6 October

7 October8 October
2018Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands4 October

preparty at Kasteel De Berckt

  • Spires (UK)

5 October

6 October7 October

References

  1. "ProgPower - Progressive & Power metal Festival". www.progpower.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2000. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2001". October 16, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  3. "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2002". October 22, 2002. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  4. "PopFrontal.de review of ProgPower Europe 2004" . Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  5. "ZwareMetalen.com review of ProgPower Europe 2005". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  6. "ProgPower Europe 2006". Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
  7. "ProgPower Europe 2007". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
  8. "ProgPower Europe, Friday 4th to Sunday 6th October 2013 at Baarlo, Holland. ⋆ Ave Noctum". October 13, 2013.
  9. PROGPOWER EUROPE 2014 official LineUp, accessed May 23, 2014.
  10. Pagan's Mind cancel announcement 2014 Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane Set Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , accessed Sept. 30. 2014