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ProgPower Europe

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ProgPower Europe
GenreProgressive metal
DatesOctober
Location(s)Baarlo, Netherlands
Tilburg, Netherlands
Years active1999–present
FoundersRene Janssen
Websiteprogpowereurope.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.

History

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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

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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

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Year Location Thursday / Friday Saturday Sunday
1999 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands 14 November
2000 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 10 November 11 November
2001[2] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October 6 October
2002[3] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 5 October 6 October
2003 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 4 October 5 October
2004[4] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 2 October 3 October
2005[5] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 30 September
  • Mind Key (Italy)
  • Time Line (Netherlands)
 1 October 2 October
2006[6] Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 29 September 30 September 1 October
2007[7] 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 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[8] 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[9] 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
2018 Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands 4 October

preparty at Kasteel De Berckt

  • Spires (UK)

5 October

6 October 7 October

References

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  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
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