The Sea Within – a new art-rock supergroup formed by Roine Stolt (Transatlantic, The Flower Kings), Daniel Gildenlöw (Pain of Salvation), Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings, Karmakanic, The Tangent), Tom Brislin (Renaissance, Spiraling, Yes Symphonic, Deborah Harry) & Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Steven Wilson, UK, Joe Satriani) will join us on the rock on July 14 to present their very first album – We are already thrilled to listen to the result of this unique collaboration!
STEVE HOGARTH & ISILDURS BANE (with special guest RICHARD BARBIERI) confirmed. Swedish Prog veterans ISILDURS BANE will perform their highly acclaimed last album “Colours Not Found In Nature” and other tracks together with Marillion vocalist STEVE HOGARTH exclusively on Sunday, 15th July 2018 at the Night of the Prog Festival.
After their outstanding performance during our 10th anniversary festival in 2015, CAMEL will perform their masterpiece “Moonmadness” in its entirety on 14th July 2018 at the Night of the Prog Festival at the Loreley Amphitheater.
Winfried Völklein, CEO: “The way the 2018 line-up grows makes me very confident that it will be one of the finest we’ve ever had.
Camel is one of my favorite bands, so – after getting the news that they will do “Moonmadness” live in 2018 I had to take the chance and the engagement makes me very happy.”
For more information about CAMEL, visit their official website.
From Down Under to the River Rhine…
ANUBIS will hit the Loreley Stage for the first time on 15th of July 2018. The Progressive Rock band from Sydney, Australia will perform on 15th of July 2018.
The band has released four studio albums so far: ‘230503’ (2009), the critically acclaimed ‘A Tower of Silence’ (2011), ‘Hitchhiking to Byzantium’ (2014) and the fourth album, “The Second Hand”, has been released earlier in 2017. For more information about the band, visit their band camp website or the official website.
You can find the current lineup here.
For the first time on the rock: GENTLE KNIFE. The progressive rock band from Norway will perform on 15th of July 2018. The band has 11 members, all from Oslo. Their sound dives deep into 70’s prog rock, resurfacing with a modern take on the genre. After “Gentle Knife” (2015) and “Clock Unwound” (2017), the band is currently working on their 3rd album. We are looking forward to hear tracks of all three albums during the festival. You can find the current lineup here.
For the Night of the Prog Festival we offer two different camping options: Festival Camping and the premium AAA Camping. Both tickets are valid from Thursday, July 12, 4pm until Monday, July 16, 12pm. Each person has to purchase a ticket whether they are staying in a Caravan or Tent. See Camping & Hotels for more information.
We are very proud to announce polish prog rock veterans RIVERSIDE
After a difficult year with the passing of founding member Piotr Grudziński, Riverside made a triumphant return on stage this year. A new album is scheduled for next year and Riverside will play the Loreley on Friday, 13th July 2018.
We are very proud to announce for the first time on the rock: MYSTERY. This is an exclusive german appearance in 2018! To celebrate the release of their brand new studio album on this very day, Mystery will play a special 2 hours show this night.
Tickets for the Festival Campsite are now available in the Ticket Shop. Separate tickets as well as combined Camping/Festival-Tickets are available. At the same time we have updated our Camping FAQ. If you have any questions just use our social media channels or drop us an e-mail.
To offer a credit card based payment option, we have included PayPal in our online ticket shop. A credit card based payment option has been a popular request and we hope it will make things easier for some of you. Besides PayPal, you can still pay via wire transfer / bank transfer as usual.
3 times Prog Magazine’s Progressive Music Award Winner in different categories BIG BIG TRAIN will hit european mainland for the very first time to perform EXCLUSIVELY in 2018 at the Night of the Prog Festival on Friday 13th 2018. Once again: This is the only european mainland appearance in 2018 – don’t miss it!