ProgPower Europe
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| ProgPower Europe | |
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| Genre | Progressive metal, power metal |
| Dates | October |
| Location(s) | Baarlo, Netherlands Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Years active | 1999–present |
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ProgPower Europe (formerly ProgPower) is a progressive and power metal festival held annually in the Netherlands since 1999. The latest edition, the 17th, was held at Sjiwa in Baarlo from 2 October – 4 October 2015. Headliners were Pagan's Mind, Leprous and Myrath.
History[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Lineups[edit]
| year | location | Thursday / Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 1999[2] | 013 in Tilburg, Netherlands | 14 November
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| 2000 | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 10 November
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11 November
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| 2001[3] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 5 October
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6 October
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| 2002[4] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 5 October
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6 October
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| 2003[5] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 4 October
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5 October
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| 2004[6][7] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 2 October
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3 October
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| 2005[8] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 30 September
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1 October
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2 October
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| 2006[9] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 29 September
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30 September
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1 October |
| 2007[10] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 5 October
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6 October
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7 October
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| 2008 | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 3 October
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4 October | 5 October
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| 2009[11] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 2 October
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3 October
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4 October
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| 2010 | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 1 October | 2 October | 3 October
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| 2011 | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 30 September
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1 October
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2 October
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| 2012 | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 5 October
4 October
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6 October
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7 October
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| 2013[12] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 4 October
3 October
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5 October
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6 October |
| 2014[13] | Sjiwa in Baarlo, Netherlands | 2 October
3 October |
4 October | 5 October
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References[edit]
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20001018033526/http://www.progpower.com/pp1999/index.htm
- ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 1999". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2001". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "Vampster review of ProgPower Europe 2002". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2003". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2004". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "PopFrontal.de review of ProgPower Europe 2004". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "ZwareMetalen.com review of ProgPower Europe 2005". Retrieved September 5, 2008.
- ^ "ProgPower Europe 2006". Archived from the original on July 18, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- ^ "ProgPower Europe 2007". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- ^ "DPRP review of ProgPower Europe 2009". Retrieved October 6, 2010.
- ^ http://www.avenoctum.com/2013/10/progpower-europe-baarlo-holland/
- ^ PROGPOWER EUROPE 2014 official LineUp, accessed May 23, 2014.
- ^ Pagan's Mind cancel announcement 2014
- ^ Pain Of Salvation Remedy Lane Set, accessed Sept. 30. 2014
