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Nearfest





LIST OF ALL FESTIVALS AND PERFORMERS

NEARfest 2006 (June 24-25, 2006, Tickets on sale March 18th at 11am)

Keith Emerson , Ozric Tentacles , Ange , FM (band) , Michael Manring , Richard Leo Johnson , Niacin (band) , Riverside (band) , Guapo (band) , and KBB

(Progressive Arts Preshow: Hatfield And The North and The Tony Levin Band )

NEARfest 2005

Le Orme , IQ (band) , Present (band) , Kenso , Steve Roach , Matthew Parmenter , The Muffins , Frogg Cafe , Wobbler , and Knight Area

(Progressive Arts Preshow: PFM and Proto-Kaw )

NEARfest 2004

Strawbs , Univers Zero , Mike Keneally Band , Planet X , Richard Pinhas , Sean Malone , Metamorfosi , Pallas (band) , Yezda Urfa , and Hidria Spacefolk

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NEARfest 2003

Camel (band) , Magma , The Flower Kings , Anglagard , Kraan , Tunnels , Glass Hammer , Alamaailman Vasarat , High Wheel , and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

(, Woodenhead , and IZZ )

NEARfest 2002

Steve Hackett , Nektar , Echolyn , Caravan (band) , Isildurs Bane , Enchant , Miriodor , Gerard , La Torre Dell'Alchimista , and Spaced Out

(, Dr. Nerve , and Dysrythmia )

NEARfest 2001

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso , Porcupine Tree , Deus Ex Machina (band) , After Crying , White Willow , California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin , Djam Karet , Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic , The Underground Railroad (band) , and Under The Sun

(Independently organized preshow: Land Of Chocolate , The Red Masque , and Wine Of Nails )

NEARfest 2000

Transatlantic (band) , Happy The Man , Anekdoten , Par Lindh Project , Iluvatar , Il Balletto Di Bronzo , DFA , Thinking Plague , North Star (band) , and Nexus (Argentina)

(Official Preshow: Echolyn and Priam )

NEARfest 1999

Spock's Beard , IQ (band) , Solaris (band) , Mastermind , Larry Fast , Crucible , Scott McGill's Hand Farm , Ice Age (band) , Alaska (band) , and Nathan Mahl


FACTS & TRIVIA



  • In 2002 and 2003, NEARfest moved to Trenton, New Jersey at the Patriots Theater inside the Trenton War Memorial, which houses 1,850 seats.


  • To date, all NEARfests have been complete sellouts, some in as short as 30 minutes.



  • Richard Williams, guitar player for Kansas , made a guest appearance at NEARfest 2003 with Glass Hammer and performed the song "Portrait (He Knew)".


  • Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater appeared at NEARfest 2004 to watch his old band mate Derek Sherinian play with his band Planet X . Mike also announced the band before their performance.



  • NEARfest Records was launched in 2003 to release live performances from NEARfest.



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