ProgPower USA

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = ProgPower USA


location = Atlanta, Georgia
founders =
years_active= 2001 – present
dates = September/October
genre = Progressive metal
Power metal
website = [http://www.progpowerusa.com/ progpowerusa.com]

ProgPower USA is a progressive and power metal festival held annually in the United States since 2001. Its latest edition was held at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia on September 25 – September 27, 2008. It was headlined by Helloween, Amorphis and Iced Earth.cite web|url=http://www.progpowerusa.com/history.php|title=ProgPower USA History|accessdate=2007-10-15]

History

ProgPower USA began in 2001. The first festival was held in Lansing, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, at J.J. Kelley's.cite web|url=http://www.darkrhapsody.com/2007/12/22/glenn-harveston-i-think-i-have-reached-an-elite-level-with-this-festival/|title=Dark Rhapsody interview with ProgPower USA organizer Glenn Harveston|accessdate=2008-04-28] The subsequent events have been held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Earthlink Live (formerly and again Center Stage Atlanta).fact|date=October 2007 The festival has a wide reputation for high quality and a laid-back atmosphere. Band members frequently socialize with fans, and numerous artists have been known to attend even when not playing, including D. C. Cooper, Matt Smith of Theocracy, Jon Oliva of Savatage fame, Lance King, members of Evergrey, Dustin Mitchell and Curtis Morrell of Katagory V, Nick Van Dyke of Redemption, and Urban breed (Bloodbound, ex-Tad Morose).fact|date=October 2007

ProgPower USA continues to reach new fans and artists, because it is a great opportunity for both bands and fans. Many European bands have made their first (or only) North American appearances at the festival. Many fans who cannot (or do not) travel to see those bands in Europe have a unique opportunity to see them closer to home at ProgPower.

Lineups

February 2001

*Symphony X
*Pain of Salvation
*Evergrey
*Jag Panzer
*Destiny's End
*Ion Vein
*Reading Zero
*Zero Hour
*Power of Omens
*Etheria
*Onward

November 2001

*Symphony X
*Kamelot
*Evergrey
*ARK
*Angel Dust
*Steel Prophet
*Spiral Architect
*Nightingale
*Balance of Power
*Superior

2002

*Blind Guardian
*Gamma Ray
*Angra
*Pain of Salvation
*The Devin Townsend Band
*Edguy
*Threshold
*Silent Force
*Reading Zero
*Zero Hour

howcase

*Magistral
*Cea Serin
*Persephone's Dream

2003

*Nightwish
*Rage
*Symphony X
*Evergrey
*Circle II Circle
*Vanden Plas
*Secret Sphere
*Mercenary
*Pagan's Mind
*Redemption

howcase

*Katagory V
*Stride
*Prymary

2004

*Weapons of Mass Destruction
*Edguy
*Kamelot
*Pain of Salvation
*Tad Morose
*Brainstorm
*Wuthering Heights
*Dreamscape
*Adagio
*Into Eternity

howcase

*Prototype
*Magistral
*Enertia
*Halcyon Way

2005

*Stratovarius
*Angra
*Conception
*Therion
*Orphaned Land
*Pink Cream 69
*Symphorce
*Manticora
*Circus Maximus
*Stride

howcase

*Outworld
*Orphaned Land
*D.C. Cooper
*Dreamscape

2006

*Evergrey
*Jørn Lande
*Epica
*Mercenary
*Freak Kitchen
*Thunderstone
*Savage Circus
*Vision Divine
*Pyramaze
*Zero Hour

howcase

*Circle II Circle
*Leatherwolf
*Circus Maximus
*Theocracy

2007

*All Star Jam
*Sonata Arctica
*After Forever
*Primal Fear
*Pagan's Mind
*Threshold
*Redemption
*Virgin Steele
*Firewind
*Communic
*Raintime

howcase

*Freak Kitchen
*Cellador
*Krucible
*Halcyon Way

2008

*Iced Earth
*Amorphis
*Jon Oliva's Pain
*Riverside
*Mustasch
*Iron Savior
*Andromeda
*Rob Rock
*Elvenking
*Spheric Universe Experience
*Saint Deamon
*PathosrayConcerts considered part of ProgPower, but sold separately from the ProgPower Festival itself.
Hellish Rock World Tour
*Helloween
*Gamma Ray
*ManticoraSeparate Show
*Circle II Circle
*Midnight
*Eclipsed By Sanity

2009

*Fates Warning
*Andre Matos
*Brainstorm
*Royal Hunt
*Pagan's Mind
*Sabaton
*Orphaned Land
*Diablo Swing Orchestra
*Circus Maximus
*Tomorrow's Eve
*Power Quest

References

External links

* [http://www.progpowerusa.com/ Official website]