ProgStock Announce 2023 Dates, Lineup and New Venue

Our first set of official lineup announcements!

Posted on  by ProgStock Festival

Last night, on The Waiting Room with The Prog Doctor on House of Prog Radio, we made our first set of official lineup announcements.

Joining us this year will be:

  • Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear
  • Dave Kerzner, with a new album, full band, and audiovisual experience
  • Matt Dorsey, with a full band
  • Mystery
  • Rachel Flowers
  • The Mahavishnu Project
  • Unitopia

Exhibitors:

  • Bob Moog Foundation featuring Robeone (Robert Schindler)
  • The Bandwagon USA
  • ProgRock.com

More to come!

A New Home!

After 6 years, ProgStock has a new home in 2023!

The Williams Center in Rutherford, NJ, a 101-year-old performing arts center in the heart of Rutherford, located at 1 Williams Plaza, Rutherford, NJ 07070, will be the home of the ProgStock Festival in 2023 and (we hope) for many years to come!

We bid a fond farewell to our former home, the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ. We will especially miss her crew, but the time has come to make a fresh start!

Ticket sales will start on Saturday, June 3rd at 12:00PM US Eastern time with our ProgDucer passes. 

Our 5-year Patron passes are already available with your choice of the best available seat this year and for future years at ProgStock, plus many other incredibly awesome perks! Contact us now for details before tickets start selling to the general public.

ProgStock 2023 Ticket Options & On-Sale Dates

Available NOW until October 6, 2023:

ProgStock 5-Year Patron Pass: Click below for details!

Hint: This lets you lock-in the best available seat this year and for future years at ProgStock…plus many other incredibly awesome perks!


Available starting June 3, 2023:

Prog-Ducer 3-Day Pass: $295 USD (plus taxes & fees)

  • Early access to the lobby each day (30 minutes before regular attendees)
  • Priority access to artist meet-and-greets each day (after 5-Year Patrons)
  • Merchandise package, including some special items only for Prog-Ducers:
    • Exclusive ProgStock 2023 Prog-Ducer Wristband (wear it proudly!)
    • Other special items (to be determined) exclusive to Prog-Ducers
    • Select items from our ProgStock 2023 merchandise catalog
  • Festival Poster, Wristband, and Program (contains autograph pages!)
  • Option to pre-order Festival T-Shirt (in your style/size, at a discount!)

Available starting June 17, 2023:

Regular 3-Day Pass: $185 USD (plus taxes & fees)

  • Access to artist meet-and-greets each day (after Prog-Ducers)
  • Festival Poster, Wristband, and Program (contains autograph pages!)
  • Option to pre-order Festival T-Shirt (in your style/size, at a discount!)

Available starting September 5, 2023:

Single-Day Pass: $50/$80/$80 USD (plus taxes & fees)

  • Friday: $50 USD, Saturday: $80 USD, Sunday: $80 USD
  • Access to artist meet-and-greets that day (after Prog-Ducers)

Available starting in mid-September:

Live-Streaming: $10-$15 USD (for each performance)

Can’t make it to the festival this year, but want to join in the fun from the comfort of your own home? Each main stage performance of this year’s festival will be broadcast as a separately ticketed event on the StageIt livestreaming platform. Prices for these livestreamed shows are very affordable, so feel free to throw us onto the big screen at home and join us for as many of our stellar performances as you wish!

NOTE: If you have any difficulty purchasing tickets, please contact us at (252) 402-5395 or attendees@progstock.com.

Dave Bainbridge Announces Lifesigns & Solo Tour Dates + Iona Box Set

Lifesigns UK tour, which starts in Swindon on Friday! All going well, the band is sounding great and we’re introducing a few new tunes to the set. Hope some of you can make it along – full gig list below. Last weekend I recorded the guitar parts for a new 15 minute epic piece for the forthcoming Lifesigns album. The track is called ‘Altitude‘ and is sounding amazing. It won’t be included in the set as we’re still working on completing it and it will need a lot of rehearsal, but I hope it will be ready to be included in subsequent tours later in the year!

On tour with Lifesigns, Fernando Perdomo, Sally Minnear & Strawbs!

LIFESIGNS SPRING UK TOUR
MARCH 6th Fri 20:30  Level III, Swindon
MARCH 7th Sat 19:00 Acapela Studios, Cardiff (Pentyrch)
MARCH 8th Sun 19:00, The 1865, Southampton
MARCH 11th Wed 19:30, The Half Moon Putney, London
MARCH 13th Fri 19:00, The Queen Victoria Hall, Oundle
MARCH 14th Sat 19:00, The Brickmakers, Norwich
MARCH 15th Sun 19:30, Chinnerys, Southend-on-Sea
MARCH 22nd Sun 12:00, Fusion Music Festival 2020
MARCH/APRIL 27th March – April 1st, Cruise to the Edge 2020
(Ticket links and further info here!!)

FERNANDO PERDOMO’S OUT TO SEA BAND
MARCH/APRIL 27th March – April 1st, Cruise to the Edge 2020

DAVE BAINBRIDGE & SALLY MINNEAR SUMMER 2020 UK TOUR
24th May Cliff Festival – Derbyshire (one hour set at 4pm)
6th June – Folkestone (private concert)
11th June Hartlepool St George’s, Park Road, Hartlepool  TS26 9HP 
13th June Leigh Christchurch, Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 4HT
14th June Halifax Engine Room, Dean Clough Mill
18th June Leicester – The Musician, Doors 8pm
25th June Burnley – Mechanics (Front Room)
26th June Leeds (Acoustic Nights @ The Barn), Sugar Well Road, Meanwood, Leeds LS7 2QG
More Info: text 07946754599
27th June Sheffield – Lantern Theatre, 7.30pm tickets £16 from
28th June Stretham House Concerts (near Ely)
3rd July Trading Boundaries, Sheffield Green, Sussex
4th July New Forest Folk Festival, (near Romsey, Hampshire)  
5th July The Old Rectory – Sutton Benger, (near Swindon/Bath) 
15th August Canterbury – St Gregory’s Centre for Music, Canterbury Christ Church University
*Tickets coming soon*

DAVE BAINBRIDGE (SOLO)
15th June The Royal Oak, Hampton, London
(Dave playing 1/2 hour set at the Jam Night – free entry!)

STRAWBS ELECTRIC BAND UK TOUR
(Further info here)
17th June Cheese & Grain, Frome
19th June Clarence Hall, Abergavenny, Wales
20th June Trading Boundaries, East Sussex
21st June Cambridge Rock Festival, Peterborough
22nd June Robin 2, Bilston
23rd June The Stables, Wavendon

As mentioned in the previous newsletter, another very exciting project I’ve been working on with Rob Ayling from Gonzo Multimedia is a new Iona 30th Anniversary box set!! Actually this will be the first of several Iona box set releases and will be titled ‘The Book of Iona’ In the past few weeks I’ve been going through my extensive archive of Iona recordings, looking for things to include on the companion disk which will accompany each of the studio albums and I’ve discovered some amazing stuff! Previously unreleased songs, original demo tapes, alternate mixes, live recordings I’d completely forgotten about etc!! A real treasure trove for all Iona fans. I played some of these to Rob the other day and he was blown away by what I’d found – some real gems, including a recording from August 1989 of the very first time Joanne and I got together to record demos of some of her just written songs for the first album! It’s taking me a while to go through everything and choose what to include, but the recordings give an incredible insight into the background behind the band’s albums and working methods. Above is an illustration of how the box set will look. I saw a prototype of the box a few days ago and it looks really great – very substantial and classy – a real coffee table item! More on this soon and on the new Open Sky Records online store, which will be launching very soon!!

20 Essential Albums of 2018 by Kev Rowland

No. 1
Yagull – Yuna
Self-released
December 2, 2018
https://yagull-moonjune.bandcamp.com/track/yuna-2

No. 2
Galahad – Seas of Change

Self-released
January 22, 2018
https://galahad1.bandcamp.com/album/seas-of-change

No. 3
Michael – Alan Taylor Avalonia (The Sonnets of Guinevere)

Melodic Revolution Records
June 29, 2018
https://michael-alantaylor.bandcamp.com

No.4
Bomber Goggles – Gyreland
Melodic Revolution Records
March 21, 2018
https://bombergoggles.bandcamp.com

No. 5.
Tiger Moth Tales – Story Tellers Part Two
Self-releasedTalking Elephant
October 18, 2018
https://tigermothtales.bandcamp.com/album/story-tellers-part-two

No. 6
Ashley Hutchings – Paradise And Thorns
Talking Elephant
November 9, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Thorns-ASHLEY-HUTCHINGS/dp/B07GJFQ2CV

No. 7
Soft Machine – Hidden Details
Dyad
September 14, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Details-Soft-Machine/dp/B07F9G2JQX

No. 8
3.2 – The Rules Have Changed
Frontiers Music SRL
August 10, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Have-Changed-3-2/dp/B07D5R6GFK

No. 9 
Dream Aria – The Other Side
February 24, 2018
Self-released
https://dreamaria.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-other-side-cd

No. 10
Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear – Live in the Studio
Self-released
September 16th. 2018
http://www.iona.uk.com/albums/detail/id/36/live-in-the-studio

No. 11
Xavi Reija – The Sound Of The Earth
MoonJune Records
January 18, 2019
https://xavireija-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/the-sound-of-the-earth-hd

No. 12
Mystery – Lies
and Butterflies
Unicorn Digital 
Released July 14, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Butterflies-Mystery/dp/B07F7R8L1Q

No. 13
Damanek – In Flight

Giant Electric Pea
October 12, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Damanek/dp/B07GWJW463

No.14
Dwiki Dharmawan – Rumah Batu
MoonJune Records
May 15, 2018
https://dwikidharmawan-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/rumah-batu-hd

No. 15
Dialeto – Live with David Cross
Chromatic Music
June 4, 2018
https://dialeto.bandcamp.com/album/live-with-david-cross

No. 16
Mayan – Dhyana
September 21, 2018
Nuclear Blast
https://www.amazon.com/Dhyana-MaYaN/dp/B07GRRH5HC

No. 17
Carpe Noctem – Vitrun
Aural Music
October 5, 2018
https://www.amazon.com/Vitrun-Carpe-Noctem/dp/B07GGRJWQZ

No.18
Ovrfwrd – Blurring the Lines (a democracy manifest ) ( 2018)
Sel-released
September 29, 2018
https://ovrfwrd.bandcamp.com/album/blurring-the-lines-a-democracy-manifest-2018 

No. 19
The C Sides Project – 10 Days
Self-released
October 26, 2018
https://csides1.bandcamp.com/album/10-days

No. 20
Ten Jinn – Ziggy Blackstar (A Tribute To David
Melodic Revolution Records
October 5, 2018
https://tenjinn.bandcamp.com/album/ziggy-blackstar-a-tribute-to-david-bowie

 

 

Dave Bainbridge Tour News

(Above: A fun moment on stage with Jon Poole during the Lifesigns appearance at Resonate Festival, London, 8th September 2018)

Hi, Thanks to everyone who came out to see us on the various gigs over the past couple of months. So many great highlights, including my first tour of Canada with Strawbs (great to meet a number of Iona fans at those gigs! Iona played in Canada several times). I’m just about to start another month of touring in the UK with Lifesigns and Strawbs, so I do hope some of you can make it along – we’re getting to a few places we’ve not been to for a while, including the North East and Scotland, which I’m looking forward to.

Also just confirmed, a very special Dave & Sally gig in The Wirral on 8th December. My good friend and Iona co-founder David Fitzgerald will be joining us on flutes/saxes/whistles, which I’m thrilled about.

Lots more exciting stuff coming up over the next 6 months, including the Strawbs 50th Anniversary weekend in New Jersey in April, with some amazing special guests, including Tony Visconti, Larry Fast, John Ford, Blue Weaver, Annie Haslam, a 30 piece orchestra (recruited from the finest orchestral players in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia), and a certain caped crusader….I’m currently working on a few of the orchestral arrangements for this, so it’s all go at the moment.

GIG GUIDE
Gigs below are in chronological order.

LIFESIGNS

7th November, O’Riley’s, Hull, UK
8th, Queen Vic, South Shields, UK
9th, Backstage at the Green, The Green Hotel, 2 The Muirs, KY13 8AS, Kinross, Scotland
10th, Drygate, 85 Drygate Street, G4 0UT, Glasgow, Scotland
11th, Bannermans, Edinburgh, Scotland

STRAWBS UK TOUR

14th November, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
15th, The Robin, Bilston
17th, HRH Prog Festival, Pwllheli, Wales
18th, Corn Exchange, Hertford
19th, Public Halls, Harpenden
21st, The Pier, Worthing
22nd, The Brook, Southampton
23rd, The Astor Theatre, Deal
24th, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
25th, Cheese & Grain, Frome
26th, Under the Bridge, Chelsea Football Ground, London

More Info
http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/ 
www.facebook.com/groups/strawbs/ 

LIFESIGNS

28th, November, Bullingdon, Oxford
29th, Wharf, Tavistock,
30th, Electric Theatre, Guildford
1st December, Level III, Swindon

DAVE BAINBRIDGE & SALLY MINNEAR
(with special guest David Fitzgerald)
8th December, 8pm, The Lantern, St Lukes Church, Breck Rd,
Wallasey, CH44 3BB

Tickets from 
www.eventbrite.co.uk

FERNANDO PERDOMO BAND

4th-9th February 2019, Cruise to the Edge, Caribbean

STRAWBS

10th-15th February, On The Blue cruise, Caribbean

LIFESIGNS

March European Tour, (further dates still to be added)
7th March, Das Rind, Offenbach, Germany
8th, Bluesgarage, Isernhagen, Germany​
9th, De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands​
10th, Yard Club, Cologne, Germany
17th, The Musician, Leicester, UK
24th, The Half Moon, Putney, London, UK   

STRAWBS

12th April, YMCA, Boulton Center, Bay Shore, NY, USA
13th, Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, NJ, USA
14th-16th, USA dates TBC
17th, Lovin’ Cup, Rochester, NY, USA
18th, USA date TBC
19th, Towne Crier, Beacon, NJ, USA
20th, Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, PA, USA
26th-27th, Strawbs 50th Anniversary weekend, Lakewood, NJ, USA
(with very special guests and symphony orchestra)

www.facebook.com/groups/strawbs/

Above: photos from the Strawbs Canadian Tour.

Top: Strawbs rocking the Club Soda in Montreal, 11th October 2018

Bottom: First concert on the tour, playing to a packed house at Maison de la Musique, Quebec City, 10th October 2018. Photos by Sharon Rudolph.

Dave Bainbridge & Sally Minnear – Live in the Studio DVD
Released in 2018

A beautifully filmed and recorded document of the duo’s live set, honed over numerous concerts throughout the past 4 years. The main programme features around 85 minutes of material and demonstrates the range and diversity of music that Dave & Sally perform at their always well received concerts. Featuring the duo’s arrangements of music from Dave’s previous band Iona, his solo albums and several traditional Irish folk pieces, filmed, recorded and mixed at Dave’s Open Sky Studio. DVD Extras include Dave & Sally ‘In Conversation’, plus some live footage from their concert at The Lantern Theatre, Sheffield in March 2018.

‘Wonderful’ -Tom Newman (producer Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells etc)

“Dave Bainbridge, Thank YOU! ..it was a stupendous evening. Absolutely brilliant and beautiful performance. Sally’s singing is incredible, we loved every minute! Everybody go and see this duo, they are something very special indeed, we can’t wait to have them back.” -Debs Earl (promoter – www.folkinthebarn.co.uk )

“Great show last night with Dave Bainbridge and Sally Minnear.” -Simon Nicol (Fairport Convention)

“I’m not sure I have the words to say how much I enjoyed every moment from 3pm to pack down – Sally (what a voice!) and Dave were a joy to work with and absolutely fantastic throughout. As for the gig one word – Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!” -Steve (promoter)

“Great Dave Bainbridge and Sally Minnear gig last night in Farncombe performing a mix of Iona, Dave solo and some traditional arrangements. Two amazingly talented musicians! I can’t think of too many musicians who are both virtuoso guitarists and pianists but Dave excels on each and not forgetting his pretty mean bouzouki playing! I’m sure Dave could turn his hand to stand up comedy too – some very funny introductions last night! Beautiful vocals too from Sally. If you get the chance to catch them live then grab it. ))” -Ian Jones (Karnataka)
PERSONNEL:
Dave Bainbridge – Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Bouzouki, Keyboard
Sally Minnear – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Tenor Recorder, Tin Whistle, Keyboard

PRODUCED BY: Dave Bainbridge

LABEL: Open Sky Records
TRACK LISTING:
1 Kells Theme
2 Treasure
3 Vox loops/Heavenfield/Jigs
4 My Lagan Love
5 Piano Impro/Machrie Moor
6 The Humours of Ballyloughlan
7 Caoineadh Cu Chulainn
8 Today
9 Songs of Ascent Pt 2
10 The Storm
11 Shuil a Ruin
12 Innocence Found
13 Revelation
14 Heaven’s Bright Sun
15 Beyond These Shores
16 Castlerigg/Reels

1 Chi-Rho
2 Veil of Gossamer
3 Irish Day
4 Luke – The Calf

Buy Album DVD: £16.00 
http://www.iona.uk.com/albums/detail/id/36/live-in-the-studio