Yorkshire Prog Festival, Sheffield, UK -March 2013

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Luckily I chose to see Riverside in London on Thursday night instead. They were excellent but the singer was struggling with some kind of throat infection, so I think the reason for them cancelling Sheffield was true. I do feel sorry for Kris who put so much effort into organising Y-Prog, only for everything to go wrong it seems. And also sorry to all those who lost money on it.

The fact is there is not a large enough prog audience in the UK to support more than 3 or 4 festivals a year, and we already have Summer's End, Celebr8, Danfest, Electric Garden, to some extent Cambridge Rock Festival, and new for this year HRH. I think the fact HRH was scheduled 3 weeks after Y-Prog and only about 5 miles away was the main killer of Y-Prog.

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FatOldSun Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: April 16 2010 Location: Aylesbury, UK Status: Offline Points: 53	Posted: March 16 2013 at 07:06
	Luckily I chose to see Riverside in London on Thursday night instead. They were excellent but the singer was struggling with some kind of throat infection, so I think the reason for them cancelling Sheffield was true. I do feel sorry for Kris who put so much effort into organising Y-Prog, only for everything to go wrong it seems. And also sorry to all those who lost money on it. The fact is there is not a large enough prog audience in the UK to support more than 3 or 4 festivals a year, and we already have Summer's End, Celebr8, Danfest, Electric Garden, to some extent Cambridge Rock Festival, and new for this year HRH. I think the fact HRH was scheduled 3 weeks after Y-Prog and only about 5 miles away was the main killer of Y-Prog.

aapatsos Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 11 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 9226	Posted: March 16 2013 at 08:00
	^^ sorry to hear that, I was not around Sheffield so I was lucky I guess...

anaesthetist Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 17 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: March 16 2013 at 10:27
	I found out the gig was cancelled on the train. Carried on and had a few beers in and around Sheffield. I was really looking forward to it but these things happen and hope he gets back on track soon
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tribeca Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: March 12 2008 Location: Manchester, UK Status: Offline Points: 56	Posted: March 17 2013 at 15:07
	Check out the Electric Garden Prog Festival instead. The North's premier progressive rock feastival. Everyone has a good time and no-one leaves disappointed. Tickets are cheaper and a really strong line-up. Festival Website
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