Baja Prog (Prog festival in Mexico) 2014 lineup
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Topic: Baja Prog (Prog festival in Mexico) 2014 lineup
Posted By: Runaway
Subject: Baja Prog (Prog festival in Mexico) 2014 lineup
Date Posted: January 17 2013 at 21:16
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Pretty big festival that takes place in Mexicali, situated right beside Calexico and a few hours from San Diego and Los Angeles. http://www.bajaprogofficial.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.bajaprogofficial.com/ http://www.facebook.com/bajaprogofficial?fref=ts" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/bajaprogofficial?fref=ts Lineup looks really interesting, featuring some big names. The festival already had more than 10 years ongoing, but it stopped for 4 years, returning this one. Lineup: Steve Hackett (UK) Eddie Jobson (UK) The Crimson ProjecKt (UK-USA) Anglagard (Sweden) Cast (Mexico) Three Friends (UK) New Trolls (Italy) Locanda Delle Fate (Italy) Galahad (UK) Jelonek (Poland) Mystery (Canada) Panzerballett (Germany) Gran Turismo Veloce (Italy) Crisalida (Chile) Introvision (Costa Rica)
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 17 2013 at 21:27
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It's an interesting looking line-up. I've seen most of the bands playing before and can only really afford to fly to one festival a year so unfortunately will have to pass on Baja this year as I'm going to RIO in France. Hope it's successful as I've heard nothing but good reports and hope to get there in future years if it keeps going. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: January 18 2013 at 03:00
| Could you add the line up to your original post please Runaway, for ease of reference. Thanks. |
Posted By: Runaway
Date Posted: January 18 2013 at 12:57
Alright
 No problem, thanks. |
Easy Livin wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 18 2013 at 18:40
| Oh no, a prog festival in Mexico. Too bad they ar too far away, I don't think I'll make it... though I'd love to. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: January 19 2013 at 01:08
Not too far away for me to go, but I CANNOT take time off from work on those days. Dammit!  There are five bands I would just love to see live (the first five on the list), and several others I wouldn't mind seeing. The rest would just be gravy. I hope attendence is good, so that maybe, just maybe, I could attend some other year.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: January 20 2013 at 11:12
| I tried to go every year the last few they were holding this festival. It is truly a blast! Expertly run, beautiful theater, and very inexpensive. I will definitely be going this year and am way too excited right now for the event to be this far away. Glad to have the festival back. Here's to many more! |
Posted By: Bren Rodmar
Date Posted: January 20 2013 at 11:13
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The BajaProg is a very important festival that unfortunately stopped being celebrated for several years, but this 2013 returns with an excellent line-up: the bands that will be presented are very talented, and are great examples of different genres and eras, is a unique festival. I'm so proud that this festival is in my country, and I'll definitely be there, no matter how far I am from Mexicali, the effort will be worth because is the kind of cultural events to which we can hardly access. So I recommend you to go to BajaProg to make history again, and this festival continues to live many more years! 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 20 2013 at 21:15
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Hope to meet some of you there! It will be an amazing journey! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: January 20 2013 at 21:26
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Wow, what a line-up! ------------- |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 22 2013 at 20:37
Should I make up my mind and go? It is a long way. |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: January 23 2013 at 10:40
| YES! |
Posted By: jimcore
Date Posted: January 24 2013 at 09:37
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I just got the time off to attend this festival! Is this the best forum location to connect with a fellow prog head to share some expense (ie room,gas)? I will be flying into so. Cal. the weekend before and I can meet up anywhere down there for the drive into Baja. Can't wait! |
Posted By: DaleHauskins
Date Posted: February 21 2013 at 00:22
ProgamundoProg act CAST a mainstay at Baja Prog,which returns this year...Baja Prog 2013 will take place from April 3 through 6 at two locations: outdoor concerts will be held at noon daily at Hotel Colonial and evening concerts will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Teatro del Estado. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/feb/20/blurt-progamundo/" rel="nofollow - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/feb/20/blurt-progamundo/ ------------- Ｄａｌｅ Ｈａｕｓｋｉｎｓ (858) 401-2973 (310) 293-0432 https://artistecard.com/Dalehauskins |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: February 21 2013 at 01:32
Glad to see a strong prog scene in the motherland but too bad the crime rates are too high 
------------- War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: April 01 2013 at 13:57
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Wow Looks like a great show! I want to go for a couple days, but I guess ticket sales online have ended... looks like there are still seats. Does anyone know if I can just get tickets at the venue on Wednesday?? Thanks ------------- Z |
Posted By: Bren Rodmar
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 00:12
| some people are selling their tickets, as seen in some comments left on the BajaProg Facebook |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 09:07
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Yeah, so who's coming? It would be nice to see some of you there. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 13:49
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Hi, I would not mind seeing this ... With that said, I would like to see more music from TODAY, instead of so many yesterday things ... of all these the only band I would love to see and meet? ... Anglagaard! I don't dislike Jobson or Hackett, but I'm getting tired of them usurping the development of thsoe folks that are around today, trying hard to get some recognition. To me, it is important that these festivals also give creedence to some of the local folks ... to ensure that they also can succeed and live ... a long life like Steve and Eddie have, for example. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: April 02 2013 at 20:01
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Having seen Hackett last night in LA with a band full of those musicians you say he is usurping their recogniton I can say he just helped all of them. 2.5 hour show 1200 people in attendance. Baja you are getting a great show coming your way. -------------  "What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 13:08
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Awesome festival :) ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 09 2013 at 18:35
| Great you could go, I didn't make up my mind. I only wish Steve Hackett would go to Mexico City at least... I haven't seen him schedule a concert there, but he's on a world tour, he should make Mexico City a place to stop by. I've also had the fantasy that Anglagard may go play at the Cervantino. Highly unlikely, of course. |
Posted By: ytsename
Date Posted: April 13 2013 at 04:14
| Mexico surely has one of the best festivals of the world! |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: April 16 2013 at 16:16
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What a great show it was! Hackett was amazing, as were Anglagard and Three Friends. Crimson Project was a bit too loud for me (and I wasn't the only one), but still good. I was also really impressed with Galahad (though they looked like they were suffering from the outdoor heat) and Luz de Riada--bands I had never heard. Unfortunately missed the last day. I'll post a couple excellent pics as soon as I can get them off my phone. ------------- Z |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: April 17 2013 at 09:13
| Too bad you missed a great show with Eddie Jobson. His band was made up of first class musicians, and they played music from Zinc even! |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: April 20 2013 at 14:09
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would liked to have seen it, but oh well, there's always the future. Also failed to mention I saw the New Trolls--also never had heard them and was impressed with their show. ------------- Z |
Posted By: Runaway
Date Posted: January 16 2014 at 01:30
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The lineup for this 2014 edition has been announced, some very interesting names IMO, including : http://www.bajaprogofficial.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.bajaprogofficial.com/ -Fish -PFM -Neal Morse -Osanna + David Jackson + Gianni Leone -Spock΄s Beard -Saga -Museo Rosenbach -Haken -Moon safari -Shylock Among other bands : )
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Posted By: starsofitaly
Date Posted: January 17 2014 at 05:57
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Gnu Quartet confirmed in Baja Prog 2014 line-up. Its now official, the Italian based revolutionary quartet of talents (Roberto Izzo violin, Raffaele Rebaudengo viola, Stefano Cabrera cello, Francesca Rapetti flute) will be active part of Baja Prog Festival 2014. Gnu Quartet will perform alongside with Cast (Mexican prog band) on April 4th and their own set on April 5th both on main stage Colonial Hotel in Mexicali. The quartet from Genoa, Italy, will celebrate the 7th year of activity, a constellation of music experiences that brought them to play with all major national musicians and appear on prestigious stages such as Stadiums and Main Festivals in Italy. Versatile and unpredictable musicians, Gnu Quartet are the real challenge for this future Baja Prog. Classical instruments making Progressive sounds and music architecture. That explains why they were chosen by PFM and NEW TROLLS to collaborate at several Italian progressive music projects. Roberto Izzo, violin of Gnu Quartet, will be performing for the third edition in a row, after 2 very successful appearance in 2008 and 2013 as first violin and orchestra director with NEW TROLLS Concerto Grosso that impressed the Baja Prog international audience. For their live set, Gnu Quartet are preparing a set list with own original composition and some high impact GNU STYLE revisited Prog hits, whose titles are kept very secret at the moment. So, after participating to Jazz, Instrumental Pop and Classic festivals, the Gnu Quartet manage to close this circle by landing to the biggest Prog event in the world. GNU QUARTET are: Roberto Izzo, Violin Raffaele Rebaudengo, Viola Stefano Cabrera, Cello Francesca Rapetti, Flute DISCOGRAPHY: Gnu Quartet 2008 https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/gnuquartet/id418759698" rel="nofollow - https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/gnuquartet/id418759698 Something Gnu 2011 https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/something-gnu/id434461710" rel="nofollow - https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/something-gnu/id434461710 MUSE_ic 2013 https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/muse-ic-gnuquartet-play-muse/id633585481" rel="nofollow - VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Hm9OxI9_oOs" rel="nofollow - http://youtu.be/JdzJU_Ykn8I" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmHw1Vui3o&feature=share&list=PLmNPjnOwB4d2UuaNMkGg1fDpLZXDyXely" rel="nofollow - http://youtu.be/pXwMnYp_9qc" rel="nofollow - PRESS AND MANAGEMENT: http://www.starsofitaly.com/artists/gnuquartet/" rel="nofollow - Website http://www.gnuquartet.com" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: March 19 2014 at 12:33
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Haken, PFM, Museo Rosenbach, Fish, Neal Morse, Spock's Beard, Osanna, Moon Safari etc. Wow! I've just decided to go again. . This was seriously one of the best festival/concerts I've ever been to last year and the lineup this year is just as good. I like the night performances better--wish Haken were night, but oh well, I'm sure they'll be just as awesome in the daytime venue as well. Incidentally, I booked a double room at a cheaper motel about 1 mile from the day venue (it was all they had left). If anyone thinks they might want to go, and are by themselves, send me a message and maybe we can work out a share. Room is non-smoking. Thanks ------------- Z |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: April 15 2014 at 19:00
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Again a great festival this year! A few sound glitches, but excellent overall, (however punishing to my eardrums) I thought the very best performaces were by PFM, the Gnu Quartet, Haken, Felix Martin, and Shylock. Fish, Moon Safari, Museo Rosenbach, Neal Morse, and Spock's beard were also very good (Esp the drumming--Mike Portnoy was amazing). I missed Moraine, and part of Osanna but some of the others I'd never heard gave decent performances: Frak's Lead costume was cool/bizarre, and t'was nice to see female vocalists with IO Earth and Elora. If you've never been, and live in So. Cal or other nearby place, this festival is worth going to! ------------- Z |
Posted By: Runaway
Date Posted: April 16 2014 at 18:36
| Agreed, Museo Rosenbach and Shylock were mindblowing, and seeing PFM live was excellent; great edition this 2014. |
Posted By: temporelliprog
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 05:24
well, that's a great festival i know baja prog got great bands ...but i think in italy there's a really underrated festival, which is MASSIVE! more, it's completely free entry festival! it's called 2Days Prog +1. it takes place in Veruno, a litlle city near lake maggiore and lake orta and lasts 3 days. here is the 2014 line-up: 5th september: -fem -franck carducci -martin turner wishbone ash -FOCUS 6th september: -kingcrow -overhead -anglagard -SPOCK'S BEARD 7th september: -barock project -io earth -leprous -PFM (premiata forneria marconi) i don't know why this festival is so underrated!! and most of all it's free entry. well, i post the official trailer taken from their youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3TwETTqBHw you can come to italy for a weekend of prog music :) |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 07 2015 at 14:14
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Have'nt seen any promo or announcement for Baja Prog in 2015. ------------- Z |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 07 2015 at 14:32
Unfortunately it isn't, though it seems it may be a temporary hiatus and not the end of the festival. The organizers posted an announcement on the festival's Facebook Page in November, and I think you can find it on their website as well. |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 08 2015 at 12:44
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That is a bummer: It's such a great festival, and I was looking forward to going again, and even had a friend possibly interested. Well, hopefully in 2016 it will be back! ------------- Z |