The biggest disadvantage for most prog bands is that live playing does not occur regularly. An aging audience that no longer wants to stand all evening. Tribute bands that are more popular than bands with their own work, poor presale – are all reasons why organizers think three times before taking financial risks by programming a prog band. This was also the case in the 1990s when Flamborough Head had just been founded. You could complain about it, but it was better to do something about it. Fortunately, Flamborough Head’s drummer Koen Roozen owned a location where we could organize our own festival; De Harmsdobbe – the camping farm in Bakkeveen. Here we organized the first edition of ProgFarm, the festival that would eventually grow into an extremely successful and popular festival. Flamborough Head organized fifteen editions between 1997 and 2011. Big Big Train, PO90, Gnidrolog, Everon, Karnataka, Karfagen, Also Eden, Yesterdays, Mostly Autumn, Mangala Vallis, Cast & Moon Safari; a small selection of the more than 60 bands that came to perform in Bakkeveen.
Visit the ProgFarm pages on the Flamborough Head website for more information.
Lyonesse
Cliffhanger
Flamborough Head
Odyssice
Grey Lady Down
Sinister Street
Big Big Train
No Name
Twin Age
Lady Lake
Sinkadus
Gnidrolog
Janison Edge
Regenesis
Xang
Sylvan
Mostly Autumn
Everon
Salmon
Primitive Instinct
PO90
Karnataka
Nice Beaver
Saens
Plackband
Mangala Vallis
Us
Trespass
Eclat
Odessa
Mangrove
Mindgames
High Wheel
Tantalus
Panopticum
After
Morphelia
Arcansiel
Ghiribizzi
Yesterdays
Splinter
Silver Lining
Casual Silence
Abarax
King Eider
Cast
Also Eden
Skys
5BridgeS
Nemo
Credo
Ice
Leap Day
Il Castello Di Atlante
Martigan
Toyz
Silhouette
Sunchild / Karfagen
D’AccorD
Harvest
Introitus
Toxic Smile
Moon Safari
