Baja Prog (Prog festival in Mexico) 2014 lineup

zwordser wrote: Have'nt seen any promo or announcement for Baja Prog in 2015.    Does anyone know if its happening this year??

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.

Runaway wrote: <span style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pretty big festival that takes place in Mexicali, situated right beside Calexico and a few hours from San Diego and Los Angeles. </span><br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.bajaprogofficial.com/<br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.facebook.com/bajaprogofficial?fref=ts<br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.46px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">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. </span>   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)

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 :)

Again a great festival this year! A few sound glitches, but excellent overall, (however punishing to my eardrums)

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Gnu Quartet confirmed in Baja Prog 2014 line-up.

It’s 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 4^th and their own set on April 5^th both on main stage Colonial Hotel in Mexicali.

The quartet from Genoa, Italy, will celebrate the 7^th 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

Something Gnu – 2011 https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/something-gnu/id434461710

MUSE_ic – 2013 https://itunes.apple.com/it/album/muse-ic-gnuquartet-play-muse/id633585481

VIDEO:

LIVE VIDEO 1   LIVE VIDEO 2   LIVE VIDEO 3   OFFICIAL VIDEO

PRESS AND MANAGEMENT:

www.starsofitaly.com/artists/gnuquartet/

Website

www.gnuquartet.com

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.

What a great show it was!  

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.

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. 

Yeah, so who's coming? It would be nice to see some of you there.

Wow Looks like a great show!