MARPROG Festival - Connecticut USA July 19, 2009

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   Connecticut will finally have a Prog Rock festival of its own! Marred Productions is pleased to announce the coming of MARPROG '09, the first of what is hoped to be many more annual events featuring the finest of the Prog Rock world from in and around Connecticut. The show is scheduled to be held at Toad's Place, 300 York St. in New Haven, on July 19th, 2009. Doors open at 12:30 PM and music starts at 1:00 PM. The five bands (in order of appearance) are Brett Bottomley's Toy Masheen, IZZ, Helmet of Gnats, Advent, and Holding Pattern. The event will take place throughout the afternoon and last into the early evening, and is expected to be an excellent representation of what the area has to offer in the genre of original Progressive Rock. Tickets are now on sale at: http://tinyurl.com/marprog09tix for $27.50 (plus nominal ticket fee) in advance and $30 at the door on the day of performance. Please plan to join us and help make this inaugural event a rousing success
MARPROG launches website 4/5/09
Marred Productions is very happy to announce the launching of website www.marprog.com. It is designed to provide any and all information related to the July 19th MARPROG '09 Festival. Many thanks to ace webmaster Allan Albetski and master copyeditor Alan Benjamin for their efforts in making it a site to behold! Their unwavering efforts and actions, which went well above and way beyond the call of duty, are greatly appreciated by the Marred staff. Please head there to check out their excellent work and enjoy the band bios and clips we have provided. Any further questions can be directed, by email, through the link located at the bottom of the home page. We are very excited to present this festival and help promote the furthering of Progressive Rock in the Connecticut area, as well as on the rest of this planet we call Earth. Don't forget to mark your calendars and join us for this first-time event!

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rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66453	Topic: MARPROG Festival - Connecticut USA July 19, 2009 Posted: April 19 2009 at 09:43
	Connecticut will finally have a Prog Rock festival of its own! Marred Productions is pleased to announce the coming of MARPROG '09, the first of what is hoped to be many more annual events featuring the finest of the Prog Rock world from in and around Connecticut. The show is scheduled to be held at Toad's Place, 300 York St. in New Haven, on July 19th, 2009. Doors open at 12:30 PM and music starts at 1:00 PM. The five bands (in order of appearance) are Brett Bottomley's Toy Masheen, IZZ, Helmet of Gnats, Advent, and Holding Pattern. The event will take place throughout the afternoon and last into the early evening, and is expected to be an excellent representation of what the area has to offer in the genre of original Progressive Rock. Tickets are now on sale at: http://tinyurl.com/marprog09tix for $27.50 (plus nominal ticket fee) in advance and $30 at the door on the day of performance. Please plan to join us and help make this inaugural event a rousing success MARPROG launches website 4/5/09 Marred Productions is very happy to announce the launching of website www.marprog.com. It is designed to provide any and all information related to the July 19th MARPROG '09 Festival. Many thanks to ace webmaster Allan Albetski and master copyeditor Alan Benjamin for their efforts in making it a site to behold! Their unwavering efforts and actions, which went well above and way beyond the call of duty, are greatly appreciated by the Marred staff. Please head there to check out their excellent work and enjoy the band bios and clips we have provided. Any further questions can be directed, by email, through the link located at the bottom of the home page. We are very excited to present this festival and help promote the furthering of Progressive Rock in the Connecticut area, as well as on the rest of this planet we call Earth. Don't forget to mark your calendars and join us for this first-time event!


Garion81 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2004 Location: So Cal, USA Status: Offline Points: 4338	Posted: July 13 2009 at 15:19
	Thought I would bump this up. I am familiar with 3 of the 5 bands here. IZZ of course is a great symph band with a great guitar that also mixes in some beatlesque type songs with modern influences as well. 4 part harmonies with both male and female voices .They always pull a surprise or too out of the hat. Helmet of Gnats while not having a large body of work are a super tight Fusion band in the style of Return to Forever. Some really great individual performances and group sound. Advent, I haven't seen live but have one of their CD's and bring a Genesis/Gentle Giant sound to the mix. For less than $30 this will be a great show. Wish I could be there.
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