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2 πPreface Welcome to the Midsummer Prog the strong partnership of Glassville festival 2017, a brand new festival for Music, Muziekgieterij and openlucht The Netherlands! Theater Valkenburg, we were all eager and enthusiastic to take on the The journey to today’s event started challenge and turn the idea into reality! many years ago. As a booking agent The planning of bands and logistics and manager of a large number of started almost a year ago and we have bands at Glassville Music and being a been working on the event ever since. (prog) music lover all my life, I have been to many festivals over the years. With many people helping behind the outdoor prog rock festivals were scenes, we hope that we will make (are) quite popular in other countries, this a great experience for everybody so I thought this should certainly be attending the festival. possible in my home country. All of this led to the idea of organising a We are excited that our fi rst festival is new outdoor prog rock festival in The sold out and we are already planning Netherlands. for a further event in 2018! There are many good indoor venues but to make the event more special, the Thank you for supporting Midsummer considerable challenge was to fi nd a Prog festival 2017! really spectacular outdoor location. rob Palmen over 2 years ago, Glassville Music started a close collaboration with the Muziekgieterij venue in Maastricht. We presented the concept of an outdoor prog festival and everybody thought this was an excellent idea. The missing link was found when the director of the openlucht Theater Valkenburg approached the Muziekgieterij to discuss possible show options for their beautiful venue. We all went to visit the location and were immediately blown away by the spectacular scenery. From this point, the festival plan came to life and with 3 14:00 - 14:45 Galigula’s Horse

Caligula’s Horse offers devotees of all strains of powerful and progressive music something unique. 2015 saw the band release their third record “Bloom”, their most vivid, vibrant, and emotional work ≥ to date, melding the group’s penchant for dramatic colour with the high-energy musical drive the band has become known for across the world. The band has just announced the release of their new concept 'In Contact' for 15th September 2017.

4 15:30 - 16:30 Iamthemorning

Formed in 2010 in St Petersburg Russia, Iamthemorning features pianist Gleb Kolyadin and the charismatic vocals of Marjana Semkina. After signing with the recordlabel , they released Belighted, their fi rst record for the label in September 2014. In 2016 their new album 'Lighthouse' won the highly acclaimed ALBUM OF THE YEAR award at the prestigious PROG awards in London. Featuring on the album are guests like , Colin Edwin and Mariusz Duda. The album is recorded with help of Marcel van Limbeek (Tori Amos sound ≥engineer).

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Pain of Salvation is known far and wide as one of the most vital bands in the resurgence of progressive music. Boasting incredible musicianship, a wide variety of infl uences, and a darkly poetic approach; µ Pain of Salvation has a reputation for being unpredictable, outside the box, and willing to experiment with styles. The band's latest release (early this year) is called 'In the Passing Light of Day' and it marks a return to the band's more heavy approach from the early years. The album is also a very personal album because it handles about the time (3 years ago) when the founding member Daniel Gildenlöw was hospitalised for many months because of a fl esh eating bacteria. It was a life threatening affair but luckily he came out alive. Recently also returned to take on the duties again.

6 19:30 - 21:00 Gazpacho

Gazpacho completely defy genre clas- sifi cation – they were once described as being “classical post ambient nocturnal atmospheric neo-progressive folk world rock”. Over the years the band delivered one highly acclaimed album after another. The most recent one is 'Molok'. ‘Molok’ the follow up to their acclaimed 2014 album Demon sees the band continue to push the boundaries for creating the most complicated and strangest concepts for a record. The band is currently working on a new album to be released in the spring of 2018 µtogether with a tour.

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13:00 Opening 14:00 - 14:45 Galigula’s Horse 15:30 - 16:30 Iamthemorning 17:15 - 18:45 Pain Of Salvation 19:30 - 21:00 Gazpacho 22:00 - 00:00 Anathema 01:00 Curfew

House rules

The instructions of the Midsummer staff should be followed up at all times.

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For a more detailed description, please check the dutch house rules.

FOOD & BEVERAGE

We’ll be serving drinks and food all day long, freshly made with passion by locals e.g.: Deli Fries, Burgers, Sausages, Chicken skewer, Wraps, Vega and some delicious special beers (Tongerlo)

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9 22:00 - 00:00 Anathema

Anathema have spent the vast majority of their career making music that defi es description. Formed in the mid 90s, they have risen to become one of the most cherished and ¶ critically acclaimed rock bands worldwide. After Anathema’s 2012 award-winning album Weather Systems and 2014’s spellbinding , the ambient rockers recently released their eleventh full-length, The Optimist. The Optimist reveals some of the darkest, most challenging and unexpected music the sextet have put their name to.

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CALIGULA’S HORSE

¶ Moments From Ephemeral City (Re-issue 2017) The Tide, The Thief & River's End (Re-issue 2017)

De legendarische Zweedse vernieuwers van de Progressieve Metal 'Pain of Salvation’ zijn terug met een nieuw studioalbum, en keren hiermee terug naar hun hoog gewaardeerde zware sound.

Geproduceerd door (In Flames, , Devin De eerste twee van deze progressieve rockband Townsend) en co-productie door Daniel Gildenlöw & Ragnar Zolberg uit Brisbane, Australië nu ook beschikbaar in Europa.

PAIN OF SALVATION Live: 17:15 - 18:45 CALIGULA’S HORSE Live: 14:00 - 14:45

www.insideoutmusic.com

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