Early Festy Warnings...

[Keith Henderson]

Make your Y2K plans now...

The Mandelbrot Sets - A SpaceRock Festival is on!  July 1-2, 2000 at the
Elks Lodge Pavilions, 148 Roberts Street, East Hartford, CT. Food and
Beverages will be provided by the Elks and other vendors. Performances by
Alien Planetscapes, Amnesty Underground, Born to Go, Circle of Karma, The
Dark Aether Project, Das Ludicroix, Escapade, Nebula Trip, Quarkspace and
Sloterdijk. Tickets are $20 - 2-day pass, $12 - 1-day pass. Make checks
payable to Tim Just and send to Mandelbrot Tix C/o Nebula Trip, PO Box
380737, East Hartford, CT 06138-0737. Gifts to be named for Quarkstock and
NEARFest stub holders. See you there!

Quarkstock 2000, the first in an annual series of spacerock and avant-prog,
is taking place Memorial Day weekend 2000 (5/27-28) at Ruby Tuesday's (not
the restaurant chain!) in Columbus OH.  Scheduled to appear are, Alien
Planetscapes, Architectual Metaphor, Born to Go, Dark Aether Project,
Escapade, French TV, Tombstone Valentine and festival organizers,
Quarkspace. The SolarFire Lightshow will be providing the visuals for the
whole weekend. Cost for the whole festival is only $20, for more info go to
http://quarkspace.com.

NEARFest 2000 (www.nearfest.com)
Next year, NEARfest will be held at the 1,002-seat Baker Hall at the
Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. The event will
take place on Saturday and Sunday, June 17 and 18, 2000. In addition to the
increased seating capacity, NEARfest 2000 will feature credit card orders,
assigned seating and multiple ticket prices, including a "golden circle"
section right up front in the orchestra pit! We are also happy to announce
that the Zoellner Arts Center has a liquor license and will serving beer and
wine at the event.
Line-up:
1. Happy the Man (United States)
The greatest American progressive rock band is reforming and will play their
first show in over 20 years at NEARfest 2000
2. Anekdoten (Sweden)
One of Sweden's most beloved bands returns to the U.S. with their powerful
Crimson-esque stylings
3. Pär Lindh Project (Sweden)
Classically influenced symphonic rockers from Sweden led by keyboard wizard
Pär Lindh
4. Il Balletto di Bronzo (Italy)
Legendary Italian progressive band. Their 1972 album YS is considered to be
possibly the best progressive rock release ever.
5. Iluvatar (United States)
Passionate Baltimore neo-proggers come north in support of their newest
release A Story Two Days Wide
6. D.F.A. (Italy)
Italian quartet perform an energetic mix of fusion, counterpoint and classic
Italian progressive
7. Nexus (Argentina)
Argentinian symphonic neo-progressive band will be sure to turn heads in
their first U.S. appearance
8. North Star (United States)
Originally formed in 1976, Pennsylvania natives burst back on to the scene
with their mid-70s Genesis and Red-era Crimson sounds

Keith H. (FAA)

P.S.  Note:  Peter Renfro says ProgDay will be moving from its normal Labor
Day Weekend spot to some other time of the year.  Still undecided.  Perhaps
a response to frequent hurricane appeareances in early September!