Progfest Expands to Sydney & Brisbane, Announces First Acts For 2018

UPDATE: Progfest Announces Full Lineup For 2018

ORIGINAL STORY: Prepare your necks, because Progfest is coming back bigger than ever in 2018. The riff-fuelled celebration of bands that push the musical boundaries is expanding beyond its Melbourne roots to take on Sydney and Brisbane next year, with a gargantuan lineup in toe.

Progfest 2018 will be headlined by Norweigan post-rockers Leprous, atop of an eclectic bill that also features Perth prog masters Voyager, Melbourne tribal space rockers AlithiA, experimental collective Orsome Welles, Adelaide prog metal favourites Dyssidia and Sydney instrumental post rockers Meniscus (in Sydney and Melbourne only), and that’s just the first announcement.

To boot, Adelaide and Perth prog fans will also be getting a slice of the action, bagging one sideshow from Leprous and AlithiA a piece.

Now in its 10th year, Progfest features progressive bands of all styles and genres, from prog, post, psychedelic, art rock, metal and everything in between, showcasing bands that think for themselves rather than following the latest trends.

It’s all going down in January of next year.

Catch all the details below.

Progfest 2018 Lineup

All Locations

Leprous

Voyager

AlithiA

Sydney

Meniscus

Orsome Welles

Breaking Orbit

Glass Ocean

James Norbert Ivanyi

Osaka Punch

Dyssidia

Majora

Hemina

Mercury Sky

Genetics

Brisbane

Osaka Punch

Orsome Welles

Opus Of A Machine

Dyssidia

Kodiak Empire

Balloons Kill Babies

He Danced Ivy

Melbourne

Orsome Welles

Toehider

Meniscus

Branch Arterial

Dyssidia

Acolyte

Enlight

Fierce Mild

Logic Defies Logic

Progfest 2018

Saturday, 20th January

The Factory Theatre, Sydney

Tickets: Wild Thing Presents

Sunday, 21st January

The Triffid, Brisbane

Tickets: Wild Thing Presents

Saturday, 27th January

The Corner, Melbourne

Tickets: Wild Thing Presents

Progfest 2018 Sideshow Lineup

Leprous

AlithiA

Progfest 2018 Sideshow Dates

Friday, 19th January

Badlands, Perth

Tickets: Wild Thing Presents

Thursday, 25th January

Jive, Adelaide

Tickets: Wild Thing Presents

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