Germany's long-running prog festival, Night Of The Prog, has announced plans to take the event to the ocean with a European rival to America's successful Cruise To The Edge. This year's event, the Festival's twenty-seventh year, will be the last in its current location at the Loreley Amphitheater from July 19-21. In a new statement by the organisers, they say, "Night Of The Prog will no longer happen on the Loreley, but we are working on a different concept: NOTP at Sea - a prog cruise sailing from Genoa, Italy on the Mediterranean, which is scheduled to take place at the end of September / beginning of October 2026.
More details will follow in due course after this year’s festival is over." This year's event is headlined by , and and will see appearances from , Sylvan, IZZ, , , , Steve Rothery Band, , and more. Night Of The Prog started back in 2006, with headlining along with Sylvan and .
Over the years headline acts have included the creamof the progressive world including l, , , , , , , , , , , and more...
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