John Ford To Headline Day 2 of Power of Prog Festival

Friday, 27th June 2008, marks the inaugural year and date for the Progressive Rock Hall of Fame Award Ceremony and Concert. This very special event is being hosted by Melodic Revolution Records and the Power of Prog Festival.

John Ford will headline Day 2 on Sat., 28th June 2008 - 9:00-10:30PM, of the three day Power of Prog Festival - June 27-28-29, 2008, at the historic Kirkland Arts Center on the Village Green in Clinton, NY, located near the beautiful Mohawk Valley in upstate New York. The Kirkland Arts Center, a former church cathedral lends itself to some fantastic acoustics, as a performance venue. John Ford's setlist will feature songs off his forthcoming album, 'Big Hit In India' and other favourites from his extensive catalogue, including 'Part of the Union,' penned during his early days with the Strawbs band which also included Rick Wakeman - keyboard extraordinaire, who later went on to join the group, YES. John Ford will be performing with some members of his backing band. There may be a Special Guest appearance by Strawbs' keyboardist, John Hawken - awaiting final confirmation on that.

On Sunday, 29th June 2008, as of the Power of Prog Festival draws to a close, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM there will be the Inaugural 2008 Progressive Rock Hall of Fame Inductee Awards Ceremony. John Ford will be amongst the presenters, bestowing a 2008 Inductee Award to the band, KANSAS, at the 2008 PRHOF Presentation Awards Ceremony, to be followed by additional performances from other artists to end the final day of the Power of Prog Festival.

Visit John Ford of The Strawbs website & MySpace:
www.johnfordmusic.net
www.myspace.com/johnfordofthestrawbs



Power of Prog Festival - Full 3 Day Schedule:
Friday 06/27/08:
04:30 - 05:30 The Watch [Progressive Classic Rock - New York]
06:00 - 07:00 SOULJOURNERS [Progressive Metal - California]
07.30 - 08.30 FLUTTR EFFECT [Experimental Progressive Rock - Massachusetts]
09:00 - 10:30 FATHOM [Progressive Folk Rock - New York]
$20 in advance $25 day of the show.

Saturday 06/28/08:
02:00 - 03:00 STORMS APPROACH [Progressive Metal - Massachusetts]
03:30 - 04:30 EGO [Instrumental Progressive Rock - Ohio]
05:30 - 06:30 ROB METZ [Instrumental Progressive Hard Rock - Ohio]
07:00 - 08.30 QUEEN AUGUST [Classic Progressive Rock - New York]
09:00 - 10:30 John Ford of the Strawbs [Classic Progressive Rock - UK]
$25 in advance $30 day of the show.

Sunday 06/29/08:
12:30 - 01.30 LAURIE LARSON [Classic Progressive Rock - Arizona]
02:00 - 03:00 TIM LOWLY ENSEMBLE [Alternative Progressive Folk - Illinois]
03:30 - 04:30 ACOUSTIC TRAUMA [Alternative Progressive Rock -New York]
05:30 - 06:30 Progressive Rock Hall of Fame - Awards Ceremony [Honoring King Crimson, Yes, Kansas, UK, Gentle Giant Special performances by Neil Alexander and Greg Bendian of the Mahavishnu Project, also Tribe of Eden
07:00 - 08.30 Rocket Scientists with special guest Lana Lane [Progressive Rock - California]
09:00 - 10:30 CATHEDRAL [Classic Progressive Rock - New York]
$30 in advance $35 day of the show.

Bay Area Rock Fest 2008: LTE, Enchant, more

Bay Area Rock Promotions is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Bay Area Rock Festival at the Independent in San Francisco on June 27th and 28th 2008. Liquid Tension Experiment and Jeff Scott Soto will headline the premier west coast festival for progressive and melodic music.

In 1998 and 1999, Liquid Tension Experiment released two instrumental albums that set the prog world on fire. The project featured Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy and John Petrucci, virtuoso keyboardist Jordan Rudess and bass legend Tony Levin. After the success of the two albums and the project's undeniable chemistry, Rudess was asked to join Dream Theater full-time and the project was put on the shelf for an indefinite hiatus until now! The quartet has reunited to revisit the magical music they created 10 years ago and tap back into their chemistry for a whole new musical experiment. They are closing out their limited tour on Saturday night as the headliner of the festival.

Jeff Scott Soto headlines the first night of the festival, bringing his talented mix of rock, metal and funk back to San Francisco after recently fronting Journey. Joining him onstage for a special guest appearance will be Dave Meniketti and Phil Kennemore from Y&T, as well as Eric Martin.

Returning to the festival for a 2nd year are Bay Area bands Enchant and Zero Hour. Zero Hour is debuting their new album "The Dark Deceiver" available on Sensory Records. Making their North American debut Saturday night is Netherlands prog metal sensation Sun Caged. The Rocket Scientists with special guest Lana Lane will be appearing on Friday night. Additional bands will be announced at a later date.

Tickets for the festival will be on sale Sunday May 4th at Tickets.com. 2 day discounted festival passes will be available as well as single day tickets. Only 500 tickets will be made available. For more details visit www.bayarearockfest.com or www.independentsf.com