THE WORLD UNITY FESTIVAL
Date: through August 10, 2005
Locations:
June 5 – 8, 2005: France
June 8 - 12, 2005: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 12 – 19, 2005: Glastonbury Festival, Stonehenge and London, England
June 19 – 24, 2005: Rome and Florence, Italy
June 24 – 27, 2005: Greece
June 27 - July 1, 2005: Turkey
July 1 – 6, 2005: India
July 6 – 11, 2005: Thailand
July 11 - 16, 2005: Bali
July 16 – 20, 2005: Cambodia
July 20 – 25, 2005: Australia
July 25 - August 3, 2005: New Zealand
August 3 - 10, 2005: Hawaii
Scheduled artists: TBD
7th Festival Amarok Progressive Rock Tiana 2005
Date: June 7, 2005
Location: Teatre Albčniz, Tiana, Barcelona, Spain
Scheduled artists: Fish* (part of the "Return To Childhood" tour marking Misplaced Childhood's 20th anniv.), PI-2, RPWL
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL
Date: June 9 - 11, 2005
Location: Sölvesborg, Sweden
Scheduled artists: A.C.T.*, Accept, Angra*, Anthrax, Arch Enemy, Sebastian Bach, Behemoth, Black Label Society, Blackfoot, Candlemass, Crucified Barbara, Crystal Eyes, Dio*, Dream Theater*, Face Down, Force Of Evil, Freak Kitchen, Sammy Hagar and the Wabos, Hammerfall*, Helix, Hellfueled, Kansas*, Lana Lane*, Magnum*, Yngwie Malmsteen, Megadeth*, Kim Mitchell, Mötley Crüe, Motörhead, Morgana Lefay, Naplam Death, Nazareth, Overkill, Sabaton, Satanic Slaughter, Savoy Brown, Saxon*, Shakra, Sonata Arctica*, Statetrooper, Status Quo, Styx*, Symphorce*, Therion, Thyrfing, Robin Trower, Vixen, We, Within Temptation
ARROW ROCK FESTIVAL
Date: June 11, 2005
Location: Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands
Scheduled artists: Crosby, Stills & Nash, Dream Theater*, Lou Gramm, Glenn Hughes*, Little River Band, Meat Loaf, Kansas*, Styx*, Survivor, Thunder
ROGUE INDEPENDENT MUSIC FESTIVAL
Date: June 18 - 19, 2005
Location: Jake's Toadhouse, Decatur, GA
Scheduled artists: Brass Knuckle Surfer, Cobweb Strange*, Dp3, Farpoint*, IZZ*, Land of Chocolate*, The Lost Boys, Man on Fire*, Noise Dot Com, The Red Masque*, Spacecraft, Unbounded Sky, and Z-Axis
THE BEST OF BANG YOUR HEAD
Date: June 24 - 25, 2005
Location: Balingen, Germany
Scheduled artists: Amon Amarth, Sebastian Bach, Candlemass, Demon, Destruction, Dio*, Doro, Exciter, Gamma Ray*, Jag Panzer*, Krokus, Motörhead, Nasty Savage, Nevermore*, Axel Rudi Pell*, Saxon, Tankard, Twisted Sister, Vicious Rumors, Virgin Steele*
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR
Date: June 24 - 25, 2005 (tbc)
Location: Catton Hall, Walton On Trent, Derbyshire, UK
Scheduled artists: Sebastian Bach, Breed77, Children Of Bodom, Edguy*, Evergrey*, Fourway Kill, Gotthard, Humanity, Masterplan*, Mostly Autumn*, Paradise Lost, Panic Cell
METAL CAMP 2005
Date: June 24 - 26, 2005
Location: Festival-Area, Tolmin, Slovenia
Scheduled artists: Amnesia, Anthrax, Arkenemy, Arthemis, Bastardpeels, Betzefer, Bleedinvain, Bleedingeyes, Bloodfest, Brutart, Chaoswave, Children of Bodom, Coldvoid, Disbelief, Dissection, The Duskfall, Ektomorf, Exciter Graveworm, HammerFall*, HateSphere, In Extremo, J.B.O., Kataklysm, Yngwie Malmsteen, Morgana Lefay, Noctiferia, Obituary, Prospect, Suidakra, Slayer, Soulfly, and Therion
Progressive Legends Showcase (NEARFest 2005 Pre-show)
Date: July 8, 2005
Location: Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Scheduled artists: Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)*, Proto-Kaw*
Date: July 9 - 10, 2005
Location: Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Scheduled artists:
Frogg Café*,
IQ*,
Kenso*,
KnightArea*,
The Muffins*,
Present*, Wobbler
Solo Spotlight: Solo Spotlight artists:
Steve Roach* (Saturday)
and Matthew Parmenter*
BERGHERZBERG 05
Date: July 14 - 17, 2005
Location: Breitenbach, Germany
Scheduled artists:The Amber Light, Anekdoten*, Audience, Berimbrown. Big Brother & the Holding Company, Bucovina Club Orkestar, Colour Haze, Epitaph, IQ*, Jane, Körai Örom, Love with Arthur Lee. Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Mostly Autumn*, Psycho Key, Ten Years After, W.I.N.D., with more tba
Date: August 4 - 6, 2005
Location: Wacken, Germany
Scheduled artists: Accept, Apocalyptica*, Bloodbath, Candlemass, Corvus Corax, Count Raven, Dissection, Dragonforce, Edguy*, Eisregen, Endstille, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Finntroll, Gorefest, HammerFall*, Hanoi Rocks, Ill Disposed, Kreator, Marduk, Machine Men, Mambo Kurt, Mercenary, Metal Church, Morgana Lefay, Naglfar, Nightwish*, Oomph, Obituary, Overkill, Axel Rudi Pell*, Potentia Animi, Marky Ramone, Samael, Sentenced*, Sonata Arctica*, Suffocation, Torfrock, Tristania, Turisas, Wackener Firefighters, Within Temptation*, Zyklon
BLOODSTOCK UK METALFEST
Date: September 2 - 3, 2005
Location: The Assembly Rooms, Derby, UK
Scheduled artists: After Forever*, Cathedral, Bob Catley*, Conquest Of Steel, HammerFall*, Iron Savior*, Metalium*, RavenRise To Addiction, Season's End, Soliloquy, Storm Warrior, Warchild, Within Temptation*
Date: September 10, 2005
Location: The German House, Rochester, New York, NY
Scheduled artists: Frogg Café*, Helmet Of Gnats, Nathan Mahl*, Navigator, Red Sand, Genesis Tribute: The Waiting Room
PROGPOWER EUROPE 2005
Date: October 1 - 2, 2005
Location: JC Sjiwa, Baarlo, The Netherlands
Scheduled artists: The Aurora Project, Cloudscape*, Disillusion, Dynamic Lights*, November's Doom, Orphaned Land*, Pagan's Mind*, Throes Of Dawn, Wolverine*, w/2 more tba
Date: September 16 - 17, 2005
Location: Earthlink Live, Atlanta, GA
Scheduled artists: Angra*, Conception, Circus Maximus, Manticora*, Orphaned Land*, Pink Cream 69*, Symphorce*, Stride*, Stratovarius*, Therion*
Rio Art Rock Festival 2005
Date: November 8 - 9, 2005
Location: Canecăo, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Scheduled artists: Nektar
Progeny 2
Date: November 20 - 22, 2005?
Location: The Mean Fiddler (Astoria), London, UK
Scheduled artists: Jan Akkerman, Amon Duul II, The Attack (feat. David O'List from the Nice), Audience, Fish*, Jadis*, Magenta*, Man, Carl Palmer, Re-Genesis, Strangefish, and Ummagummaa
PROGPOWER UK 2006
Date: March 25, 2006
Location: The Centaur, Cheltenham, UK
Scheduled artists: Firewind, Freedom Call*, Orphaned Land*, Therion* and Threshold* (with two more tba)