Music festivals are the best way to tackle your band bucket list. Here at Proglodytes, we thought we would try and compile a list of all of the progressive rock/metal music festivals that we knew of, in case there is one that is happening close to you. If you are aware of one that we left off, or if we need to update any details, please let us know, and we’ll make sure to keep it up to date.

North America

Cruise to the Edge 2026
Date: March 4-9, 2026
Venue: Cruise Ship
City, Country: Miami, Key West, Nassau
Website: https://cruisetotheedge.com/

Bands: Marillion, Steve Hackett, Big Big Train, Eddie Jobson, Symphony X, Adrian Belew, Haken, Lifesigns, The Flower Kings, Queensryche, Stick Men, Protocol, Pete Roth Trio feat. Bill Bruford, Wishbone Ash, Airbag, Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Crown Lands, Klone, Crack the Sky, Randy McStine, Kyros, Earthside, Rendezvous Point, Temic, Baraka, Alex Henry Foster, Jane Getter’s Premonition, Lari Basilio, Truce, District 97, Dueling Pianos, Marbin, Dave Kerzner and Friends, Estronaut.

(Preview) Cruise to the Edge 2027
Date: April 2-8, 2027
Venue: Cruise Ship
City, Country: Miami, Harvest Caye, Costa Maya, Cozumel
Website: https://cruisetotheedge.com/

Bands: Steve Hackett, Asia, Neal Morse, V35, Gazpacho, Temic, Von Hertzen Brothers, Ozric Tentacles, Haunt the Woods, Moon Safari, Thank You Scientist, Cheeto’s Magazine, more TBD.

Legalize Lex 2026 (Doom, Psychedelia, Prog)
Date: April 17-18, 2026
Venue: Al’s Bar
City, Country: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/people/Legalize-Lex/61555343011739/

Bands: Hashtronaut, Crop, Crystal Spiders, Swamp Hawk, Faerie Ring, Üga Büga, Insomniac, Supreme Mystic, Veilcaste, Doomsday Profit, Shi, Dead Runes, Acromancer, Blonde Cauldron.

Terra Incognita Prog Festival
Date: May 15-17, 2026
Venue: La Chapelle Spectacles
City, Country: Quebec City, Canada
Website: www.terraincognita.quebec

Bands: Friday- Finisterre, Derev 

Saturday- The Chronicles of Father Robin, Jacob Roberge, Sunset Mission.

Sunday- La Maschera di Cera, Sonus Umbra, Half Past Four.

Cascadence (formerly Seaprog)
Date: To Be Confirmed
Venue: Rainer Arts Center
City, Country: Seattle, Washington
Website: https://seaprogfest.org/

Bands: To Be Confirmed

Prog on the Lake
Date: Postponed
Venue: Arts on the Lake
City, Country: Kent Lakes, NY, USA
Website: 

Bands: Postponed until 2027

Progstorm Festival
Date: August 21-23, 2026
Venue: Le Ministere
City, Country: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website: https://www.progstorm.com/

Bands: Cynic, Car Bomb, Pure Reason Revolution, Wilderun, Vulkan, Anciients, An Abstract Illusion, Dawn of Ouroboros, Aeternam, Exist,Nospūn, Heaven’s Cry, Fractal Sun, Hillward, Dessiderium, Sky Passage, Chronochrome, Greylotus.

ProgDay
Date: September 5-6th (weekend before Labor Day), 2026
Venue: Storybook Farm
City, Country: Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA
Website: http://www.progday.net/

Bands: Discipline, more TBD

ProgPower USA XXIII
Date: September 9-12, 2026
Venue: Center Stage Theater
City, Country: Atlanta, Georgia USA
Website: http://progpowerusa.com/

Bands: Wednesday- The Reticent, Fabio Lione, Threshold, Ensiferum, Noveria

Thursday- Fires in the Distance, Scardust, Teramaze, Elvenking*, Conception, Eluveitie
*Elvenking special set: “Heathenreel & The Winter Wake”

Friday- DGM, Brainstorm, Crimson Glory, Hammerfall, Nevermore, Evergrey

Saturday- Sunburst, Seven Spires, Roy Khan, Redemption, The Gathering (feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen), Voyage

Progstock 2026
Date: October 8-10, 2026
Venue: Williams Center
City, Country: Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Website: http://www.progstock.com/

Bands: TBD

Morsefest 2026
Date: August 21-22, 2026
Venue: New Life Fellowship Church
City, Country: White House, TN, USA
Website: https://nealmorse.com/js_events/morsefest-uk-2026/

Bands: Neal Morse Band, more TBD

Europe

Midwinter Prog
Date: February 7th, 2026.
Venue: Grote Zaal
City, Country: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Website: https://www.facebook.com/midwinterprogfestival/

Bands: Leprous, Gazpacho, Pure Reason Revolution, Green Carnation, Ihlo

Fusion 7
Date: March 6-8, 2026
Venue: Stourport Civic Centre
City, Country: Stourport-on-Severn, England
Website: http://www.fusionprogfestivals.com/

Bands: Friday– Mostly Autumn, The Emerald Dawn, Emily Francis Trio, Dorie Jackson

Saturday- The Tangent, Galahad, This Winter Machine, Alpha Lighting System, Mother Black Cap, Sonus Umbra, Tribe3

Sunday– Pure Reason Revolution, Lesoir, Oddleaf, The Blackheart Orchestra, Sonic Tapestry, Zopp

(Preview) Fusion 8
Date: March 5-7, 2027
Venue: Stourport Civic Centre
City, Country: Stourport-on-Severn, England
Website: http://www.fusionprogfestivals.com/

Bands: Friday- Tim Bowness & Butterfly Mind, Kylver, Viper Soup Complex, Hats Off Gentleman It’s Adequate.

Saturday- RPWL, Karnataka, Freedom To Glide, Pryzme, Comedy Of Errors, The Mighty Ra, Square Wild.

Sunday-  Gandalf’s Fist, Izz, Esthesis, Z Machine, Forgotten Gods. 

We Låve Rock Festival 2026
Date: April 24-25. 2026
Venue: Multisalen, Asker Kulturhus
City, Country: Asker, Norway
Website: https://www.welaverock.no/

Bands: Friday– Arild Broter’s A Spectre of Sounds (James Bond muisc reimagined), Panzerpappa, Infringement, Feyheart the Bard,

Saturday– Saluki, Magic Pie, Millenium, AVKRVST, Anders Buass Trio, Emil Olsen & Andreas Knutsen, Asa Ree

Artrock Festival XIII
Date: April 10-13, 2026
Venue: Neuberinhaus Reichenbach
City, Country: Vogtland, Germany
Website: https://prog-rock.club/

Bands: Rockpommel’s Band, Lazuli, Electric Guitar Land, Digital Life Project, Le Orme, Flame Drop, Krissy Matthews & Jim Jennett, Bartosz Kusik and Igor Smelkowski, Ape Shifter, The Skys, Hekz, Neronia, King of Sweden, Aerostation.

The Winter’s End Progressive Rock Festival 2026
Date: April 9-12, 2026
Venue: The Drill Hall, Lower Church St, Chepstow
City, Country: Chepstow, Wales, United Kingdom
Website:  http://www.winters-end.co.uk/

Bands: Thursday- The Wall of Floyd, Darkfish

Friday- Karnataka, Ashwing

Saturday- Franck Carducci & The Fantastic Squad, Alan Reed & The Daughters of Expediency, Credo, Sammary, The Mighty Ra

Sunday- Oak, ChimpanA, Doris Brendel, Ihlo, Living in Shadows

Prog Metal Mania
Date: Postponed until 2027 (Formerly in May)
Venue: Backstage Werk
City, Country: Munich, Germany
Website: https://progmetalmania.com/

Bands: Postponed until 2027

Midsmmer Prog Festival
Date: May 23-24, 2026
Venue: Richie Backfireplein, Muziekgieterij Courtyard
City, Country: Maastricht, Netherlands
Website: http://midsummerprog.com/

Bands: Saturday- Geoff Tate (Operation Mindcrime), Einar Solberg, Quidam, Blowbeat, OK Goodnight, Benthos

Sunday- TesseracT, Amarok, Cyan, Overhead, The, Albatross, Ursa

Comendatio Music Fest 2026
Date: Postponed until 2027  (previously late June)
Venue: Paço Da Comenda
City, Country: Rua de Coimbra, Tomar, Portugal
Website:  https://www.facebook.com/comendatiomf

Bands: Postponed until 2027

RADAR Festival
Date: July 31-August 2, 2026
Venue: 02 Victoria Warehouse
City, Country: Manchester, England
Website: https://www.radarfestival.co.uk/

Bands: Friday- Thy Art Is Murder, Chelsea Grin (UK Festival Exclusive), SikTh, Vianova, Graphic Nature, Pintglass (Stage Two Headliner), Ghost Iris, Hacktivist, Cage Fight, CLT DRP, Sixth Wonder, and Rozemary

Saturday- Skindred, Northlane, Protest The Hero (UK Festival Exclusive), Heart of a Coward, unpeople, The Hara (replacing Siamese), BLACKGOLD, Seething Akira, Royal Sorrow, Glass Bridges, Dacara, and Eville

Sunday- Animals as Leaders, Voyager (UK Festival Exclusive), Einar Solberg (solo set), The Pineapple Thief, Ten56., Employed To Serve, Elwood Stray, Dali, Ihlo, Luna Kills, Benthos, and Maebe.

Prog for Peart
Date: July 17-July 18th, 2026
Venue: The Northcourt
City, Country: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK
Website: https://www.progforpeart.com/#/

Bands: Mostly Autumn, Magenta, Guy manning (Damanek), Also Eden, Red Bazar, King of Sweden, Long Earth, Jump, Karmamoi, The Room, The Gift, Hamasaari, Kindred Spirit Band, Forgotten Gods, Mother Black Cap

Eppyfest 13
Date: July 25th-26th, 2026
Venue: Smokey Joe’s Diner
City, Country: Cheltenham, UK
Website: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/eppyfest/2052729

Bands: Saturday- Sunday Driver UK, NOT SOUP, Hoopy Frood

Sunday- The Pete Roth Trio feat. Bill Bruford, Living In Shadows, Phil Mercy

Porto Antico Prog Fest 2026
Date: August 1, 2026
Venue: Piazza delle Feste Ponte Embriaco
City, Country: Genoa, Italy
Website: 

Bands: Goblin (Claudio Simonetti), Sigmund Freud, The Fërtility, more TBA

ArcTanGent 2026
Date: August 19-22nd, 2026
Venue: Fernhill Farm
City, Country: Bristol, UK
Website: https://arctangent.co.uk/tickets/

Bands: Wednesday- Cardiacs, Sikth, Svalbard, Alpha Male Tea Party, Lost In Kiev, Overhead The Albatross, Papangu, Chalk Hands, God Alone, Dimscüa, Giant Walker, The Grey, Sans Froid, Swamp Coffin.

Thursday- Chelsea Wolfe, Igorrr, Alcest, Agent Fresco, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, MØL, A.A. Williams, Maruja, Nordic Giants, Zu, Psychonaut, Michael Cera Palin, Shearling, Scorpion Milk, OTAY:ONII, XO Armor, Zeta, Benthos, Bruise Blood, Bucket, Floating, Haal, Ian, Iskandr, KLÄMP, L.O.E., Matador, Pil & Bue, Sleemo, Terminals, Witchsorrow.

Friday- Primus, Perturbator, Napalm Death, Arcane Roots, Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, Conjurer, Nothing, Scaler, Youthmovies, BRUIT ≤, Heck, Amplifier, SOM, The Intersphere, Barrens, Blessings, Civil Service, Moksha, Night Swimming, No Violet, Ringlets, The Sad Season, Señor Pink, Wildernesses, Worn Out, You Win Again Gravity, Zahn, Zatokrev.

Saturday-Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas, Eivør, Chat Pile, High on Fire, Oathbreaker, Jamie Lenman, TTNG, MASTER BOOT RECORD, Pupil Slicer, Cardiacs, Battlesnake, Jo Quail & The Crossbones Ensemble, Kathryn Joseph, MÚR, HUGGING, SKLOSS, A.A. Williams, Darkher, Humanfly, Leeched, Town Portal, Erotic Secrets of Pompeii, Forlorn, Gösta Berling’s Saga, Hang Linton, itoldyouiwouldeatyou, lowheaven, Meatdripper, NYOS, Pleb, PREYRS, Ronker, Tanzana, Sara Zozaya.

A New Day Festival 2026
Date: August 21-23, 2026
Venue: Mount Ephraim Gardens
City, Country: Faversham, UK
Website: http://www.anewdayfestival.com/

Bands: Friday- Sweet, Peatbog Faeries, Stray, Brave Rival, Lightnin’ Willie & The Poor Boys, The Hayley Griffiths Band, Gerry Jablonki Band, Leatherat, Flor de Loto, The Bevis Frond, Cuprum

Saturday- Hawkwind, Lindisfarne, Curved Air, Shooglenifty, Mike Sanchez, Solstice, Albion, A Formal Horse, Haze, The Mentulls, Hanterhir

Sunday- Gong, Henge, Martin Turner (ex Wishbone Ash), Karnataka, Vince Lee and Sophie Lord, Kanda Bongo Man, Jump, ZZ Toppd, Neon Fields, Blue Stragglers, Dirty Strangers

Crescendo
Date: August 20-22, 2026
Venue:  Esplanade du Concié
City, Country: Saint Palais Sur Mer, France
Website: http://festival-crescendo.com

Bands: Friday- Chabifönk Expérience, Edensong, Liberation Orchestra

Saturday- Harkus, La Maschera di Cera, The Emerald Dawn, Discipline

Sunday-Oddleaf, Half Past Four, Smokemaster

Complexity Fest
Date: August 15th, 2026
Venue: Patronaat Haarlem
City, Country: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Website: https://www.facebook.com/complexityfest

Bands: Ryosuke Kiyasu, Zeta (Join Zeta), ZU, Violent Magic Orchestra (VMO), Hollow Jan, more possibly TBD?

Pulterkammer
Date: August 29-30, 2026
Venue: Hamar Teater
City, Country: Hamar, Norway
Website: Pulterkammer Website

Bands: MEER, more bands TBA

Wha’s Like Us
Date: August 29, 2026
Venue: The Drygate
City, Country: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/548019638116794

Bands: Comedy of Errors, Long Earth, Snake Temple Kings, Machinary, Marley Davidson, Scarlet INside, more TBA

Nene Valley Rock Festival (Rock, Prog, Blues)
Date: September 3-6, 2026
Venue: Grimsthorpe Castle
City, Country: Bourne, UK
Website: https://www.nvrf.rocks/

Bands: Thursday- A Foreigner’s Journey, Noddy’s Puncture, Square Wild, Fearless Scoundrels, Thr3e, TEN / Gary Hughes

Friday- FM, EBB, Pearl Handled Revolver, Lesoir, The Soul Revival, AlphaLine, Paulie Boy Blues, The Hellfire Club, Corky Laing, Sonic Tapestry, Cry for Mercy, The Dead Can Wait, Claire Hamill Music, Spriggan Mist, Forgotten Gods

Saturday- Focus, Martin Turner, Solstice, Leaf Hound, Papa Shango, Blues Boy Kings, Dikajee, Earthdust, Ice-9ine, Velvet Dead, The Darker my Horizon, Light Damage, Greyfox Conspiracy, Blue Nation

Sunday- Colosseum, Curved Air, Atomic Rooster, Rhabstallion, Haze, The Round Window, Credo, HeKz, Katie and the Bad Sign, Living in Shadows, Soho Dukes, Luna Marble, JUMP, IzenGard, McHale’s Permanent Brew, Mighty Ra

2Days Prog +1 Festival
Date: September 4-6, 2026
Venue: Campo Sportivo, Via Chiesa
City, Country: Veruno Novara, Italy
Website: https://www.facebook.com/VerunoProgRockFestival/

Bands: Friday- Voyage 35, Soen, ANAID, Black Pie

Saturday- Ritual, Samurai of Prog, Ottone Pesante

Sunday- Paatos, Half Oast Four, Limite Acque Sicure,

Be Prog! My Friend
Date: September 25-26th, 2026
Venue: La Carpa Poble Espanyol
City, Country: Barcelona, Spain
Website: https://www.beprogmyfriend.com/en/

Bands: Friday- The Ocean, The Dear Hunter, Einar Solberg, Agent Fresco, After Lapse

Saturday- Soen, Green Carnation, Rendezvous Point, Iotunn, Serapis Project

Euroblast Festival
Date: September 25-27th, 2026
Venue: Essigfabrik
City, Country: Cologne, Germany
Website: http://www.euroblast.net/en/

Bands: Textures, Decapitated, Haken, Agent Fresco, Alkera, Allegaeon, Anciients, Dali FR (The Dali Thundering Concept), Einar Solberg, Enterprise Earth, Fractal Sun, Gorod, Humanity’s Last Breath, Interra, Iotunn, Karmanjakah, Panzerballett featuring Virgil Donati, Seething Akira, Seven Blood, Swallow the Sun, The Broken Horizon, The Dear Hunter, The Reticent, and Vildhjarta

The Summer’s End Festival
Date: October 15-18, 2026
Venue: Chepstow Drill Hall
City, Country: Chepstow, England
Website: http://www.summersend.co.uk/

Bands: Thursday- TBA

Friday– ‘Imaginaerium’ featuring Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai

Saturday- Lazuli, Comedy of Errors, EBB, Nick Fletcher ft. Dikajee, Neon Fields

Sunday- Threshold, Landmarq, Held by Trees, Circu5, Splink

ProgPower Europe
Date: October 2-4, 2026
Venue: JC SJIWA Baarlo
City, Country: Baarlo, The Netherlands
Website:  http://www.progpowereurope.com/

Bands: Einar Solberg, Hippotraktor, Quantum, Sister May, The Dear Hunter, The Reticent, more TBA

Camp HRH
Date: November 13-16th, 2026
Venue: Camp HRH
City, Country:   Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Website: http://www.hrhprog.com/

Bands: Pendragon, Arena, Mostly Autumn, Arthur Brown, Caravan, Pavlov’s Dog, Evil Blizzard, Naxatras, The Spacelords, JUMP, MAN, O_R_k, Doris Brendel, Lee Dunham, Franck Carducci, EBB, Pearl Handled Revolver, John Hackett Band, BB BlackDog, Blank Manuskript, Baron Crâne, L.O.E, Haze, Polymath, Sweetpool, TT Transmission, Watermelon Chronicles, cowfisH, Comedy Of Errors, Grace Hayhurst, and Ian Matthews & Bram Stoker.

Danfest 15
Date: November 27-29, 2026
Venue: The International Music Venue
City, Country:   Garden Street, Leicester, UK
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/the-international-music-venue/danfest-14/4276770339234214/

Bands: Friday- Red Bazar, The Round Window, Grace Hayhurst.

Saturday- Winter In Eden, Freedom To Glide, Long Earth, Viper Soup Complex, The Book Of Revelations, The Moscow Riley.

Sunday- EBB, Jump, Magenta, The Far Meadow, The Mighty Ra, Eyes Of Albion.