The Rogue Independent Music Festival, also known as Rogue Fest, was a two-day festival of
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. In ...
and
art rock held annually in
Atlanta, GA
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from 2002 to 2006.
The festival was conceived after the promoters spent much time traveling to other progressive rock and art rock festivals throughout the United States year after year to listen to the music they enjoyed. In 2002, the promoters of Rogue Fest decided to hold a festival in their home town of Atlanta, and so The Rogue Independent Music Festival was born.
[News - April 30th, 2002 [www.progweed.net]](_blank)
/ref> For the first three years, The Rogue Independent Music Festival was held at The New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta, GA. In 2005, the fourth year of the festival, that location was not available because the date was moved from July to June and Rogue Fest was moved to Jake's Toadhouse.
/ref> Cobweb Strange is the only band that performed at every Rogue Fest. A live version of their song, "Clarity's Advent," that was recorded at the 2003 Rogue Fest was included on the compilation CD ''Ghost Notes''.
Festivals and performers
;Rogue Fest 5 (July 7 & 8, 2006): Location: Eyedrum
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in Atlanta, GA
:Big Hairy Monster, Capillary Action
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, Cobweb Strange, Farpoint, Christopher Hunt, Kindness of Strangers, The Lost Boys, Outpost 9, Spaceseed, TouchXTone, Unbounded Sky, Z-Axis
;Rogue Fest 4 (June 18 & 19, 2005):
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Location: The New American Shakespeare Tavern in Atlanta, GA
: Cobweb Strange, The Datura Blues, Dead Musicians' Society, Farpoint, Karma Lingo, Lord Only, Man on Fire, Paine's Promise, Solution Science Systems, UT, XL, Z-Axis
;Rogue Fest 1 (July 27, 2002):
References
External links
Official website
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Progressive rock