Prog For Peart

The readers of Prog Magazine voted Prog For Peart as one of the top 10 events for 2021 and 2022. The Prog For Peart event is scheduled for the weekend of July 2023 and will take place at The Northcourt music venue, located at Abingdon United FC in Oxfordshire.

Prog For Peart is a music festival created to honor the memory of Neil Peart, the drummer of Rush, and to raise funds for the development of a treatment for Glioblastoma Multiforme, the same form of brain cancer Peart had. Cancer of this type is very aggressive and has a high likelihood of causing death. Thanks to the Headcase Cancer Trust, the festival could finance 25% of the costs of pre-human trials and experiments at Nottingham Trent University last year.

There will be eight bands performing daily from noon until midnight. The headliners are Cosmograf and Tim Bowness, and Prog For Peart is excited about it. Furthermore, the event that will take place in 2023 will include performances by Abel Ganz, Doris Brendel Band, Long Earth, Lee Abraham Band, Grace & Fire, Band Of Rain, Viriditas, Zio with Hayley Griffiths, Trilogy, Ebb, Yuval Ron Trio, Ruby Dawn, Vine Messiah & Forgotten Gods.

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Food, CD and vinyl stalls, and rock and prog art will be available for purchase at the event. Limited on-site camping is available for motorhomes and tents. There are bars in the main venue room, a lounge bar, and a large outdoor beer garden. The bars will be open until late.