Rites of Spring festival
The Rites of Spring festival or RoSfest is an annual progressive rock festival which takes place at the end of April or in early May. Established in 2004, the festival was held at the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania until 2007, and then moved to the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania for 2008 and 2009.
| Rites of Spring Festival | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Dates | Annually in April or May |
| Location(s) | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Founded by | George Roldan and Tom Smith |
| Website | The Rites Of Spring Festival |
As of 2010, the festival moved to the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In 2019, the festival moved to the Sarasota Opera House in Sarasota, Florida.
History
RoSfest was founded in 2004 by George Roldan and Tom Smith. The intent of the promoters was to establish a new international progressive rock festival in the United States. The inaugural three-day festival was held April 24, 25, and 26, 2004 at the famous Colonial Theatre located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The RoSfest artwork since 2007 has been designed by Ed Unitsky. Through the 2013 festival, 104 different bands will have performed at the Rites of Spring Festival.
Lineups
| Date | Location | Headliners | Supporting Bands | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5–7, 2017 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Moon Safari (Sweden), The Neal Morse Bank (US), Anglagard (Sweden) | Kyros (UK), The Aaron Clift Experiment (US), Unified Past (US), U.N.I.T dB (Australia), The Fierce and The Dead (UK), Evership (Us), Edensong (US). | |||||||||||
| May 6–8, 2016 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Magic Pie (Norway), The Electric Strawbs (UK), No More Pain (US) | Circuline (US), Dave Kerzner (US), Spock's Beard (US), 3rDegree (US), Kinetic Element (US), The Fringe (US), Bent Knee (US), Comedy Of Errors (Scotland), Zebra (US) | |||||||||||
| May 1–3, 2015 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Heliopolis (US), Spock's Beard (US), Fanfare (US) | Strattman (US), Sonus Umbra (US), Abel Ganz (Scotland), Haken (UK), Might Could (US), Lo-Fi Resistance (US), Synaesthesia (UK), Glass Hammer (US), Enchant (US), | |||||||||||
| May 2–4, 2014 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Caravan (UK), Beardfish (Sweden), Collage (Poland) | Clepsydra (Switzerland), Shadow Merchant (US), Elephants of Scotland (US), Sound of Contact (UK), Thank You Scientist (US), Fright Pig (US), Red Sand (Canada), Subsignal (Germany) | |||||||||||
| May 3–5, 2013 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
The Flower Kings (Sweden), Riverside (Poland), Shadow Gallery (US) | Bolus (Canada), Kingcrow (Italy), Jolly (US), Pain of Salvation (Sweden), Believe (Poland), Dream the Electric Sleep (US), MoeTar (US), Electric Asturias (Japan) | |||||||||||
| May 4–6, 2012 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Karmakanic (Sweden), IQ (UK), Agents of Mercy (Sweden) | DeeExpus (UK), The Aaron English Band (US), Resistor (US), Hasse Froeberg and Musical Companion (Sweden), Sanguine Hum (UK), IO Earth (UK), Discipline (US), Trespass (US). | |||||||||||
| May 20–22, 2011 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Moon Safari (Sweden), Daemonia (Italy), Quidam (Poland) | Epiicycle (US), Tinyfish (UK), Osada Vida (Poland), Phideaux (US), Gallactic Collective (US), Mars Hollow (US), District 97 (US), The Reasoning (UK) | |||||||||||
| April 30 – May 2, 2010 | Majestic Theatre, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Pendragon (UK), Magic Pie (Norway), Renaissance (UK/US) | Mystery (Canada), Gazpacho (Norway), Manning (UK), Ajalon (US), Von Hertzen Brothers (Finland), Oblivion Sun (US), Deexpus (UK) | |||||||||||
| May 1–3, 2009 | Keswick Theatre, Glenside, Pennsylvania |
Nektar (UK/Germany), Lazuli (France), John Lees' Barclay James Harvest (UK) | The Syn (UK/US), Iluvatar (US), Silver Pipe (US), Frost* (UK), Abigail's Ghost (US), Moth Vellum (US), Mangala Vallis (Italy), Moon Safari (Sweden), Touchstone (UK) | |||||||||||
| May 2–4, 2008 | Keswick Theatre, Glenside, Pennsylvania |
Ambrosia (US), CIRCA: (US), Crack The Sky (US), Wishbone Ash (UK) | GPS (US), RPWL (Germany), Ritual (Sweden), Blind Ego (Germany/UK), Black Bonzo (Sweden), Credo (UK) | |||||||||||
| April 27–29, 2007 | Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
Starcastle (US), Pendragon (UK), Spock's Beard (US) | Puppet Show (US), Tempustry (US), Carptree (Sweden), Galahad (UK), Rocket Scientists (US), Magic Pie (Norway), Retroheads (Norway), Darwin's Radio (UK) | |||||||||||
| April 28–30, 2006 | Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
NEO (UK), Satellite (Poland), The Watch (Italy) | Pallas (UK), The Pineapple Thief (UK), Magic Pie (Norway), John Young (UK), Ephemeral Sun (US), Karmakanic (Sweden), Hamadryad (Canada), Mirthrandir (US) | |||||||||||
| April 27–29, 2005 | Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
Arena (UK), Magenta (UK), The Tangent (UK) | Myriad (US), Dennis Haley (US), Tiles (US), Kino (UK), Eyestrings (US), Sylvan (Germany), Man on Fire (US), Cryptic Vision (US) | |||||||||||
| April 24–26, 2004 | Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
Jadis (UK), RPWL (Germany), Man on Fire (US) | Alias Eye (Germany), IZZ (US), Orphan Project (US), Salem Hill (US), Little Atlas (US), Sonus Umbra (US), Frogg Cafe (US) | |||||||||||
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References
External links
- RoSfest.com – official website
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