Danfest 14
at The International (Musician 2), Leicester
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Danfest is the longest running prog festival in the MIdlands and it's back in November 2025 for another weekend of fantastic live rock.
Friday 28th November
Saturday 29th November
Sunday 30th November
Kindred Spirit Band
The Kindred Spirit Band are a five-piece, featuring the “perceptive and intriguing” songs, “haunting and beautiful” voice and rhythm guitar work of Elaine Samuels. They are known for weaving thrilling electric violin or guitar and flute or sax with compelling and uplifting stories, driving bass and drum rhythms and two female vocals. They have been performing and recording albums as a band in this form, since the early 2000s and have performed at some prestigious venues and events, such as Liverpool’s Cavern Club, Weyfest, A New Day Festival and HRH Prog Festival. They have been embraced by the prog rock world, with features in Prog magazine and Classic Rock Society’s magazine. Kindred Spirit Band are currently Elaine Samuels (vocs/ac/elec guitar), Piers Hogg (elec guitar), Keith Buckman (bass & bvs), Stevie Mitchell (flute, sax, cello & bvs), & Paul Austin (drums). This post-lockdown line-up have already performed to acclaim at A New Day Festival, Danfest, Prog the Forest, Cambridge Rock Festival, Wokingham Festival & Soundle Weekend. Following the success of their award winning 2023 EP release, Mechanophobia, Kindred Spirit Band’s double concept album "The Journey Within" was released in July 2025. “One of the best folk rock acts in activity in the UK” Prog Rock & Prog Metal Zine “Creative, progressive folk-rock with some extraordinarily beautiful songs & a host of imaginative & wonderfully crafted ideas…Written for our generation" Neil Mach, Ad Pontes Magazine
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Tiger Moth Tales
Pete Jones AKA Tiger Moth Tales, was voted Best Newcomer in the Classic Rock Society magazine, and voted 'One To Watch in 2016' by the readers of Prog Magazine.
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The Emerald Dawn
Emerald Dawn are a multi-instrumentalist, symphonic progressive rock quartet, who combine elements from classical music, jazz and rock to produce their own original, distinctive and exciting sound.
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LANDMARQ
Even after over three decades Prog-rockers Landmarq continue to produce and deliver their music with power and passion, both on record and on stage. Formed in 1990, Landmarq are a UK-based 'neo-progressive' rock band. The band have an extensive catalogue having so far released a total of ten albums, four of which were recorded live at various concerts in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, plus two official concert DVDs filmed in Poland (2006) and The Netherlands (2015). Landmarq are continuing to write and record material for their next album and are looking forward to more live shows in 2022 and beyond. See the band's website (landmarq.net) for an extended biography, full discography, music and more... - "...Straight from the off the band gets into the groove, covering tracks from their full repertoire.... A thoroughly enjoyable set for which they richly deserved their standing ovation..." Landmarq at Fusion 3.5 Festival 2022 (Richard Swan - theprogressiveaspect.net) "...Without doubt, 'Entertaining Angels' is the strongest album of their career..." - Nick Shilton, 'PROG' magazine, UK “...What has set Landmarq's seal has been an ability to appeal to the diehard Progressive audience who demand musical gymnastics, and also to a more mainstream crowd who want accessibility...” (Classic Rock magazine, UK) - “...With 'Entertaining Angels', Landmarq not only live up to the quality of their back catalog, they exceed it...” (Jeff Matheus, Prognaut.com, USA)
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The International (Musician 2)
Garden Street
Leicester
LE1 3UA
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