[atlantaprog] Re: Fripp on the music biz

Allen Welty-Green wrote on the prospect of a travelling "ProgFest":

I've often thought Yes should do something like that!

Yes is usually the band that comes up in such discussions. They're aware of this, and apparently wouldn't be averse to it. One old reliable headliner, one unexpectedly reunited band, a band or two with possible youth appeal, and a band or two with "traditional" appeal. Say:

Yes
Nektar (who have, in fact, reunited and thus would be in shape)
The Flower Kings
Anekdoten
Porcupine Tree

Jethro Tull
Caravan (same as Nektar--or maybe ELP if Tull can't pull in Yes' numbers)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Spock's Beard
Thinking Plague

But what would be the best venue for such a thing? Would you want such a thing in an indoor theater? (Of course, NEARfest has no problems with this, but that's the hard core.) Would enough people in the current Yes audience be willing to buy an all-day (5 hours of total playing time, with half an hour between sets, for a total of seven hours) ticket?

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