15/09/2022
HUGE UPDATE TIME (Please feel free to share the s**t out of it !!)
Ok you patient lot, eyes down for a HUGE, MOOSSIVE and RATHER LOOOONG Update, so please bear with and all will be revealed and "NO" - you don't win a prize if you make it to the end !!
LINE-UP
For those of you that didn't know, we now have a "Festival Launch Party" on the evening of March 2nd which will be held at https://www.45live.co.uk/ in Kidderminster and features three amazing bands for the paltry sum of only £20 - JUMP - The British Rock Band, Ghost Of The Machine and headlining, the mighty KYROS, hope you can join us. 45 Live Venue is a brand new, state of the art venue with an incredible hi-def screen bringing you stunning visuals along with crystal clear sound..........
As you will see from the stunning new poster below, there have been a few line-up changes and additions. Nine Skies (for obvious reasons - RIP Eric :-( ) will no longer be opening proceedings on Saturday 4th, so I've made an executive decision - Spriggan Mist will now take their place instead of opening proceedings on Friday, leaving The Wood Demons, The Emerald Dawn and Solstice to entertain you.
Other than that, Saturday's stellar line-up remains the same - how could we improve on total excellence ?????
Sunday, for purely budgetary reasons, I'm sad to say we have had to lose Verbal Delirium, but you will notice we now have Richard West and his lovely wife (aka League of Lights) kicking things off and if you've managed to check them out or indeed, caught them on one of our virtual events last year, you are in for a treat and a fine way to start the ball rolling on Sunday 5th. You may have also noticed we have the awesome Cyan (featuring Robert Reed Music, Luke Machin and the incredible Pete Jones Music) in what will be the official launch gig for their brand new album, due out in February.
Guys, the line-up for Fusion 4 is absolutely mind blowing. It's took some work, but I feel we have totally succeeded in putting together one helluva weekend for you beautiful people and all for the low low price of only £120 !!!!
We even have day and evening tickets available - Check out the tickets page for full details:
https://store.fusionprogfestivals.com/product-category/tickets/
VENDORS
After trying several times to get progrock.co.uk without success, I have given up and so now we will have Jason from https://desirablevinyl.co.uk/ joining us in the lobby and having seen his prices and vast selection, I hope you've been saving your pennies. We are looking at getting a few other traders involved including new age clothing and accessories - I'd also welcome suggestions and recommendations, let's make this a weekend you'll never forget eh ???
CATERING
Once again, we have the rather marvellous Lalita’s Indian Street Food and The Peaky Grinder for that freshly made coffee and indoors, topped fries and a wonderful selection of other culinary delights from Tasty Stuff in a Box. Also in discussion with a Jacket Potato vendor - more news as it happens.
T-SHIRTS/HOODIES
We are currently working on the design for our exclusive festival-wear and will be offering a discounted price if you buy before the weekend. I just hope we can maintain the current line-up as this year's event, we lost NINE bands from the original line-up and it plays havoc with poster, flier and clothing designs, no drop-outs this time please !!!
RAFFLE
Once again we will have a festival programme available which will double up as a raffle entry and do we have some prizes lined up for you !!! Books, CD's, Headphone, Games, Media Players - second Christmas is on the way guys !!!
(Whatcha mean, we haven't had a first Christmas yet.....LOL)
QUESTIONNAIRES
We have perused all your feedback and comments about this year's event and hopefully, you will see some major improvements making 2023, by far our best yet, but you'll have to wait until the big day to find out what they are, he he.
PAYPAL
We are currently working with PayPal to offer credit facilities which will allow you to spread the cost over three payments (ie. Weekend ticket is £120, using PayPal Credit you pay £40 a month for three months - no interest or fees will be added !!) - More news once it's up and running.
STREAMING
Once again, we have TAD Studios on site and promising an even greater and upgraded experience for those of you who can't make it for economic, physical or geographic reasons (see tickets page for full details). On the subject of videos, over the next few days we will be making the full line-up from this year's event available via exclusive access for a mere £10 (USB memory stick option will be available for those of you who can't stream hi-def video due to slow internet speeds etc, or simply want a physical product)
Phew...............that's about it for now folks.
Hope to see some of you at Steve Hackett on Sunday in Brum, other than that, have a rather awesome weekend and we'll be in touch soon.
Stay Proggy - Steve & Lou #########xx
IQ, Viriditas, Darwin's Radio, Orpheus Nine, Manic Whale, The Swan Chorus, Omega Point, The Hayley Griffiths Band, Drifting Sun, CAIRO MUSIC
