Summers End Progressive Rock Festival

11/05/2026

We're very sorry to have to annouce that Held By Trees are no longer able to join us in October due to a scheduling clash.

We sincerely hope we'll be able to tempt them here sometime in the future and wish them well in the meantime.

We do, however, have a stellar replacement in the form of The Paradox Twin, one of the UK's most exciting prog bands. Their new album, A Romance Of Many Dimensions is superb and we can't wait to hear some of it live!

The (nearly) complete lineup is:

Thursday October 15th
Moments Of Pleasure
tribute to Kate Bush

Friday October 16th
Imaginaerium
The Gift

Saturday October 17th
Lazuli
Comedy Of Errors
EBB
TBC
Neon Fields

Sunday October 18th
Threshold
Landmarq
The Paradox Twin
Circu5
Splink

Tickets for the weekend and for individual days are available at

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06/05/2026

We're delighted to announce the addition of Moments Of Pleasure, the ultimate tribute to the music of Kate Bush to our lineup.

Hailed by The Sunday Times as one of the UK's top 10 tributes, Moments Of Pleasure – a group of exceptional musicians, fronted by vocalist Lisa-Marie Walters – will be joining us for the evening of Thursday, October 15th at Chepstow Drill Hall.

Tickets are £25 and are available – along with details of the rest of the 2026 festival lineup – at www.summersend.co.uk

01/05/2026

The excellent Buzz Elliot devoted his last show to the Winter's End that's just been and the Summer's End to come! All the bands performing are featured and it makes for a cracking show!

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29/03/2026

We are all heartbroken to hear of the passing of Hugh Carter.

Hugh was a wonderful musician and songwriter but, more importantly, a very lovely man. He will be missed by all of us fortunate enough to have met him.

Our thoughts are with Maria and family. Rest In Peace, Hugh

16/03/2026

We're desperately sorry to hear of the passing of John Williams-Wrenne. John was a lovely man and it was always a real pleasure to see him here.

Our deepest sympathies go out to John's friends and family.

Huw, Stephen & the team

14/03/2026

Welcome The Mighty Ra to Winter's End!

We're very disappointed to announce that The Thomas Bradley Project are no longer able to join us Winter's End. We'd like to wish the guys all the best and hopefully we'll welcome Thomas and co another year.

The good news is that taking their place will be the awesome The Mighty Ra! The Welsh wizards of prog will be opening proceedings on the Saturday.

We're immensely grateful to the Ra for stepping in at short notice!

The lineup now looks like this:

Thursday April 9
The Wall Of Floyd
Darkfish

Friday April 10
Karnataka
Ashwing

Saturday April 11
Franck Carducci & The Fantastic Squad
Alan Reed & The Daughters Of Expediency
Credo
Sammary
The Mighty Ra

Sunday April 12
Oak
ChimpanA
Doris Brendel
Ihlo (presented by Prog Magazine)
Living In Shadows

Tickets are available at www.wintersend.co.uk

27/02/2026

The Summer's End team would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Davey Dodds, who has very sadly passed away.

Davey's passing leaves a real hole in the prog – and wider – music scene, but he also left a wonderful musical legacy that will be enjoyed by listeners for many years to come. Rest in peace, Davey.

Best wishes to all.
Huw

12/02/2026

Here is the 2026 Winter's End poster. If you're able, please print it out and take it to your local record shops, venues or anywhere else you think it'll reach the right audience.

If you'd like flyers to hand out at gigs (with the venue/promoter's permission, of course), please let us know :)

24/01/2026

We are very sorry to say that Dim Gray are no longer able to appear at Winter’s End this April. We wish the band all the best and hope that they will be able to participate in a future edition. We are, however, delighted to announce that the excellent Chimpan A will be joining us in their stead, which offers a rare opportunity to catch this exceptional band live.

The lineup for this show will feature Rob Reed and Christina Booth of Magenta, Steve Balsamo (Jon Lord), Dan Fry (Magenta live band), Kirstie Roberts and drummer Tom Price (Godsticks), so a fabulous set is guaranteed!

We are also very pleased to welcome Darkfish to the festival. Darkfish is the project of keyboardist Sheila Maloney, best known as a member of the David Cross Band and of Storm Deva. Darkfish will open the Thursday night ahead of Pink Floyd tribute, The Wall Of Floyd.

The festival will take place April 9-12 in Chepstow Drill Hall with the following new-look lineup:

Thursday 9th
The Wall Of Floyd
Darkfish

Friday 10th
Karnataka
Ashwing

Saturday 11th
Franck Carducci & The Fantastic Squad (FR)
Alan Reed & The Daughters Of Expediency
Credo
Ihlo (presented by Prog Magazine)
The Thomas Bradley Project

Sunday 12th
Oak (NO)
Chimpan A
Doris Brendel
Sammary
Living In Shadows

Festival tickets for the weekend, part weekend and individual days are on sale now
at www.wintersend.co.uk.

05/01/2026

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that we've had to swap slots for Doris Brendel and Held By Trees, so Doris will now be appearing at Winter's End and Held By Trees will be joining us for Summer's End.

This was due to a scheduling issue for Held By Trees and we (and the band) are immensly grateful to Doris for agreeing to perform for us in April :)

The lineup so far confirmed is:

'Imaginaerium' featuring Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai
Lazuli
Comedy Of Errors
EBB
Nick Fletcher ft Dikajee (presented by Progzilla Radio)
Neon Fields
Landmarq
Held By Trees
Davey Dodds
Splink