Animals As Leaders and Monuments to headline new prog festival

Radar Festival

Radar Festival, a brand new modern prog event headlined by Animals As Leaders and Monuments, will take place in Guildford on August 2-3.

Alongside the headline acts, artists announced for this new event include VOLA, Toska, Sumer, Valis Ablaze, Rolo Tomassi, Car Bomb, Sithu Aye, No Consequence, Harbinger, Eschar, Arcaeon, Mask Of Judas and Visionist. More acts will be announced.

The event, the brainchild of two South East of England promoters, will take place at Guildford's Corner House (the renovated site of the old Guildford Casino) and will feature two stages.

Tickets are available at £64.49 for the weekend. More information can be found at the festival website.

Radar Festival

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.