The Pineapple Thief and TesseracT to headline this year's Be Prog! My Friend festival in Barcelona

The Pinepple Thief — (Image credit: Tina Korhonen)

UK prog rockers The Pineapple Thief and prog metal quintet TesseracT have been announced as the headline acts for this year's Be Prog! My Friend festival.

This year's event takes place at La Carpa at Poble Espanyol, Barcelona's open-air architectural museum on Friday September 26 and Saturday September 27.

Joining the UK headline acts areUS prog rockers The Dear Hunter, Weather Systems, UK prog rockers Threshold and Finland's Von Hertzen Brothers. And in keeping with the event's tradition of also supporting local talent, four Spanish prog and post-rock acts will be appearing; local proggers Cheeto's Magazine and Dry River, instrumental prog metal band Lampr3a and prog metallers Moonloop.

"After the successful rebirth of Be Prog! last year in its new home, La Carpa at Poble Espanyol, we return in 2025 stronger than ever: expanding from eight to ten bands and introducing venue improvements that you'll notice as soon as you step inside," the organisers tell Prog. "Be Prog! My Friend will remain the ultimate progressive festival —an exclusive event with limited capacity, where we can enjoy full performances from many of the bands on the lineup."

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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.