First "Seaprog Presents" concert slated for 28 Jan 2016
In the first of a number of one-off events presented by Seaprog during the off-year before the festival returns in 2017, Seattle instrumental avant-rock stalwarts Moraine return to their favorite local venue in the company of two formidable festival favorites, Nosretep and Super Z Attack Team.
Join us at the Columbia City Theater on Thursday 28 January, 2016. And make sure you RSVP to the event on Facebook while you're at it.
Of course, you'll remember Moraine from their 2013 headlining slot. The other two groups played in the front room (Super Z Attack Team in 2014 and Nosretep in 2015), so they'll get a chance to play the main stage this time.
Our friend Nat Damm has created a beautiful poster for the event, don't you think?
So come join us for an evening of great music, the companionship of fellow musical pilgrims, and even the chance to pick some festival merchandise. You can see further details on the artist pages for their respective years — hint: click on History on the menu at the top.
About Seaprog
Conceived as a destination event rather than just another gig, Seaprog invites music lovers to spend a weekend enjoying stimulating and intelligent music and visiting the many fine restaurants, bars, and shops in Columbia City.
One great thing about the Columbia City Theater is that it has a front room that not only serves food and drink, but can host musical performances as well. We'll be taking advantage of this fact by presenting some solo/duo acts there between sets on the mainstage. Wouldn't want you to get bored! In 2013, we presented sets from Amy Denio, Bill Horist, and Austenitic. 2014 brought us The Pornadoes, Jim Bartz, and more.
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On the future of Seaprog
Not long ago we announced our intention to stage a Seaprog 2016, and to carry the event forward into the future for as long as it's realistic to do so. While the Central Committee remains committed to extending Seaprog's run, circumstances have arisen that have led to a decision to skip a year and stage the next Seaprog in 2017 instead. We apologize for the reversal, but please hear us out.
The decision was not made lightly, and is not an indicator of the festival's overall health, which we feel is very robust indeed on an artistic level. The choice arises from two main reasons: First, we've come to realize that soliciting additional funding from a supporting organization is a lengthy process - likely too lengthy to yield material results in time for a summer 2016 event. Second, Seaprog is organized entirely by volunteers who are also musicians with busy lives, and 2016 is shaping up to be extremely busy (in a good way) for all of us. Dennis has been tabbed to co-direct a major music project in Russia in fall 2016 that will consume all of his available time up to then; John's new recording studio is nearing completion, with multiple sessions slated for production; and Jon is busily expanding his musical horizons with his projects Super-Z Attack Team and Zhongyu. Such are the vagaries of all-volunteer undertakings like Seaprog, but based on past success, we're all eager to mount the festival again in 2017, by which time we'll have had time to strengthen its financial footing.
- In the meanwhile, we plan on keeping Seaprog in public view by staging several single-day concert events at intervals throughout the coming year - stay tuned for details.
- Obviously, we're not going to be fielding submissions during this brief hiatus, so please hold off on making inquiries until the calendar approaches 2017.
We thank you profusely for your understanding and support, and pledge to be back in 2017 with the same high caliber of progressive music you've come to expect from Seaprog. We'll keep you posted...
-Dennis, John, and Jon (the Seaprog Central Committee)20 November, 2015
2015 gallery online
Our official festival photographer came through for us in spectacular fashion, and you can see for yourself in the gallery. There are some amazing shots of all the artists who performed, and even a few behind-the-scenes glimpses. Call us biased, but we think the music was great from start to end, and the gallery does a great job of capturing the magic we witnessed. And for those who didn't come, it's a look into what was missed.26 September, 2015
Seaprog 2015 is history
The Central Committee would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all the music lovers who attended this year's events, all the musicians who gave us such wonderful creative music, all the volunteers who helped us pull it off, and the generous souls who loaned equipment. And most certainly a big thank-you to the staff and management of the Columbia City Theater and the Royal Room for allowing us to bring our "non-commercial" music to their venues. Our photographer is busy sifting through thousands of shots to select the ones that will appear in this year's gallery, so watch for that in a week or two.11 August, 2015