NEARfest 2000 Photo Site

The second annual NEARfest was held in beautiful Baker Hall in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, on the weekend of June 16-18, 2000. NEARfest 2000 was attended by over 1000 Prog lovers, a couple of dozen of whom are also On-Reflection subscribers. The band line-up was as follows:

Happy the Man	Transatlantic
Anekdoten	Pär Lindh Project
Iluvatar	Il Balletto Di Bronzo
DFA	Thinking Plague
North Star	Nexus

Paul Whitehead (of Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot fame) attended the festival as the guest artist and designed the new logo.

(Click on a thumbnail for a larger picture)

Group shot 1
Group shot 2
Group shot 3

Daring to be
Giants for a Day
Marc Guilbert
aka MG-bert
Mike Eisenberg
& Scott H

Julius Saroka
Jeff Smith
Arthur Krause

Ben Stein &
Mammienun
John Jakob
& Julius
Jeff Wilson
sans yellow shirt

Dave Astley, Sr.
Mike Eisenberg
Jerry McCarthy

Marc Guilbert
Michael Johnson
Toby Trott

Kiirja Paananen
Dave & Jerry

This page created and maintained by Jerry McCarthy and last updated 9 March 2002.
Photography by Jerry McCarthy & friends, June 2000.
NEARfest 2000 logo ©2000 by Paul Whitehead, based on an original design by Chad Hutchinson.

Group shot 1	Group shot 2	Group shot 3
Daring to be Giants for a Day	Marc Guilbert aka MG-bert	Mike Eisenberg & Scott H
Julius Saroka	Jeff Smith	Arthur Krause
Ben Stein & Mammienun	John Jakob & Julius	Jeff Wilson sans yellow shirt
Dave Astley, Sr.	Mike Eisenberg	Jerry McCarthy
Marc Guilbert	Michael Johnson	Toby Trott
Kiirja Paananen	Dave & Jerry