Opening act: Margaritas Jerry, Gaz, and Eileen				Keith Emerson Sunday night headliner				Tony Levin opens second “Legends Showcase”
Richard Sinclair Hatfield and the North				Billy Sheehan Niacin				Dani, KBB Day One openers
Cameron Hawkins FM				Ange frontman Christian Décamps				Marc Bonilla Keith Emerson Band
Mariusz Duda Riverside				Jerry Marotta Tony Levin Band				Ed Wynne, Ozric Tentacles Saturday’s headliner
A Guapo wakeup call to open Day Two				Hatfield and the North drummer Pip Pyle				Niacin’s keyboardist John Novello
Richard Leo Johnson meets Gentle Giant’s Gary Green				Pete Riley of the Keith Emerson Band				Akihisa Tsuboy, KBB violin & guitar
Bassist extraordinaire Michael Manring				Synergist Larry Fast Tony Levin Band				Martin Deller FM
Ange lead guitarist Hassan Hajdi				Phil Miller of Hatfield and the North				Keith Emerson and his Moog ribbon controller
Dennis Chambers anchors Niacin				Piotr Grudzinski Riverside				Ozric Tentacles and their trippy light show
Tony Levin				KBB take well-deserved bow				Daniel O’Sullivan, Guapo
Richard Leo Johnson Saturday’s solo spot artist				Phil Williams – bass Keith Emerson Band				Alex Maguire, Richard Sinclair Hatfield and the North
Cam Hawkins, FM				Billy Sheehan, Niacin				Caroline Crozat, Ange
Tony Levin Band guitarist Jesse Gress				Manring’s Zon Hyperbass: altered tunings on the fly				Michal Lapaj – keyboards Riverside
The Keith Emerson Band closes out the 2006 festival				Toshimitsu Takahashi KBB				Alex Maguire Hatfield and the North
Guapo’s Kavus Torabi				Metro on drums for the Ozrics				Brother Pete Levin of the Tony Levin Band
Niacin’s shot of B3 John Novello				Emo’s smile reaching to the balcony				Claudio Vena, FM violin and mandolin
Ange bassist Thierry Sidhoum				Alan Benjamin & Tatsurou Ueda flank Gary Green				Poland’s Riverside
Canterbury icons The Hatfields				Dani, KBB				Tony Levin “resonates”
Keith Emerson				James Sedwards, Guapo				Richard Leo Johnson
Michael Manring in the Sunday solo spotlight				Ed Wynne grooving with Ozric Tentacles				Niacin bass monster Billy Sheehan
Pip Pyle keeping time for Hatfield and the North				Marc Bonilla – great fit for the Keith Emerson Band				Tony Levin and band on Friday night
Out from behind his synths FM’s Cameron Hawkins				Caroline Crozat and Benoit Cazzulini of Ange				Takahashi and Tsuboy of KBB
Riverside vocalist Mariusz Duda				“What’s Rattlin’?”... Dennis Chambers’ drum riser was!				Fabled keyboardist Keith Emerson
Guapo take their show into the audience				Jerry Marotta vocalizing in front of his kit				Those fluid bass lines of Richard Sinclair
Roger Dean’s logo dwarfs Emerson’s Modular Moog				Vernon McAlister and Richard Leo Johnson				Hagos lays it down for the Ozrics
Tristan Décamps Ange keyboardist				Emerson drummer Pete Riley				John Novello Niacin
Marotta and Tony Levin between numbers				Martin Deller drumming for the reformed FM				Sunday morning intensity served up by Guapo
Hatfield guitarist Phil Miller				Piotr Kodzieradski Riverside				KBB percussionist Shirou Sugano
Keith Emerson twiddling “Bob’s knobs”				Brandi Wynne Ozric Tentacles				Christian Décamps Ange
3-time NEARfest alumnus Larry Fast				Niacin rhythm section: Sheehan & Chambers				Cameron Hawkins FM
“Back Against The Wall” Gary Green and Tony Levin				Alex Maguire Hatfield and the North				Dave Smith Guapo
Bonilla and Williams Keith Emerson Band				Piotr Grudzinski Riverside				Tony Levin & Jerry Marotta are center stage
Big weekend for bass players! Dani, KBB				Ozric Tentacles main man Ed Wynne				Ange with Tristan Décamps taking a vocal turn
Sinclair and Pyle Hatfield and the North				FM vocalist Cam Hawkins				Jerry McCarthy with Emo after festival-closing set