Sunday 19th July 2026
At the 1865
The Far Meadow
and
Mário Lopes
There is no need to print your ticket. Just give your name at the table inside the venue. We will have a list of ticket buyers
THE FAR MEADOW
Returning to The 1865 for their first co-headline in three years, The Far Meadow bring their own distinctive form of fusion-inspired symphonic progressive rock, already familiar to Solent Area Prog fans after several local appearances. Founder member and keyboardist Eliot Minn’s creative partnership with Keith Buckman (bass) and Denis Warren (guitar) began in 2011, after they joined to refresh a previous line-up of the band. They have since performed several headlines and festivals including A New Day Festival, Cambridge Rock Festival, Danfest, Fusion, HRH Prog, Prog the Forest, Prog for Peart, Resonance, and Summer’s End, drawing on their album releases Given the Impossible (2016) and Foreign Land (2019). 2026 sees the introduction of two new members. Bringing a new voice to the storytelling, singer songwriter LuLu Ash is an established solo artist with an array of atmospheric single releases and an album A Trick of the Light (2024). Behind the drums, Aidan Marsden’s percussion expertise and experience of diverse musical forms ranges across the classical repertoire, through accompanying singer-songwriters such as Gaja, to the black metal of Thing. Performing a good proportion of unreleased material, The Far Meadow will of course play some more familiar songs from their past releases
MÁRIO LOPES
Mário Lopes and his band perform his debut instrumental fusion album, presenting a palette of multiple styles that the artist uses as source of inspiration, unveiling a strange and bizarre creature, as the name (QUIMERA - CHIMERA) states.
Tigran Hamasyan, Snarky Puppy and Dream Theater, are some of the influences the artist refers to when describing the music presented in Quimera.
This album invites the listener to explore a fusion of world music styles that encompass progressive rock, metal, jazz, afro-cuban, brazilian, middle eastern, as well as balkan music, resulting in a ethnic and cinematic landscape.
This sonic landscape conveys a story about a group of animals which, after suffering at the hands of mankind, come together to form a super entity called “Quimera” that will execute a reckoning over the human race.
On this show, Mário invites the audience to participate in a powerful and energetic musical experience, filled with complex rhythms and odd-time signatures, which are characteristic of his composition style.
The above video features the old line-up of the band