Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Asia, members of Focus and Caravan and Damian Wilson and Adam Wakeman are among the many artists who will probably be showing on a newly introduced prog river cruise alongside the Rhine in July.
The brand new enterprise is from Buying and selling Boundaries, the favored East Sussex venue and store, which performs host to many prog gigs all year long. Tiger Moth Tales‘ Peter Jones and album artwork legend Roger Dean
Two cruises will run on consecutive weeks, from July 11-18, from Basel to Amsterdam in Switzerland after which from July 18-25, coming back from Amsterdam to Basel, on the Emerald Astra, a state-of-the-art river ship.
Performances will probably be acoustic, on board, with the line-up for the cruises being:
Voyage I – Basel to Amsterdam (eleventh – 18th July 2026): Rick Wakeman, Acoustic Asia, Thijs van Leer & Menno Gootjes from Focus, Acoustic Caravan, Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson, Roger Dean
Voyage II – Amsterdam to Basel (18th – twenty fifth July 2026): Steve Hackett and Band, Acoustic Asia, Thijs van Leer & Menno Gootjes, Peter Jones (Tiger Moth Tales), Adam Wakeman & Damian Wilson, Frank Grabowski – The Lamb Lies Down on piano & paper, Roger Dean.
The Acoustic Asia line-up will function Geoff Downes, John Mitchell and Harry Whitley performing as a trio with out drums, and the Acoustic Caravan line-up options Pye Hastings, Geoffrey Richardson and Mark Walker.
The Emerald Astra gives 5 Star luxurious, positive eating in addition to on board services together with a solar deck and swimming pool, and friends can select from 4 elegantly appointed luxurious cabin sorts from the Homeowners’ One Bed room Suite to State Rooms.
