RoSfest is extremely pleased to announce that CIRCA has been chosen as our Saturday night headliner for 2008.

The band is called CIRCA: and is comprised of veteran YES rockers from different eras: Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Alan White with Jimmy Haun on lead Guitar have completed their debut Album. Capturing various eras of Progressive Classic Rock to create a dynamic new sound, CIRCA: 2007 is an Album of original compositions that defines a new musical chapter for the Band. ex-members Guitarist Billy Sherwood who performed on the TALK Tour (1994), and played on Keys to Ascension Volume I and II (1996/97), Open Your Eyes (1997), and The Ladder (1999), next is current YES drummer Alan White who has been hitting the skins for YES since 1972, keyboard player Tony Kaye was with YES when it formed in 1968 and he played on their first several albums and then went on to a successful solo career. Kaye returned to band in 1983 for the 90125 album - arguable the most successful compilation of the band’s career (and which yield the still-popular #1 hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart”) and stuck around for another 10 years and then departed again, and finally the quartet is rounded out by Jimmy Haun - a name many YES fans may not be familiar with but who in fact played guitar parts on the 1991 YES album “UNION.” as a session player

CIRCA: will be playing the entire new “CIRCA: 2007″ CD, as well as touching on special moments from every YES era !! 2 hours of non stop prog !!

Look for CIRCA to play the stage at RoSfest 2008.
CIRCA official website - TBA - Coming soon
Check out CIRCA’S myspace website and listen to the music.
http://www.myspace.com/circahq
Be sure to go to the RoSfest website and listen to tracks from the upcoming new CIRCA album
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Circa.htm

The Rites of Spring Festival is pleased to announce Swedish art rock band Black Bonzo in their US debut as the second band on Sunday.

RoSfest is pleased to announce our first band for 2008, Black Bonzo. Hailing from Skellefteå, Sweden, Black Bonzo is a six piece band formed in 2003 from the remains of psychedelic band Gypsy Sons of Magic. They released their demo soon after forming, and their debut album in summer 2004. Their follow up album, “Sound of the Apocalypse” will be released June 8 and has already received great reviews. They will be playing the second slot on Sunday, and we are excited to welcome to the RoSfest stage!

Black Bonzo official website - http://www.blackbonzo.com/
http://www.myspace.com/blackbonzo
Be sure to go to the RoSfest website and view the Black Bonzo video
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Black_Bonzo.htm