Wha's Like Us, the Scottish Progfest

MACHINARY + JOHN YOUNG + COMEDY OF ERRORS + LONG EARTH + SCARLET INSIDE + SNAKE TEMPLE KINGS + MARLEY DAVIDSON

Doors 12.00pm - 11.00pm Curfew

14+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult over 18
The venue will be seated and an accessibility statement is available on the venue's website.

Wha’s Like Us, the Scottish Progfest

Proudly presented by The Wizards of Progg, The GTF Agency, Bedside Yellow Foam and Progzilla Radio

MACHINARY + SPECIAL GUEST (JOHN YOUNG) + COMEDY OF ERRORS + LONG EARTH + SCARLET INSIDE + SNAKE TEMPLE KINGS + MARLEY DAVIDSON

Doors: 12.00 noon

Venue: The Drygate, Glasgow

Price: £32 + booking fee

Wha’s Like Us 2 will again showcase the very best of Scottish Prog, joined by a special guest (to be announced).

Marley Davidson is a singer-songwriter based in Dundee and the co-organisers are honoured that he will be opening the festival. Marley combines ethereally beautiful vocals and lushly melodic compositions on the keyboards with meticulously crafted lyrics of deep emotional honesty and resonance, inviting comparisons both with That Joe Payne and Peter Jones.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marleydavidsonmusic/

Bandcamp: https://marleydavidson.bandcamp.com/

Aberdeen’s award-winning Snake Temple Kings refreshingly blend prog complexity with a hard rock edge and psychedelic tinge, virtuoso flute thrown in for good measure.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054343165721

Bandcamp: https://thesnaketemplekings.bandcamp.com/album/sunchild



Scarlet INside is Kevin Kennie’s experimental multi-genre prog band whose music defies easy categorisation and is characterised by multiple layers of texture building into a richly melodic, immersive and atmospheric soundscape. This will be one of Kevin’s rare live appearances and as such particularly special.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScarletINside

Bandcamp: https://scarletinside.bandcamp.com/

Following last year’s superb performance, the co-organisers are delighted to welcome Long Earth back to Wha’s 2. Their eagerly anticipated fourth album, the first to feature vocalist Maaike Siegerist, is due to be released prior to the festival. Captivating melodies join forces with killer riffs and thoughtful, compelling lyrics to put audiences under their spell.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longearth1

Bandcamp: https://longearth.bandcamp.com/album/an-ordinary-life

Comedy of Errors performed live for the first time in May 1984 and are one of Scotland’s best-loved and most venerated prog bands who – with six critically acclaimed albums to their name and a seventh scheduled for release in 2026 – have made an outstanding contribution to the genre. Having graced the stage at major festivals across the globe, including Rosfest, Loreley, Terra Incognita, the Cambridge Rock Festival and the Nene Valley Rock Festival, the co-organisers are delighted to welcome them back for Wha’s 2 after their brilliant performance in 2025, which earned them a standing ovation.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Comedyoferrorsofficial

Bandcamp: https://comedyoferrors.bandcamp.com/track/believe-in-christmas

Special Guest: John Young (solo set)

The co-organisers are thrilled to announce our first special guest from outside Scotland for Wha’s 2. The incredibly talented and versatile keyboardist and singer John Young has toured the world with Uli Jon Roth and Bonnie Tyler, and has worked with a stellar array of artists from Jon Anderson, The Scorpions, Asia to Fish (with whom he co-wrote the Fellini Days album). John also fronts Lifesigns, who are touring in the UK and Europe in 2026, as well as appearing at Cruise to the Edge.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Signslife

Bandcamp: https://lifesigns1.bandcamp.com/

Machinary will be making their festival debut. Described as a ‘Scottish supergroup’, Machinary are fronted by Euan Lowson (original vocalist of Pallas), with Mark Spalding and Bruce Levick (best known from Comedy of Errors and Grand Tour), Hew Montgomery (founding member of Abel Ganz and Grand Tour) and Allan Kerr (formerly of Exoreon). Their set will include songs from Pallas’ ‘The Sentinel’. Their new self-titled EP and their debut album are available on Bandcamp: https://machinary.bandcamp.com/album/machinary

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/machinarymusic.glasgow

Playing Times

12.00 Doors

12.30-13.15 Marley Davidson

13.35-14.35 Snake Temple Kings

14.55-15.40 Scarlet Inside

16.00-17.00 Long Earth

17.00-18.30 Interval and Live Podcast with Scott McArthur and Euan Lowson

18.30-19.30 Comedy of Errors

19.45-20.45 John Young

21.00-22.30 Machinary

These times are approximate and subject to last-minute changes.

Scheduled for the break from 17.00 onwards will be a live podcast interview by Scott McArthur of Cotswolds Radio and Scotland’s new channel Rock.Scot. He will be talking to Euan Lowson, Pallas’ original vocalist, whose performances are the stuff of legend and who has made an outstanding contribution to Scottish prog.

The venue will be seated and an accessibility statement is available on the venue’s website.