# Nearfest bands: Opinions?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearfest-bands-opinions/51429>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 23, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearfest-bands-opinions/51429 "2001-01-23T18:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearfest-bands-opinions/51429/1 "2001-01-23T18:17:06Z")

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They all look somewhat interesting to me. After Crying I plan to look into.

These will not be mainstream artists. Play the samples…

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nearfest-bands-opinions/51429/2 "2001-01-23T21:18:11Z")

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[Try this link](http://www.nearfest.com), instead.

I went last year, and generally enjoyed myself. There were only two bands I wanted to see, but I had a lot of fun mingling and hanging out with my friends.

Anyway, do **not** miss Porcupine Tree. White Willow sounds pretty good, too.