The Great Escape 2018

May 17-19, 2018

Brighton, UK

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This Brighton showcase extravaganza, founded in 2016, brings in 400+ artists to 30+ venues for a weekend of musical discovery. Spotlight shows, secret gigs, club nights and spontaneous collaborations are just a part of a packed weekend of new music.

Festival Info

Venue: Various Venues



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2018 Artist Lineup
  • 3rd Line Butterfly
  • 47soul
  • 77 : 78
  • 808Ink
  • A Festival, A Parade
  • Adoy
  • Ae Mak
  • Aeris Roves
  • Aine Cahill
  • AK/DK
  • Albuquerque
  • Alex the Astronaut
  • Alexander Biggs
  • All Our Exes Live in Texas
  • All Our Exes Live in Texas
  • Alma
  • Ama Lou
  • Amaroun
  • Amyl And The Sniffers
  • Anna Burch
  • Apre
  • Aquaserge
  • Ari Roar
  • Art School Girlfriend
  • Awate
  • Bad Gyal
  • Bad Sounds
  • Bakar
  • Basement Revolver
  • BC Camplight
  • Benin City
  • Benny Mails
  • Big Tobz
  • Billy Carter
  • Billy Lockett
  • Black Futures
  • Black Midi
  • Blanco White
  • Blessed
  • Blind Butcher
  • Blossom Caldarone
  • Bloxx
  • Blueprint Blue
  • Bobii Lewis
  • Bodega
  • Boniface
  • Borns
  • Bossy Love
  • Boy Azooga
  • Brass Rave Unit
  • Brigitte Laverne
  • Broadstrokes
  • Brooke Bentham
  • Bruno Major
  • Bulow
  • Canshaker Pi
  • Cari Cari
  • Cassia
  • Charley And The Lesbians
  • Chase Atlantic
  • Che Lingo
  • City Calm Down
  • COIN
  • Colonel Mustard and the Dijon Five
  • Crewel Intentions
  • Crimer
  • Crooked Teeth
  • D.A.N.
  • Dan Stock
  • Day Fly
  • Daysormay
  • Declan J Donovan
  • Declan Welsh and The Decandent West
  • Deep Throat Choir
  • Delaney Davidson
  • Delgres
  • Delilah Montagu
  • Denzel Himself
  • Dermot Kennedy
  • Devarrow
  • Didirri
  • Dizzy
  • DJ. Flugvel Og Geimskip
  • Dream State
  • Durand Jones & The Indications
  • Dylan Cartlidge
  • Easy Life
  • Ebenezer
  • Ecca Vandal
  • Elsa Hewitt
  • Emily Cappell
  • Erol Alkan
  • Esther Joy
  • Eves Karydas
  • Fabrizio Cammarata
  • Fanny Andersen
  • Feet
  • Figure Walking
  • Fine Creatures
  • Forever Cult
  • Franc Moody
  • Freak
  • Freak Heat Waves
  • Fred Well
  • Fredo
  • Freya Ridings
  • Gaffa Tape Sandy
  • Gaika
  • Gender Roles
  • Gentle Stranger
  • George Glew
  • Giant Party
  • Giant Swan
  • Gideon
  • Ginger Snaps
  • Girlhood
  • Gizmo Varillas
  • Goat Girl
  • Grace Carter
  • Great News
  • Gus Dapperton
  • Haiku Hands
  • Hak Baker
  • Halo Maud
  • Hammer
  • Hangmans Chair
  • Happy Meals
  • Harrow Fair
  • Harvey Causon
  • Hatchie
  • Hatis Noit
  • Helena Deland
  • Hello Delaware
  • Hello Piedpiper
  • Her’s
  • Hero Fisher
  • Hillsburn
  • Himalayas
  • Hockey Dad
  • Hogni
  • Hollow Coves
  • Homebound
  • Honey Lung
  • Hotel Lux
  • Hunter and The Bear
  • Husky Loops
  • Ida Mae
  • Iguana Death Cult
  • Ilgen-nur
  • Iman
  • Jack River
  • Jack Vallier
  • Janice
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • Jaz Karis
  • Jerry Williams
  • Jimothy Lacoste
  • Jordan Mackampa
  • Joshua Burnside
  • Josin
  • Joy Crookes
  • Joycut
  • K Trap
  • Kamaal Williams
  • Kate NV
  • Katie Von Schleicher
  • Kid Katharsis
  • King Nun
  • Kirill Richter
  • Kirke Karja Solo
  • Kofi Stone
  • Kojey Radical
  • Kyary Pamyu Pamyus
  • Lady Bird
  • Last Train
  • Le Boom
  • Leah Dou
  • Let’s Eat Grandma
  • Lewis Capaldi
  • Lilla Vargen
  • Lily Moore
  • Lion
  • Little Destroyer
  • Lo Moon
  • Lotto Boyzz
  • Louis Baker
  • Love Ssega
  • Lucia
  • Luke Marzec
  • Luna Bay
  • M.I.L.K.
  • Maddy Storm
  • Magic Island
  • Mahalia
  • Maisie Peters
  • Malena Zavala
  • Mali Hayes
  • Malory
  • Mansionair
  • Manu Crooks
  • Marsicans
  • Mavi Phoenix
  • Max Frost
  • Megan Nash
  • Mellah
  • Michael Jablonka
  • Mikaela Davis
  • Milk Teeth
  • Mist
  • Moncrieff
  • Mostack
  • Mr Bongo X Discojuice
  • Ms Banks
  • Murphy
  • Naaz
  • Nana Adjoa
  • Nashexx
  • nehiyawak
  • Nelson Can
  • Nervus
  • Nia Wyn
  • Nikhil D’Souza
  • Nilufer Yanya
  • Nina Nesbitt
  • Noah Kahan
  • Noble Jacks
  • Noya Rao
  • Octavian
  • Odette
  • Olympia
  • Only The Poets
  • Orchards
  • Paceshifters
  • Pale Grey
  • Pale Seas
  • Pale Waves
  • Partner
  • Peach Pit
  • Peaness
  • Phobophobes
  • Phoebe Bridgers
  • Pip Blom
  • Pitou
  • Plaza
  • Polo
  • Poppy Ajudha
  • Pretty Vicious
  • Promiseland
  • Puma Blue
  • Puppy
  • Pvmnts
  • Queen Zee
  • Raheem Bakare
  • Rahh
  • Raleigh
  • Rascalton
  • RespectfulChild
  • Riley Pearce
  • Rina Sawayama
  • River Matthews
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
  • Rosemary & Garlic
  • Ross From Friends (live)
  • Ruby Empress
  • Ruthanne
  • S4U
  • Sado Opera
  • Sam Evian
  • Sam Fender
  • Samm Henshaw
  • SASSY 009
  • Say Sue Me
  • Scuffle
  • Sea Girls
  • Self Esteem
  • Shadowlark
  • Shadowparty
  • Sheafs
  • Shiners
  • Simone Tang
  • Skeggs
  • Skinny Pelembe
  • Skrapz
  • Sleep Token
  • Slowthai
  • Soham De
  • Sons of Kemet
  • Sports Team
  • Steel Banglez
  • Stella Donnelly
  • Stereo Honey
  • Stevie Appleton
  • Sun Acarna
  • Superorganism
  • Superparka
  • Suspect
  • Suzi Wu
  • Swimming Girls
  • Tamino
  • Team Picture
  • Teeks
  • Teischa
  • Teleman
  • Ten Fe
  • Ten Tonnes
  • The Beaches
  • The Beat Escape
  • The Creases
  • The Eskies
  • The Faim
  • The Ganjas
  • The Garrys
  • The Gentle Good
  • The Go! Team
  • The Homesick
  • The Howl & The Hum
  • The Kite String Tangle
  • The Modern Strangers
  • The Night Cafe
  • The Ninth Wave
  • The Orielles
  • The Psychotic Monks
  • The Rhythm Method
  • The Saxophones
  • The Spook School
  • The Surrenders
  • The Teskey Brothers
  • The Vegan Leather
  • The Wandering Hearts
  • Three Body Trio
  • Tim Chadwick
  • Tirzah
  • Tom Grennan
  • Tom Tripp
  • Tom Walker
  • Tors
  • Touts
  • Trampolene
  • Trixie Whitley
  • Tshegue
  • Tyne
  • Underwater Boys
  • Valeras
  • Veronica Fusaro
  • Vissia
  • Vuelveteloca
  • Walrus
  • Warmduscher
  • Wet Red
  • Whenyoung
  • White Room
  • Whyte Horses
  • Wild Front
  • Willow
  • WOWH
  • WWWater
  • Wyvern Lingo
  • Xavier Darcy
  • Yazmin Lacey
  • Yellow Days
  • Yukon Era
  • Yussef Dayes
  • Yusufla
  • AADAE
  • AIVERY
  • ALBERT AF EKENSTAM
  • ALEX HEPBURN
  • ALICE BOMAN
  • ALLANA VERDE
  • ANAIS
  • ANNABEL ALLUM
  • ASHLEY HENRY
  • AU
  • RA
  • AUÐUR
  • AVEC
  • BEARCUBS
  • BREATHE PANEL
  • CALL ME LOOP
  • CARMODY
  • CATHERINE MCGRATH
  • CHAPPAQUA WRESTLING
  • CHARLES WATSON
  • CHRIS & CHARLIE
  • CLUB DRIVE
  • CONNER YOUNGBLOOD
  • CONNIE CONSTANCE
  • CUCKOOLANDER
  • DANCING ON TABLES
  • DAVID KEENAN
  • DEMOB HAPPY
  • DON’T PROBLEM
  • DRAHLA
  • FAERS
  • FANGCLUB
  • FLOHIO
  • FONTAINES DC
  • FRAZER
  • G FLIP
  • GEORGE TAYLOR
  • GOD ON MY RIGHT
  • HALEY HEYNDERICKX
  • HALLOUMINATI
  • HOLIDAY OSCAR
  • HOT DREAMS
  • HUNGRY JOE
  • IDLES
  • INSECURE MEN
  • IZZIE GIBBS
  • JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS
  • JOAN
  • JOE TAYLOR
  • KAI WHISTON
  • KALPA
  • KAWALA
  • KIOKO
  • KOATES
  • K-PHAX
  • KYLE CRAFT
  • LADY SANITY
  • LAURIE MANN
  • LE MOTEL
  • LIFE
  • LILLY AHLBERG
  • LISA MORGENSTERN
  • LOCKS
  • LOVE SICK
  • LUCA
  • LUCIE BARAT
  • MARY MILLER
  • MEN I TRUST
  • MINA ROSE
  • MNNQNS
  • MOSS KENA
  • MOTHER’S CAKE
  • NADIA NAIR
  • NAKED ELEPHANT
  • NAOMI SCOTT
  • NATIVE SUN
  • NOW, NOW
  • ODD COUPLE
  • ONIPA
  • PHANTOM ISLE
  • PILLOW QUEENS
  • POLO & PAN
  • PSYCHIC MARKERS
  • PSYCHO COMEDY
  • REWS
  • RVG
  • SAINT RAYMOND
  • SAMANA
  • SONNY
  • SILVERLAKE
  • SLUGABED
  • SNAIL MAIL
  • SOCCER MOMMY
  • SOPHIE AND THE GIANTS
  • SORRY
  • SPORTSMAN
  • SUNSTACK JONES
  • THE MAGIC GANG
  • THE NECTARS
  • THE NIGHT CAFÉ
  • THE REGRETTES
  • THE VRYLL SOCIETY
  • TOWKIO
  • TRILLARY BANKS
  • TUVABAND
  • VIDA
  • VISTAS
  • VOODOO LOVE ORCHESTRA
  • XTRM TOUR
  • YASSASSIN
  • ZAPATILLA
  • ZUZU