Brighton’s Great Escape festival is one of the premier showcases for emerging talent in the UK. Each year, a multitude of bands and thousands of punters descend on the coastal city and wreak musical mayhem. This year is shaping up nicely, as today a host of artists were announced. Check them out below:
1975 // ALLAH-LAS // ALUNAGEORGE // AWAKEN I AM // BEAR’S DEN // BLACKEYE // BLAUDZUN // BRODKA // CAITLIN PARK // CHARLIE STRAIGHT // CHILDHOOD // CHRISTINE AND THE QUEEN // CHVRCHES // CLOUD BOAT // COUSINS // CUB SCOUTS // DAN CROLL // DARKSTAR // DAVID RODIGAN // DEL BARBER // DINGUS KHAN // DINOSAUR PILE-UP // DRENGE // EAGULLS // ECHO AND THE EMPRESS // EDDI FRONT // ELIZA AND THE BEAR // FIST CITY // FOAM LAKE GALLOPS // HOW TO DRESS WELL // HUMANS // HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY // INDIANS // KING KRULE // LAB COAST // LAWRENCE ARABIA // LEWIS WATSON // LUKE SITAL-SINGH // MAC DEMARCO // MADE IN JAPAN // MARIKA HACKMAN // MARMOZETS // MØ // NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH // NICK MULVEY // PHOSPHORESCENT // PORTASOUND // RAINY MILO // ROYAL CANOE // RYAN KEEN // SAN ZHI // SCRUFIZZER // SKATERS // SKIP&DIE // SLEEPMAKESWAVES // SNAKADAKTAL // SPECTRES // STONEFIELD // SUPERFOOD // SWEET BABOO // SWIM DEEP // TELEMAN // THE NATURALS // THE NEIGHBOURHOOD // THE UPSKIRTS // TITLE FIGHT // TO KILL A KING // TOM ODELL // TOMORROW’S WORLD // TOWNS // TRES.B // UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA // VELCRO HOOKS // VELOCIRAPTOR // WALL // WOLF ALICE // YOUNG RIVAL //
There’s a good mix of some big and some up-and-coming names nestled in the mass, which makes the weekend look exciting as hell. Mac Demarco, Scrufizzer, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Darkstar, Alunageorge, CHVRCHES, King Krule and How To Dress Well cover numerous genres and showcase exceptionally well the strength of Great Escape; variety and excitement, with particular focus on the contemporary.
The festival runs from the 16th to 18th of May in Brighton and tickets can be purchased here.