Brighton’s Great Escape have announced its first wave of acts for this year’s festival, among them the Allah-ahs and Phosphorescent, who will be appearing on Uncut’s stage.
Other acts announced include Unknown Mortal Orchestra, King Krule, Eddi Front and Tom Odell. A full list of this round of acts is bellow, but more will follow. We will announce more acts appearing on our stage in the April issue.
“The core aim of TGE is to champion new music,” said Festival Director Kat Morris. “And it’s great to be in a position where we can give festival goers an exciting cross-section of new artists to engage with.”
Running alongside the festival will be the Great North conference, featuring a mixture of speakers and networking events. Speakers include Alan Davy, who will announce the artist-centric The Music Industry Talent Development Fund, and a panel of managers moderated by Convention Programmer Chris Cooke.
Early bird tickets for the concert and conference are £45 and £145 respectively and can be found on the Great Escape website.
The bands announced so far for the Great Escape are:
The 1975
Allah-las
Alunageorge
Awaken I Am
Bδstille
Bear’s Den
The Black Heart Rebellion
Blackeye
Blaudzun
Brodka
Caitlin park
Charlie Straight
Childhood
Christine and the Queens
Chvrches
Cloud Boat
Cousins
Cub scouts
Dan Croll
Dark Star
David Rodigan
Del Barber
Dingus Khan
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Drenge
Dune
Eagulls
Echo and the Empress
Eddi Front
Ed Harcourt
Eliza and the Bear
Fist City
Foam Lake
Gallops
How to Dress Well
Humans
Hungry Kids of Hungary
Indians
Jacco Gardner
King Krule
Lab Coast
Lawrence Arabia
Lewis Watson
Luke Sital-Singh
Mac Demarco
Made in Japan
Marmozets
Mø
The Naturals
The Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood Youth
Nick Mulvey
Night Engine
Phosphorescent
Portasound
Rainy Milo
Royal Canoe
Ryan Keen
San Zhi
Skaters
Skip&Die
Sleepmakewaves
Snakadaktal
Soak
Spectres
Stonefield
Superfood
Sweet Baboo
Swim deep
Teleman
To Kill a King
Tom Odell
Tomorrow’s World
Towns
Tres B
The Trouble with Templeton
The Upskirts
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Velcro Hooks
Velociraptor
Wall
Wolf Alice
Young Rival