THE GREAT ESCAPE has revealed another mammoth number of artists set to play at this year’s Brighton festival, including some of the most promising new acts from across the world. Incorporating a wide breadth of genres including pop, electronic, punk, soul, rap, Americana and R&B, the new announcement features Wunderhorse, Lauren Mayberry, Kneecap, Soft Play, Lambrini Girls, Bradley Simpson, Been Stellar, Love Fame Tragedy and many more.
Scottish acts confirmed to appear at the festival include Gallus, Jacob Alon, Zoe Graham, Uninvited, Conscious Pilot, Quiet Houses, Nati and Lauren Mayberry. They join the already announced Lizzie Reid, No Windows, Brogeal, Shambolics, LVRA and The Big Day.
Other acts confirmed in the latest announcement include Soft Play, Alfie Templeman, Pixey, Wunderhorse, Jalen Ngonda, Another Sky, Liz Lawrence and more.
The festival has also released individual single day and two-day tickets for purchase. Full weekend tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £89.25 and are on sale here.
Additionally, The Great Escape is also pleased to announce the Saturday festival programme will heavily support independent label showcases, with labels including Fat Possum, City Slang, Alcopop, Big Scary Monsters, Future Bubblers, Nice Swan, Secretly, Chess Club, Heavenly Records and Fat Cat hosting stages. For fans of hip hop, this year’s festival will also be the very first time Complex’s new music outlet Pigeons and Planes will be curating a stage.
In anticipation of the upcoming relaunch of Festival Republic’s groundbreaking ReBalance – an initiative that provides opportunities to women and gender-expansive artists across the UK on stage and in the studio – The Great Escape is proud to announce a dedicated ReBalance stage. Ticketholders will be able to catch this year’s selected artists and learn more about the campaign.
Synonymous with new music discovery and acting as a springboard for rising artists, The Great Escape will play host to over 450 up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues. Alongside the music industry-led TGE conference, the festival will kick off the 2024 season from 15 – 18th May 2024 in Brighton, England.
The Great Escape also hosts the UK’s leading music business conference, which is undergoing a transformation this year as a brand-new network of music industry collaborators coming on board to shape its programming with the very best in cutting-edge knowledge and expert speakers. This year’s conference will host a wide range of speakers including Lauren Mayberry (CHVRCHES), Sacha Lord (NTIA) and the ‘They Think It’s All Sober’ podcast.
