The Great Escape 2020 keeps getting better

We’ve already brought you news of how goddamn awesome The Great Escape is going to be this year. To celebrate it’s 15th birthday, the always excellent Brighton festival is putting together a stunning line-up of artists. This week, they have added another 130 artists to the bill.

New on the bill are a couple of our fave Aussie acts, Gang of Youths and San Cisco, as well as Dublin punks Fontaines D.C., US rock outfit Best Coast, The Charlatans founder Tim Burgess and the party-tastic Los Bitchos, who blew our socks off at last year’s All Points East. Also, don’t miss self-dubbed ‘punk witches’ Dream Nails and NZ alt rock band Miss June.

Also worth checking out are Nasty Cherry, Demob Happy, Pa Salieu, The Magic Gang, Gracie Abrams and, excitingly, South London R&B sensation Santino Le Saint.

Additionally, this year The Great Escape will see Live Nation debut their new music initiative Next From Nashville presented by CMA (Country Music Association). Already an established stage at Live Nation’s premiere family country music festivals across the U.S., Next From Nashville supports emerging musical talent from the city, with Blanco Brown, Danielle Bradbery and The Sisterhood Band taking to the stage at TGE. For more info see here.

The conference programme also promises to be as engaging as ever this year. Find out more here.

Here’s the full list of our new line up additions to the music line-up –
404 / AKIKO HARUNA / ALESIA LANI / ALFIE TEMPLEMAN / ALTAMESA / ALTIN GÜN / ALYONA ALYONA / AN ALIEN CALLED HARMONY / ANNE MÜLLER / ARXX / ASHNIKKO / BABY BRAVE / BABYJAKE / BAMBARA / BATU / BEATRICH / BEST COAST / BIRTHH / BLANCO BROWN / BLOOMS CORDA / BREE RUNWAY / CAMILLA SPARKSSS / CAROLINE ROSE /CHANKA 陳嘉 / CHARLOTTE / CHEF’SPECIAL / CHIIILD / CHUBBY & THE GANG / CONCHÚR WHITE / CONRAD / DANIELLE BRADBERY / DAUGHTERS OF REYKJAVÍK / DEEP TAN / DELAIRE THE LIAR / DEMI MARRINER / DEMOB HAPPY / DEVIN DAWSON / DISQ / DJ PLEAD / DREAM NAILS / EGO ELLA MAY / EGYPTIAN BLUE / ELEPHANT TREE / FAUZIA / FOEX & PAULOPULUS / FONTAINES D.C. / FOREST LAW / FRANKIE STEW & HARVEY GUNN / FRIEDBERG / GAIDAA / GANG OF YOUTHS / GHOSTLY KISSES / GOOD WILSON / GRACIE ABRAMS / HARDWICKE CIRCUS / HAUNT THE WOODS / HMD / HUNGER MOON / I-SHA / IMAN HOUSSEIN / INDIGOS / IVY FLINDT / JOE ARMON-JONES / JOSIAH AND THE BONNEVILLES / JP SAXE / JULIA BARDO / JULY 7 / JUNIOR BROTHER / JUNODREAM / KATHRYN LEGENDRE / KATY J PEARSON / KEG / KENNYHOOPLA / KIDDUS / KINKAI / KIWI JR / KYNSY / LIDO PIMIENTA / LOLA YOUNG / LOS BITCHOS / LOVE’N’JOY / LSDXOXO / LYNKS AFRIKKA / LYRA / MARIE WHITE / MARTHA HILL / MATT OWENS / MELTS / MERRY LAMB LAMB / METRIST / MILAN RING / MISS JUNE / MOBS / MONUMENTAL MEN / MOVING PANORAMAS / MR BEN & THE BENS / NASTY CHERRY / NEUE GRAFIK ENSEMBLE / NINA COBHAM / NINA LAS VEGAS / NORMAN / OTTA / OTTO / PA SALIEU/ PACE / PET DEATH / PIP MILLETT / PLANET / POCKET SOUNDS / PODER FANTASMA / PRUNE DEER 話梅鹿 / PVA / QLOWSKI / QUKO / RATS / RED MOON / REMI WOLF / RIKA / ROBBIE CAVANAGH / ROBERT J HUNTER / SAN CISCO / SANTINO LE SAINT / SHARDS / SODA BLONDE / SPARKLING / TALK SHOW / TEDDY SWIMS / THE MAGIC GANG / THE SCRATCH / THE SISTERHOOD BAND / THE SNUTS / THE STROPPIES / TIM BURGESS / TOSHIN / TSVI / V3CO / WORLDCUB / WUNDERHORSE / YEULE

The Great Escape takes place 13-16 May. Buy tickets to TGE20 here: https://greatescapefestival.com/buy-festival-tickets/