The Great Escape 2021 is going online
If, like us, you’re gutted that our favourite UK festival, The Great Escape in Brighton, can’t take place as normal this year, then fear not because you can enjoy the next best thing instead. That’s right, while we can all look forward to getting down to the South Coast to finally celebrate the festival’s 15th birthday in May 2022, this year there will be a very special digital edition, set to take place from 13-14 May via The Great Escape website. Yep, you can enjoy an exceptional selection of the world’s most hotly tipped artists without even having to move from your sofa. Nice! All you have to do is register for free and then immerse yourself in a wealth of new music, and if you’re looking to learn about the latest trends and hear from music’s biggest players, you can buy tickets for the conference and networking sessions here.
The first wave of over 60 ground-breaking artists announced for The Great Escape Online’s cutting-edge line-up includes punk powerhouse Chubby and the Gang, the amazing Billie Marten, technicolour pop visionary Pyra, rising rap star Goya Gumbani, Spanish alt-rockers Belako, plus many more. The online edition of the festival will feature dozens of specially curated showcases by key industry partners including CD Baby, MCD, Paradigm, Primary Talent, UTA and WME as well as country-specific specials from all across Europe and the world, with artists representing France, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden plus many more. Music fans will be able to tune into one of seven simultaneous channels across the two days, running from 6pm until 8pm each evening.
In addition to the extensive line up of up-and-coming talent, The Great Escape Conference has today announced the industry innovators and disruptors who will be leading the debate as part of the keynote in-conversations programme. Taking to the virtual stage this year are Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Women In CTRL founder and AIM chair Nadia Khan and Wendy Ong, president of management agency TaP Music, who represent the likes of Dua Lipa and Lana Del Ray.
As well as the talks and discussions, the core CMU+TGE programme will focus on the burning issues affecting the music biz today, spread across three distinct tracks: Future Music Talent, focussing on how to support early-career music-makers, Future Music Strategies, detailing the latest trends in streaming and live music, and Future Music World, celebrating initiatives that are making music more diverse and more sustainable. There will also be a series of beginner’s guide webinars from Arts Council supported by the TGE Elevate programme.
THE GREAT ESCAPE ONLINE 2021 – FIRST-WAVE LINE-UP
BESS ATWELL | BILLIE MARTEN | CHLOE FOY | EVE OWEN | JODIE MARIE | REB FOUNTAIN | RONA MAC | GOYA GUMBANI | K(E)NZ | MACE THE GREAT | MASS ACCORD | NEONE THE WONDERER | TEBI REX | CHAILD | CHANKA | DULCE Y AGRAZ | DUSKY GREY | ELIZA LEGZDINA | ENNIO THE LITTLE BROTHER | FOEX & PAULOPULUS | JOAN THIELE | LAU.RA | LEILA MCKENZIE | LUCIFOUR M | MALAN | PODER FANTASMA | PYRA | PVA | BARTLEBY DELICATE | BELAKO | BLEACH LAB | CJ PANDIT | DIALECT | DILETTANTE | ENGLISH TEACHER | FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM | GDJYB 雞蛋蒸肉餅 | GOAN DOGS | GREEN GARDEN | HANYA | HELLO FOREVER | IVY FLINDT | JUNODREAM | KIDDUS | KINKAI | LEAK | MERK | OLIVIA IS A GHOST | OTZEKI | PENELOPE TRAPPES | PURPLE PILGRIMS | RALPH TV | SHAKIRA ALLEYNE | SPARKLING | ST WOODS | THALLO | WAX WORKS | CHUBBY AND THE GANG | GENN | HOLDING ABSENCE | MAGICK MOUNTAIN | NEW CANDYS | QLOWSKI | TV PRIEST | YARD ACT | GEESE | IMAN HOUSSEIN | TITO RAMIREZ
Find out more at the TGE website: https://greatescapefestival.com/
