The Great Escape 2022 adds over 180 new acts to its line-up
When The Great Escape planned to celebrate its 15th anniversary in 2020, little did we know what the world had in store. That year’s festival was canned, just like everything else any of us were looking forward to that year, and then 2021’s edition was moved online. So it’s well exciting that, finally, finally, the festival gets to have its 15th proper outing this May.
We’ve been to most of the previous years’ events and have seen some amazing gigs from the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Bastille, Courtney Barnett, Kaiser Chiefs, Shame, Stella Donnelly, Billy Bragg, MO, Kae Tempest, Confidence Man, Sam Fender and countless others.
And this year, after a forced hiatus since 2019, the festival has got some of the hottest names in new music lined up to perform. The showcase of up-n-coming talent includes the brilliant Blue DeTiger, who we saw performing in London with Caroline Polachek just before we all got locked down the first time.
Also heading down to the seaside is one of our all-time faves, Alex The Astronaut (pictured, top), whose sophomore album How to Grow A Sunflower Underwater will be out July 22nd.
Elsewhere on the bill are rap and production duo Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn, powerful psych–rockers Goat Girl, 19-year-old pop superstar-in-waiting Claudia Valentina, self-made urban-pop powerhouse CHINCILLA, exceptional genre-bending singer-songwriter Alewya, London-based post-rocker A.A. Williams, Glasgow’s Dead Pony, and many more.
The Great Escape 2022 takes place May 11th – 14th. For tickets, go here.
See the full list of recently announced acts below:
A.A. WILLIAMS | ART D’ECCO | BEACH RIOT | BEEN STELLAR | BELMONDO | BILK | CROWS | DIRTSHARKS | FALSE HEADS | FAT DOG | FOLLY GROUP | GURF | HAWXX | HEARTWORMS | HOWARD KAYE | ISLAND OF LOVE | KID BRUNSWICK | NAKED LUNGS | NOAHFINNCE | PARTY DOZEN | PRETTY SICK | SHADY NASTY | SIGNATURE GOLD | SLOW DOWN, MOLASSES | THE HARA | THE K’S | THE RILLS | [LEAK] | A.O GERBER | ALEX THE ASTRONAUT | AODHAN | AUDIOBOOKS | BANJI | BC CAMPLIGHT | BEARS IN TREES | BLOOM DE WILDE | BRIMHEIM | CHINA BEARS | CVC | DISTRICT FIVE | DUTCH CRIMINAL RECORD | EADES | ETTA MARCUS | FELIN | FINNIAN JAMES | FLOWVERS | FRÄULEIN | FUTURE HUMANS | FUZZY SUN | GATHERING OF STRANGERS | GEORGE O’HANLON | GOAT GIRL | GREER | HARVEY JAY DODGSON | HUMAN INTEREST | HYPOTHETICS | IZZY ADAMS | JOHN MOODS | KUSH K | LAURA GROVES | LEO LORE | LYNKS | M FIELD | MICHAEL BAKER | MOLLY PAYTON | MOMMA | OLIVER KEANE | PEANESS | PENELOPE ISLES | PLEASURE CENTRE | POLICE CAR COLLECTIVE | POZI | RACHEL CHINOURIRI | RASHA NAHAS | REGRESSIVE LEFT | ROLLER DERBY | SILVERTWIN | SLOT MACHINE | SOFIE | SOPHIA ALEXA | TALLIES | TASH | TELENOVA | THE BACKSEAT LOVERS | THE CRAB APPLES | THE ELEPHANT TREES | THE FAMOUS PEOPLE | THE LAZY EYES | THE PARROTS | ALEWYA | ANGELO FLOW | BEMZ | BRU-C | DJ PRIYA | GIRL’S DON’T SYNC | GO FOR IT TRIBE | GRACIE T | GUALA | JELANI BLACKMAN | JESSB | NTANTU | OBJECT BLUE | ONEDA | OR:LA | PIRI & TOMMY | SHANII22 | ST PHILLIP | YUNG SINGH | ALLYSHA JOY | AMARIA BB | ARII LOPEZ | BAMBI BAINS | CARLA PRATA | CKTRL | DWN | ERNESTO DIAZ | FRANKIE STEW AND HARVEY GUNN | GEORGE RILEY | KAY YOUNG | MAGI MERLIN | MEYY | POMONA DREAM | RENE ALVAREZ AND HIS AFRO-CUBAN FUNK PROJECT | SAM WILLS | SHAKKA | SUMERR | SUPER DUTY TOUGH WORK | TOBY CORTON | TOLÜ MAKAY | TORA-I | ZITAH | ADÉE | BAILEY TOMKINSON | BLUEPHOX | CHINCHILLA | CLARA HURTADO | CLAUDIA VALENTINA | CODY FROST | COWBOYY | EMIE NATHAN | FLØRE | GABIGAR | GRETA ISAAC | ILIRA | JAZMINE FLOWERS | KARIN ANN | KEEPER E. | KID RAIN | KRAPKA;KOMA | LILY KNOTT | MAUVEY | MAX POPE | MIA WRAY | MICHAEL ALDAG | NATALIE SHAY | NAVY | NOVEMBER ULTRA | THOMAS HEADON | TYCHO JONES | ZAND | BROADSIDE HACKS | | CHLOE LEIGH | ELLES BAILEY | HER SKIN | JACK FRANCIS | JEREMIE ALBINO | | JONNY MORGAN | KÓBOYKEX | LE REN | MAARJA NUUT | MARIUS ZISKA | THE SCRATCH | WOOM | YAMA WARASHI |BEATFOOT | BRUCH | ROZE | THE ROYSTON CLUB | TIBERIUS B | TOM A. SMITH | TREEBOY AND ARC | VOODOOS | YOUTH SECTOR | ZIMBRU ALCEMIST
Discover the full line up for The Great Escape 2022 so far, including all of the previously announced acts, here
