The Great Escape adds 90+ acts to line-up
If you weren’t already looking forward to this year’s Great Escape, well, you should have been. But now there is even more reason to be abso-bloody-lutely frothing about the festival, which takes place in Brighton in May.
TGE has just added a whopping number of acts to play at this year’s event, which takes place across various venues across the city.
Of the line-up so far, we’re so pumped to see UK singer-songwriter Billie Marten, as well as glitchy, psych hip-hoppers Sad Night Dynamite (pictured, above), Oxford-via-Bristol’s very own pop polymath Willie J Healey, and Leeds indie trailblazers English Teacher.
Some other really exciting names in new music, who we can’t wait to see, include Mercury Prize nominees The Big Moon, Liverpudlian loudmouths Stone, and budding pop superstar sensation Caity Baser.
Australia is always well represented at TGE, and this year we are especially keen to see Eliza Hull and four-piece Canberra rockers Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. Cracking name, cracking band.
Meanwhile, Italy will be The Great Escape’s lead country partner for 2023, with Milanosport, Eugenia Post Meridiem, and BLUEM joining the previously announced Sans Soucis to represent the country’s burgeoning new music scene.
The Great Escape will be kicking off the 2023 festival season by playing host to more than 450 up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues. Seriously, you can walk between all of them, from tiny little corners of Brighton, to mid-size venues on the circuit, to the excellent three-stage bespoke beach area.
And alongside the music programme, there is also a music industry-led TGE conference. Oh, and that’s without even mentioning The Alternative Escape – a completely free set of shows all over the city.
Here’s the full list of newly-announced acts Take a deep breath…
AGGRASOPPAR | ALICE LOW | AMY ROOT | ANNA ERHARD | ANTONY SZMIEREK | ARXX | ASTRONNE | AZIYA | BER | BIBI CLUB | BILLIE MARTEN | BLUEM | BRADEN LAM | CAITY BASER | CALUM BOWIE | CAM KAHIN | CATHY JAIN | CEEOW | CIEL | CUMGIRL8 | DAUDI MATSIKO | DAVID KITT | DEADLETTER | DEKI ALEM | DIVES | ELIZA HULL | ELLEN FROESE | ELLUR | ENGLISH TEACHER | ENUMCLAW | EUGENIA POST MERIDIEM | FARCE | FEET | GERMEIN | GHOST WOMAN | GIRL AND GIRL | HANNAH GRAE | HUMOUR | JACOTÉNE | JAMES ELLIS FORD | JERICHO NOGUERA | JIM E. BROWN | KATIE GREGSON-MACLEOD | KATIE TUPPER | KING STINGRAY | KOMPARRISON | LANA LUBANY | LILA DREW | LIME GARDEN | MARIANNA WINTER | MARYSIA OSU | MESTIZO COLLECTIVE | MILANOSPORT | NEY LIQA | NOWSM | OSCAR BROWNE | PILLOW FITE | POZI | PPJ | RIANNE DOWNEY | ROSELLAS | RUM.GOLD | RUTH LYON | SAD NIGHT DYNAMITE | SAIMING | SAM AKPRO | SAMMY COPLEY | SEB | SEB LOWE | SEIGFRIED KOMIDASHI | SKINNER | SLANT | SONGØ | SORCHA RICHARDSON | SPANGLED | STONE | STORRY | STRAWBERRY GUY | SUPERJAZZCLUB | SYLVIE | TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS | THALA | THE BIG MOON | THE CHASE | THE FACADES | THE FLORENTINAS | THE LILACS | ŪLA | VACATIONS | VICTOR RAY | WILLIE J HEALEY | YOT CLUB | YUNÈ PINKU
The Great Escape happens from 10 -13 May 2023. Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £85 and are on sale here.
And that’s not all. The Great Escape has partnered with Licks Magazine and Ticketmaster New Music for the first 2023 TGE Presents show, taking place in Liverpool for the very first time. As part of the series of live gigs in the run up to the festival, Jimmy’s Liverpool will play host to Brighton natives Lime Garden, with support acts TBA on 2 March. Tickets are on sale for £11 here.
