The Great Escape 2025 confirms first 50 acts
Our fave UK festival, The Great Escape on the sunny south coast of England, has revealed 26 new artists. Adding to the already confirmed names, these new additions make up the first fifty artists performing at the festival. While there are still LOADS more acts to follows, this initial selection showcases the kind of promising new music from across the globe that we can expect when the festival takes over venues across Brighton in May.
The new wave of acts includes raw and rising Welsh pop-rock singer-songwriter CATTY, Mercury Prize-nominated jazz group corto.alto, eclectic Worldbeat group Sirens Of Lesbos, anti-establishment, genre-defying rap singer-songwriter Miss Kaninna, Indigenous Australian alt singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow, Viennese indie band Laundromat Chicks and rock, reggae and hip-hop inspired South Summit.
From the world of jazz, the new names also include four-piece London group Oreglo and Mongolian singer-songwriterEnji, while emerging songwriter Daffo and rousing Faroese-Nordic artist Eivør are flying the flag for folk. Nods to indie-rock come from Canadian rockers Nap Eyes and indie-grime genre-blender JD Cliffe, while a selection of bedroom-pop artists including Australian singer-songwriter Nick Ward and drreamy electro-pop act Clara Kimera also join the line-up.
The first fifty is completed by buzzy Chicago rapper Kaicrewsade, indie-pop TikTok stars Zimmer90, grunge-soul singer Ashaine White, London-based harpist Marysia Osu, electrifying brother-sister duo PUNCHBAG, wistful soul-inspired singer-songwriter Nectar Woode, Japanese dance-pop act Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie, promising New Zealand group NO CIGAR, tender Irish singer Ellie O’Neill and Dutch five piece The Klittens.
The Great Escape will once again 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 2025 season from 14 – 17th May in Brighton, England.
Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £81.24 and are on sale here.
See you on the seafront!
