The first list of acts due to appear at this year’s Great Escape festival, which aims to showcase the best of new cross-genre music, have been announced, with the likes of Brother, Warpaint and Villagers amongst those confirmed.
The Great Escape will take place in Brighton over three days during May, and will welcome 15,000 music fans who will be treated to over 300 bands over the course of the event. In addition, the festival’s annual music conference will again be held, and is to host 3,000 industry professionals.
Friendly Fires are the first band to play the event’s new Dome Shows, which will be held at the Brighton Dome. ‘Super early bird’ tickets are available to purchase now at a price of £35 until February 15th, while access to the Dome gigs can be accessed by topping up festival wristbands for £6 per show. Tickets can be purchased from escapegreat.com.
First list of bands for Great Escape:
Friendly Fires (dome show) / Katy B / Warpaint / Villagers / Twin Shadow / Brother / Little Dragon / D/R/U/G/S / Becoming Real / PVT / Dutch Uncles / Tribes / SBTRKT / The Heartbreaks / Spark / Nedry / Worriedaboutsatan / Big Deal / The Soft Moon / Teeth / Marques Toliver / Tripwires / Lucy Swann / Vision of Trees / Seams / The Holidays / The Jezabels / Said the Whale / Team Me / Bonjay / Deep Sea Arcade / Seekae / The Mountain and the Trees / Winter
