The Great Escape Festival

Annual music festival in Brighton and Hove, England

This article is about the UK music festival. For the Australian music festival, see The Great Escape (festival).

The Great Escape

Genre| Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, punk rock, hard rock, dance, techno, electronic, acoustic, hip hop
Location(s)| Brighton and Hove, England
Years active| 18 years
Most recent| 2023
Next event| 15–18 May 2024
Website| greatescapefestival.com

The Great Escape Festival is a four-day music festival held in Brighton and Hove, England every year in May. It is operated by MAMA Festivals and showcases new music[1][2] from a variety of genres. The festival was founded in 2006 and roughly hosts 500 bands across 30 venues throughout the city.[3] It has been likened to South by Southwest.[2][3][4]

There is also a music industry convention section to the event,[2] which is attended by over 4000 delegates. The 2011 to 2022 conferences have been programmed by the team from music industry publication CMU.

Anna B Savage, 2023

In addition to the main festival, there is also The Alternative Escape, a further strand of 'unofficial' shows.

There was no event in 2020, and the festival was held in 2021 but was entirely online, both due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Coach Party, 2023

## See also[edit]

* Music of Sussex

## References[edit]

1. ^ Petridis, Alexis (15 May 2011). "The Great Escape festival – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
2. ^ a b c Price, Simon (15 May 2011). "The Great Escape, Various venues, Brighton". The Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
3. ^ a b Sturges, Fiona (14 May 2012). "The Great Escape, Various Venues, Brighton". The Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
4. ^ Harley, Kevin (10 May 2013). "Pop festival of the week: The Great Escape, various venues, Brighton". The Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
5. ^ Richards, Will (12 May 2021). "The Great Escape 2021: 10 unmissable artists to catch at the virtual new music showcase". NME.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* The Guardian's Great Escape festival page

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