Over a hundred artists have been added to the already stellar line up for Brighton’s huge music festival, The Great Escape. With only six weeks to wait until the festival season, acts such as Bristol punk band IDLES, Brighton locals The Magic Gang and Demob Happy will be performing. 2017’s Pink Power Ranger Naomi Scott will also showcase her RnB style musicianship at the festival.
Other new announcements include Minneapolis’ electro-pop group NOW NOW, LA garage band The Regrettes and Brighton based Soul artist Connie Constance. Saul Ademczewski formerly from Fat White Family also joins the line up. He will perform alongside Childhood’s Ben Romans-Hopcraft in their joint project Insecure Men. The diverse announcement also sees the likes of new Grime sensation, Izzie Gibbs and Kenyan born, Danish “happy rapper”, K- Phax joining the bill.
The Great Escape 2018 is shaping up to be yet another interesting mix of artists from all styles of music. A myriad of talent from all corners of the world will be heading to Brighton from the 17th to the 19th of May. The festival will be strewn across over 60 venues and consist of over 500 artists. All of today’s new announcements can be seen below, with more to come next week.
AADAE / AIVERY / ALBERT AF EKENSTAM / ALEX HEPBURN / ALICE BOMAN / ALLANA VERDE / ANAIS / ANNABEL ALLUM / ASHLEY HENRY / AU/RA / AUÐUR / AVEC / BEARCUBS / BREATHE PANEL / CALL ME LOOP / CARMODY / CATHERINE MCGRATH / CHAPPAQUA WRESTLING / CHARLES WATSON / CHRIS & CHARLIE / CLUB DRIVE / CONNER YOUNGBLOOD / CONNIE CONSTANCE / CUCKOOLANDER / DANCING ON TABLES / DAVID KEENAN / DEMOB HAPPY / DON’T PROBLEM / DRAHLA / FAERS / FLOHIO / FONTAINES DC / FRAZER / G FLIP / GEORGE TAYLOR / GOD ON MY RIGHT / HALEY HEYNDERICKX / HALLOUMINATI / HOLIDAY OSCAR / HOT DREAMS / HUNGRY JOE / IDLES / INSECURE MEN / IZZIE GIBBS / JEALOUS OF THE BIRDS / JOAN / JOE TAYLOR / KAI WHISTON / KALPA / KAWALA / KIOKO / KOATES / K-PHAX / KYLE CRAFT / LADY SANITY / LAURIE MANN / LE MOTEL / LIFE / LILLY AHLBERG / LISA MORGENSTERN / LOCKS / LOVE SICK / LUCA / LUCIE BARAT / MARY MILLER / MEN I TRUST / MINA ROSE / MMNQNS / MOSS KENA / MOTHER’S CAKE / NADIA NAIR / NAKED ELEPHANT / NAOMI SCOTT / NATIVE SUN / NOW, NOW / ODD COUPLE / ONIPA / PHANTOM ISLE / PILLOW QUEENS / POLO & PAN / PSYCHIC MARKERS / PSYCHO COMEDY / REWS / RVG / SAINT RAYMOND / SAMANA / SONNY / SILVERLAKE / SLUGABED / SNAIL MAIL / SOCCER MOMMY / SOPHIE AND THE GIANTS / SORRY / SPORTSMAN / SUNSTACK JONES / THE MAGIC GANG / THE NECTARS / THE NIGHT CAFÉ / THE REGRETTES / THE VRYLL SOCIETY/ TOWKIO / TRILLERY BANKS / TUVABAND / VIDA / VISTAS / VOODOO LOVE ORCHESTRA / XTRM TOUR / ZAPATILLA / ZUZU