Festivals

Over 100 Bands Announced For Great Escape Festival

KELIS, CHARLI XCX and CIRCA WAVES head-up the first announcement for THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL in Brighton. The festival; which has a reputation to showcase the next best talent, will be headlined on the Saturday by Kelis. She will play the city’s Dome venue with hotly tipped Ella Eyre supporting.

Also included in the huge announcement was Charli XCX, Circa Waves, Royal Blood, Flux Pavilion and Pawws. Many more bands will be added to the three day event with early bird tickets avaliable.

More information can be found on The Great Escape website here.

The full list of artists announced across the three days so far are:

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Amber Run
Andy Shauf
Arc Iris
Arthur Beatrice
As Animals
Autobahn
Baby In Vain
Baby Strange
Beard Of Wolves
Beautiful Boy
Benjamin Clementine
Black City Lights
Blaenavon
Broken Twin
Charli Xcx
Cherub
Chlöe Howl
Circa Waves
Cleo T
Courtney Barnett
D/C
Dark For Dark
Darlia
Denai Moore
Dive In
Dolomite Minor
Doom Squad
Douglas Dare
Dune Rats
Ella Eyre
Erotic Market
Fabienne
Fat White Family
Female Smell

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Femme
Flux Pavilion
Flyte / Ftse
Future Islands
Fyfe
Gianna Lauren
Ginger And The Ghost
Glory Glory
Hannah Georgas
Hermitude
Holy Strays
Hsy
Human Pyramids
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Jay Arner
Jeremiah Jae
Jeremy Neale
Jungle
Kelis
Labyrinth Ear
Leon T Pearl
Lonely The Brave
Lovepark
Major Leagues
Marika Hackman
Matthew And The Atlas
Max Marshall
Mickey Lightfoot
Money For Rope
New Desert Blues
Oliver Wilde
Orval Carlos Sibelius
Oy
Pawws

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Phox
Powder Blue
Rejjie Snow
Rosie Lowe
Royal Blood
Russian Red
Saint Raymond
Samaris
Satellite Stories
September Girls
Shopping
Shy Nature
Sin Cos Tan
Slaves
Stubborn Heart
Sundara Karma
The Bony King Of Nowhere
The Creases
The Crooked Brothers
The Darlingtons
The Oscillation
The Scenes
Theo Verney
Tove Lo
Traams
Traumahelikopter
Travis Bretzer
Wet
White Lung
Wilsen
Womans Hour
Young Summer
Youth Man
Yumi And The Weather

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Samuel Litherland

Digital and Live Editor of Soundcheck. I am a huge fan of emerging new music. You can usually find me in a field over the summer.