Festival News: The Great Escape has announced 120 more artists

The Great Escape has announced 120 more artists to play this year’s Brighton festival, featuring some of the most exciting names in new music, including Alfie Templeman, Blackhaine, Chrissi, MUNA, spill tab, STONE, Bru-C, Casisdead, Kid Kapichi, Lido Pimienta, and many more.

Joining an epic line-up featuring hundreds of must-see acts, The Great Escape have also revealed the festival’s daily highlights, sharing their top picks to help festival goers navigate their way through three days packed full of live performances and the hottest new talent.

The Great Escape, the festival for new music, will be kicking off the 2022 festival season, playing host to more than 450 up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues, alongside the music industry led TGE conference, from 12-14 May 2022 in Brighton, England. Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £75 and are on sale here.

2022’s daily highlights include some of the most exciting talent on the line-up, including Reading rockers The Amazons, Gen Z grunge pop singer Baby Queen, US queer hyperpop artistRebecca Black, post-punk Leeds success story Yard Act, Irish rapper Malaki, and post-punk poet Sinead O’Brien,

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