Kieran Webber
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Faye Webster, Picture Parlour, and more announced in the first fifty acts for The Great Escape 2024
The city wide festival that takes place annually in Brighton returns to us in 2024 and we’ve just got our first taste of showcased artists. The FIRST FIFTY announcement includes the festivals first showcase show with Faye Webster at the Brighton Dome Concert Hall. In addition to this it announced that celebrated US-Indian starย Sid Sriramย will top the bill at theย BBC Asian Network Stage.
The Great Escape has also shared the final 26 names to complete the line-up of theย FIRST FIFTYย artists performing at the festival โ one of the hottest tip lists of the year for the industryโs freshest emerging talent. The acts announced include experimental four-pieceย Automotion,ย Canadian singer-songwriterย Aysanabee,ย chugging Aussiesย Battlesnake,ย energetic punk bandย CARSICK, and the rising rock outfit Picture Parlour.
Synonymous with new music discovery and acting as a springboard for rising artists, The Great Escape isย theย festival for new music. Playing host to over 500 up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues, alongside the music industry-led TGE conference, the festival will kick off the 2024 festival season fromย 15 – 18th May 2024ย inย Brighton, England.ย Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from ยฃ89.25 and are on saleย here.ย ย
The festival also announced that Spain is The Great Escapeโsย Lead Country Partnerย for 2024. Led byย The Spanish Waveย and TGE, they will present a full programme with two showcases, panels on the Spanish music industry and industry receptions.ย Sila Lua, a Galician-born artist creating dance music with an experimental flair, is the first Spanish performer to be announced. The Great Escapeโs first Spanish partners include:ย Theย Spanish Wave,ย AIE,ย Fundaฤion SGAE,ย Instituto Cervantes,ย Live Nation Spain,ย Ticketmaster Spainย andย Mondo Sonoro.
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