If you still haven’t commenced your research for 2019’s Great Escape, what are you waiting for? The fact that they’ve just announced another 120 artists is already leading to cases of Fear Of Missing Out anxiety at Source Towers. The volume and spectrum of choice is overwhelming our tiny minds – and we’ve still got the Alt Escape line-up to come.
The latest additions include some hot names from the indie rock pantheon, most notably Fat White Family – who recently sold out the Concorde 2 in less time than it takes to down a shot of Tuaca – and Snapped Ankles, who were among the highlights at February’s Mutations festival in Portslade.
The organisers have also teased us by promising to announce a “massive” Spotlight show (they’re the ones you have to pay extra for) on Tuesday 2nd April. “This show… will go down in TGE history,” boasts the TGE site. Who could possibly provoke such anticipation in Brighton? Surely only Nick Cave… *(this is just a guess, by the way. We have no idea who it is).
And after its inaugural success last year, the Beach venue will be making a welcome return, although two of the festival’s biggest queue magnets, the Pavilion Theatre and the Corn Exchange, are still closed for renovation.
We reckon it’s shaping up to be one of the best weekends in the festival’s 13-year history.
The full list of artists announced today is:
Aitch / Alffa / Alligator / Bad Animal / Bailen / Barny Fletcher / Belle Mt. / BILK / Black Country, New Road / Black Midi / Blithe / Blossom Caldarone / Brother May & Lully / Brunswick / China Bears / Cloth / Creatures / Dan D’Lion / Darkstar with London Contemporary Orchestra / Delilah Montagu / Dirty Radio / Dobby / Dr!ftwood / Dry Cleaning / Dusky Grey / Eleanor Nelly / Emilie Zoé / Everyone You Know / Fat White Family / Feet / Fernando Milagros / Flohio / Flor / Foreign Affairs / Georgia / Glowie / Haelos / Handstand Parade / Hatis Noit / Honey Harper / IB101 / Ishi Vu / Jake Germain / Jarreau Vandal / Jazz Morley / Jess Ajose / Kadiata / Katie Pruitt / Kidsmoke / Kitt Philippa / Laura Misch / Lazy Day / Leonie Pernet / Los Bitchos / Lucinda Chua / Maifersoni / Marged / Mega / Mellow Gang / Mellt / Micah Erenberg / Michael Baker / Miesha & The Spanks / Million Miles’ / MX World / Mystic Peach / OHTIS / Olivia Nelson / Pat Dam Smyth / Patrick Jonsson / Patrick Martin / Peeping Drexels / Pizzagirl / PLANET / Plastic Mermaids / Porridge Radio / Portland / Pottery / PRAA / Prateek Kuhad / Pregoblin / Press Club / Rainbow Maniac / Rina Mushonga / Robinson / Rubio / Ruston Kelly / SCALPING / Sink Ya Teeth / Skint & Demoralised / SL / Snapped Ankles / Sun / Sun Silva / Suny, Zoee & Julia Star / Talk Show / Tallies / Tamzene / The Fedz / The Intergalactic Republic of Kongo / The Kicklips / The Van T’s / The Wood Burning Savages / Third Lung / Tia Gostelow / Tim Atlas / Tommy Newport / Unknown T / VC Pines / Wetter / whenyoung / Working Mens Club / Yeseo / Yung Fume
On top of the 120 artists announced in February:
404 / 5K HD / A. Swayze & the Ghosts / Aaliyah Esprit / Aaron Smith / Alex Lahey / Amahla / Anna Calvi / Annabel Allum / Another Sky / Arlo Parks / Ava Wild / Awate / Ayy / Bad Child / Balcony / Bang Bang Romeo / beatbaby / Big Society / Big Wild / Bike / Black Peaks / Black Sea Dahu / CAAMP / Charly Bliss / chkbns / Classic Yellow / Conan Gray / Confidence Man / Dead Posey / Doe / Donna Missal / Drinking Boys and Girls Choir / DrowningBoy / Du Blonde / Ellis / EUT / Fata Boom / Ferris & Sylvester / Flamingods / Fogh Depot / Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / FUR / Future Bubblers Sound System / Gaffa Tape Sandy / Gender Roles / GGAllan Partridge / Gia Margaret / Graham Van Pelt / Injury Reserve / Inner Wave / IOTA / itoldyouiwouldeatyou / Jambinai / Jaykae / John J Presley / Julia Bardo / Kayla Painter / KEYAH/BLU / Kiran Leonard / Kobi Onyame / Lady Bird / Leifur James / Leisure / Liam van Ryn / Liela Moss / Liily / Lion / Little Simz / Long Tall Jefferson / Loraine James / Lucidvox / Lyle / M Huncho / MarthaGunn / Mia Blankson / Miink / Mini Mansions / Miraa May / Mosa Wild / Mother Mother / No Party for Cao Dong / NuTribe / Oh Brother / Oh Land / OK Button / Oli Fox / Orchards / Our Girl / Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs / Piroshka / Pixx / Pom Poko / Projector / Rachel Chinouriri / Red Rum Club / Retiree / Rosie Carney / Saint Agnes / Shortparis / Shunaji / SILVA / Snotty Nose Rez Kids / Some Sprouts / Still Woozy / Surfbort / Sydney (Live show) / Ta’Shan / Tebi Rex / Tess Parks / The Amazons / The Dawn of MAY / The Estevans / The Murder Capital / The Mysterines / The Ninth Wave / The Pier / The Rhythm Method / Tourist / Trash Hawks / TrueMendous / Upsahl / Warming / Wovoka Gentle
And the 100 from the original announcement:
AJ Tracey / AK Patterson / Alexandra Stréliski / Alfie Templeman / Altopalo / Amanda Tenfjord / Amy May Ellis / Any Other / APRE / Archie Faulks / Be Forest / Bess Atwell / Big Joanie / Biig Piig / Bitch Falcon / Blackout Problems / Broen / Brutus / Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard / BYOB / Callum Pitt / Can’t Swim / Celeste / CHAI / Children of Zeus / Cocaine Piss / County Line Runner / Drax Project / Easy Life / Elder Island / Faraj Suleiman / Fieh / Finn Andrews / Gently Tender / Giant Rooks / girl in red / Giungla / Greentea Peng / guccihighwaters / Gwenifer Raymond / Haggard Cat / Hand Habits / Haze / Heavy Beat Brass Band / Horror My Friend / Hot Milk / Injury Reserve / iris / Italia 90 / Jack Perrett / Joy Crookes / Just Mustard / KIAN / Kingswood / Kizzy Crawford / Kojaque / Lewsberg / LIFE / Lisa O’Neill / Liza Owen / Maisie Peters / MALIHINI / Malik Djoudi / Malphino / Monty Taft / Motherhood / Murkage Dave / Nice Biscuit / Pagan / Pearl Charles / Petrol Girls / Pongo / Priests / Raoul Vignal / Rich Aucoin / Shaded / Sir Babygirl / Soaked Oats / Sports Team / Stonefield / Sullii / Superlove / T. Thomason / TALOS / Tawiah / The Beths / The Jungle Giants / The Mauskovic Dance Band / The Nude Party / The Snuts / Triple One / Viagra Boys / Vulpynes / Wasuremono / Weird Milk / Westerman / Whispering Sons / Winston Surfshirt (solo) / Yves Tumor / Zooni
Various venues, Thursday 9th – Saturday 11th May 2019
