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The Great Escape
Peaches provides the teaching, while Morn, Maquina and Alice Faye provide all that is glorious about live music.
Jun 20, 2026
As the world goes dotty for the dotty ones from outer space TGE deliver the hottest ticket in the country twice.
Jun 17, 2026
It really is a simple black and white answer: you want to see Angine de Poitrine play The Great Escape.
Mar 5, 2026
Over 100 names have been added to the TGE line up and Team Source is salivating with excitement!
Feb 3, 2026
In a beautiful city of music unlike any other, truly is there no greater place to escape and the 2026 edition promises to be a banger.
Nov 13, 2025
Day 4 started with a party whistle thrash punk Extravaganza and ended with the glorious debut of Post Common. We love you TGE.
Jun 13, 2025
One of the real joys of the Great Escape is you can often see the bands that really grab you more than once. Day 3 delivered.
Jun 9, 2025
Day 2 provided a diverse range of acts. Within 30 minutes we went from beautiful Australian folk to riotous Korean DnB and that was before tea time!
Jun 7, 2025
No longer just a day for getting your wrist band; some serious heavy hitters were brought out for a cracking day one.
Jun 6, 2025
The line-up just keeps getting bigger with the new Billboard UK stage to be headlined by English Teacher
Mar 5, 2025
The Great Escape is back and there is lots to be excited about from the Moonlandingz to Van Zon!
Feb 12, 2025
Some corkers have been added to the bill including Opus Kink, Plantoid, Soft Play and the Lambrini Girls.
Mar 5, 2024
Over one hundred names have been added to the bill for the 2024 edition of The Great Escape.
Feb 6, 2024
The Great Escape provided another intense weekend with music from the likes of The Last Dinner Party, O, Sorry, Benefits, Snayx, DITZ and TRAAMS.
May 18, 2023
We saw a wealth of international talent at The Great Escape, but on the final day two bands from Brighton stole the show.
May 21, 2022
More bands, more reviews. Friday's festival was a heady mix of Turkish techno, gothic indie, Japanese folk, jazz punk and grime metal.
May 18, 2022
The Great Escape made a triumphant return with three days of musical mayhem across the city. Here's a round-up of two dozen acts we caught on Thursday.
May 16, 2022
Platform B, Brighton’s next generation radio station, presents a free stage with an exciting line-up of emerging acts at The Great Escape.
Apr 14, 2022
With one of Brighton's biggest and best festivals but weeks away we're already planning how to see as many of the 500 artists as possible across the city.
Apr 12, 2022
SOURCE looks at some of the promising acts booked to play at TGE before it was forced to pull the plug.
May 14, 2020
We chat to the Brighton band about The Great Escape, Bella Union and studio spectres – over beer, tea and Club biscuits.
Jun 21, 2019
We reviewed another 20 bands on the final day of TGE with Arxx and Penelope Isles heading up the local talent alongside Black Midi and Fat White Family.
May 16, 2019
Day two of The Great Escape saw us enjoying some sunshine while watching The Intergalactic Republic Of Kongo, Easy Life, Los Bitchos, Tourist and loads more.
May 14, 2019
As the dust settles on The Great Escape our team reports back on some of the 20+ acts they caught last Thursday in the first of three bumper reviews.
May 13, 2019
Locals know that The Great Escape is joined by an unofficial festival of gigs in smaller venues, all for free. We profile some of our favourites.
May 4, 2019
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