Full Lineup Announced: The Great Escape Artists Coming To Brighton

The Great Escape (TGE), taking place from 11-14 May 2022 in Brighton, today unveils its full festival schedule for 2022, which can be accessed via the official The Great Escape mobile app.

Helping navigate the epic line-up of 500+ artists, The Great Escape mobile app helps festival and conference-goers build their own schedule and offers live updates on site, now available for free download here.

Additionally, the festival is pleased to announce a new partnership with Amazon Music and reveal further 2022 stage hosts from platforms including BBC Music Introducing, independent music company Transgressive, talent agency ATC Live, and the addition of a Download Festival stage. 

The Great Escape, the festival for new music, will play host to the most exciting up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues, alongside the music industry-led TGE conference. Tickets for the festival are available now and are on sale now.

This year, Amazon Music will join forces with The Great Escape to take over the festival’s pop-up beach site, which will be known as Amazon Music presents The Beach.

Goat Girl

Artists performing across the weekend on the seaside main stage include Goat Girl, Baby Queen, Crawlers, Sinead O’Brien, Priya Ragu,Rachel Chinouriri, and Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn. +44 from Amazon Music will also be showcasing an evening of exciting new artists at Patterns on Friday 13 May.

+44 is a space to celebrate and amplify Black music genres, the artists that make the music, as well as the culture behind it - connecting audiences to the artists they love via playlists, podcasts and original content.

Let’s Eat Grandma’s Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth, photo by El Hardwick

Taking over The Old Market on Thursday 12 May, independent music company Transgressive will feature a selection of artists from their roster, including pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma, R&B collective MICHELLE, rapper Wesley Joseph, South African musician Moonchild Sanelly and the exciting addition of The Waeve, the newly announced project from Blur’s Graham Coxon and singer-songwriter Rose Elinor Dougal. 

Mykki Blanco

Fans are encouraged to come down early to the showcase as opening up will be a must-see performance from breakout US artist Mykki Blanco in a very special one-off UK appearance.

AWAL will take residency at Komedia on Friday 14 May with art-pop foursome Porij, indie wunderkind Alfie Templeman, Dublin singer-songwriter CMAT, R&B singer-songwriter Tamera, London-based singer-songwriter Eloise and break out TikTok star Renao.

Warmduscher

2022 also marks the 25th anniversary of Brighton-based label Bella Union, which will host special birthday celebrations at their stages with artists including post-punk act Warmduscher, psych-pop artist BC Camplight, London-based post-rocker AA Williams and the visceral Sophie Jamieson taking to The Old Market on Friday 12 May.  

Candela Records will take over the famous Jubilee Square stage on Saturday 13 May, presenting reggaeton artist Angelo Flow, 7-pieceRene Alvarez and his Afro-Cuban Funk Project, Latin-London singer Clara Hurtado and lyricist Guala, highlighting the array of exciting Latin music on offer at The Great Escape.

WME’s showcase at the TGE Beach Site on Thursday 12 May will feature pop-noir singer Emie Nathan, rising Peckham star Sam Akpro, psych-tinged funk from Milo Clare, Orange County rock quartet Greer and Anglo-Portuguese musician Carla Prata.

Moonchild Sanelly

CASISDEAD

United Talent Agency take over Coalition on Friday 13 May with underground grime legend CASISDEAD, South African electro-pop-ghetto-funk artist Moonchild Sanelly, London grime-punk-noise duo Bob Vylan, Bristol-based dancehall-rave artist Grove, genre-blurring pop-provocateur Willow Kayne and experimental hip-hop collective Nukuluk.

This year’s festival will also showcase the most exciting bands in the global rock scene, curated by tastemakers and the scene’s experts, Download Festival, in a new stage partnership.

Thursday 12 May will see Tapie Huston, a new venture from Myles and Layne Ulrich feature alongside Canadian goth rock duo Softcult, TikTok rising star Scene Queen and Australian heavy rockers Banks Arcade.

Friday 13 May will be rocked by Norwegian electro-metal band Fixation, raucous London two-piece CRASHFACE, metal-core group Defects and Manchester all-girl punk grunge band Witch Fever.

Cassyette

Chalk will host The Amazons, Cassyette, Yard Act, Gustaf, Kid Kapichi and Lauran Hibberd and many more, courtesy of Marshall Ampsover the three days, 12-14 May. As a returning supporter of The Great Escape, Marshall Amps will present three essential shows, shining the light on some of the most anticipated acts across the festival via industry-leading equipment.

For tickets and to to see the full line up, visit greatescapefestival.com