Wednesday 20th September – Today, The Great Escape announces the highly anticipated line up for this year’s FIRST FIFTY live launch gigs, which will take place on Wednesday 15th November 2023 across eight East London venues. Introducing The Great Escape 2024’s exciting line-up, the live launch will showcase a selection of the first fifty artists announced to play the Brighton festival in May and will see some of the world’s freshest and most promising emerging artists take to the stage ahead of their festival appearances next year. Tickets for each FIRST FIFTY gig start from £7 and are available to purchase HERE.
Synonymous with new music discovery and acting as a springboard for rising artists, The Great Escape is the festival for new music. Playing host to over 450 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 from 15 – 18th May 2024 in Brighton. Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £89.25 and are on sale HERE.
THE GREAT ESCAPE FIRST FIFTY SHOWS TAKING PLACE IN EAST LONDON ON WEDNESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER:
Taking place across eight East London venues, the FIRST FIFTY live launch is partnering this year with The Independent, DIY, Ticketmaster, BBC Introducing, Clash, Notion, and LICKS to present performances from the most exciting emerging talent on Wednesday 15th November.
The Independent has confirmed it will return as the festival’s exclusive news partner this year, continuing its commitment to championing emerging talent. The outlet will present an evening of groundbreaking music at MOTH Club with performances from Birmingham’s electro-punk duo Big Special, the genre-bending King Isis and punk influenced Canadians, Mock Media.
Ticketmaster New Music will host two stages, one at the Sebright Arms and one at Folklore. The Sebright Arms will feature alt-indie, all female 4-piece Friedberg, as well as Welsh indie-pop up-and-comer Hana Lili and folk singer/songwriter Darren Kiely.
At Folklore, the spellbinding alt-folk artist Oscar Browne will perform along with Dublin based singer-songwriter Sarah Crean and dream pop, shoegaze duo No Windows.
BBC Introducing will host an evening of emerging talent at Hackney Social, featuring Tom Rasmussen’s catchy and heartfelt pop, South London’s versatile, multi-instrumentalist Solaariss and the electronic and experimental pop artist Bodur.
Clash will showcase an exciting selection of artists at Paper Dress Vintage, with alternative rising star Gia Ford joined by confessional alt-pop newcomer Erin LeCount and Edinburgh based singer-songwriter Jacob Alon.
DIY is set to take over The Victoria for an exciting evening of new music featuring DIY rockers Cardinals, word-of-mouth sensation Picture Parlour and Liverpool based, indie-rock artist Trout.
At the Shacklewell Arms, smooth Alternative R&B artist Ray Laurél will take the stage along with industrial alt-pop from LVRA and the electronic pop infused Babymorocco in an evening hosted by Notion.
Finally, at Two Palms, LICKS will present the punk and psychedelic rock influenced group The New Eves, Naarm/Melbourne based post-punk artist ENOLA and the lyrically and beat driven singer Emmeline.
Tickets for the First Fifty East London shows can be found HERE.
Tickets for The Great Escape 2024 in Brighton can be found HERE.
THE GREAT ESCAPE 2023 FIRST FIFTY LIVE LAUNCH IN LONDON ON 15TH NOVEMBER 2023 (All shows 18+):
Ticketmaster New Music present at Sebright Arms (31-35 Coate St, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9AG)
Friedberg
Darren Kiely
Hana Lili
Tickets £10 available HERE.
Ticketmaster New Music present at Folklore (186 Hackney Road, London, E2 7QL)
Oscar Browne
Sarah Crean
No Windows
Tickets £10 available HERE.
BBC Introducing present at Hackney Social (Unit 1, Bohemia Place, London, E8 1DU)
Tom Rasmussen
Solaariss
Bodur
Tickets £7 available HERE.
The Independent present at MOTH Club (Old Trades Hall, Valette Street, London, E9 6NU)
Big Special
King Isis
Mock Media
Tickets £10 available HERE.
Clash present at Paper Dress Vintage (352a Mare Street, London, E8 1HR)
Gia Ford
Erin LeCount
Jacob Alon
Tickets £10 available HERE.
DIY present at The Victoria (451 Queensbridge Road, Dalston, London, E8 3AS)
Picture Parlour
Cardinals
Trout
Tickets £10 available HERE.
Notion present at The Shacklewell Arms (71 Shacklewell Lane, London, E8 2EB)
Babymorocco
Lvra
Ray Laurél
Tickets £7 available HERE.
LICKS present at Two Palms (152, 156 Lower Clapton Road, Lower Clapton, London, E5 0QJ)
The New Eves
ENOLA
Emmeline
Tickets £8 available HERE.
THE GREAT ESCAPE 2024 LINE UP SO FAR (A-Z):
BABYMOROCCO
BIG SPECIAL
BODUR
CARDINALS
DARREN KIELY
EMMELINE
ENOLA
ERIN LECOUNT
FRIEDBERG
GIA FORD
HANA LILI
JACOB ALON
KING ISIS
LVRA
MOCK MEDIA
NO WINDOWS
OSCAR BROWNE
PICTURE PARLOUR
RAY LAURÉL
SARAH CREAN
SOLAARISS
THE NEW EVES
TOM RASMUSSEN
TROUT
