Fat White Family And Flohio Among 100 New Acts Added To The Great Escape Line Up
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Written by Laura Johnson
The Great Escape has added over 100 more acts to this year's line up.
The Brighton festival will return next spring to host hundreds of up-and-coming artists over three days and multiple live music venues and outdoor stages. Following a successful launch in 2018, Brighton Beach will once again house a 2000-capacity site boasting three venues, bars, food stalls and pop-up performance spaces.
Among the latest additions to the line up are Fat White Family, Flohio, Black Midi, Snapped Ankles, and Georgia. Head below for the full list.
What? Discover your new favourite emerging artists as you wander through the Brighton streets, soaking up the cultural history.
Where? Brighton.
When? May 9 - 11.
Who? Newly announced for the line up are Fat White Family, Flohio, Black Midi, Snapped Ankles, Georgia, Aitch, Alffa, Alligator, Bad Animal, Bailen, Barny Fletcher, Belle Mt., BILK, Black Country, New Road, 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, Feet, Fernando Milagros, Flor, Foreign Affairs, 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 and 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 and Demoralised, SL, Snapped Ankles, Sun, Sun Silva, Suny, Zoee and 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, and Yung Fume.
They join the the previously confirmed Little Simz, Mini Mansions, the Amazons, Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, Anna Calvi, Conan Gray, Confidence Man, Du Blonde, Leisure, Black Peaks, Lady Bird, Our Girl, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Ava Wild, Black Sea Dahu, Gia Margaret, MC Shunaji, Jaykae, Kobi Onyame, Oh Land, Oli Fox, Shortparis, Pixx, No Party for Cao Dong, Big Society, the Rhythm Method, SILVA, Surfbort, Oh Brother, Saint Agnes, Leifur James, 5K HD and Fogh Depot. Further acts are to be announced in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Lewis Capaldi will play a Great Escape Spotlight show at the Dome on May 9, and the same goes for Foals on May 10, who will take over Concorde 2 to celebrate 15 years of Transgressive Records with Blaenavon and Boniface. Friendly Fires are set to play a huge beachfront performance on May 10 to celebrate 20 years of the Radio X music show, X-Posure.
BBC Sounds will return to the Great Escape in 2019. Head here to check out who they'll be hosting.There will also be numerous international showcases across the weekend. Found out more about that here.
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