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Brighton, Brighton and Hove
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The Great Escape is a four-day new music festival spread across 30+ walkable venues in Brighton, with a pop-up site on Brighton Beach. Founded in 2006, it showcases around 450 emerging artists from across the world alongside a music industry conferen…
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Date
12 - 15 May, 2027
Location
Brighton, Brighton and Hove
Size
Small · 1k-5k
Established
2006, Running 20 years
Vibe
It's a constant sprint between venues across Brighton - cramped basement clubs, bars on the pier, a beachside stage on the pebbles - with punters racing to beat capacity queues, stumbling happily onto acts they've never heard of, and industry lanyards rubbing shoulders with genuinely enthusiastic music fans.
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