100+ New Artists Added to 2025 Line-up | English Teacher to Headline Billboard UK Live Stage | Single Day & Two-Day Tickets On Sale Now
The Great Escape is thrilled to unveil a host of exciting new artists set to join the 2025 festival line-up, alongside the announcement of a brand-new stage in collaboration with Billboard UK. Taking place in Brighton from 14-17 May 2025, The Great Escape will showcase over 450 emerging artists across 35+ venues, solidifying its status as the ultimate festival for new music discovery.
Introducing the Billboard UK Live Stage
For the first time ever, The Great Escape is partnering with Billboard UK to present the Billboard UK Live Stage, a brand-new platform dedicated to spotlighting rising talent. Headlining this debut stage is Mercury Prize-winning indie-rock four-piece English Teacher, with more incredible acts to be revealed soon.
100+ New Artists Announced
In addition to the Billboard UK Live Stage, we’re excited to reveal over 100 new names joining the 2025 line-up. Spanning a wide array of genres, these artists represent the very best in up-and-coming talent from around the world. Highlights include:
Indie & Alternative: Welly, The Bug Club, She’s In Parties, Tough Cookie, Home Counties, Greg Freeman, Adult DVD, Gardens
Electronic & Dance: Debby Friday, Mike Lindsay, Polite Bureaux, KABEAUSHÉ, Ava Rasti
Hip-Hop & R&B: Tay Jordan, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Joshua Idehen, CHAII
Pop: Miso Extra, Lucy Dreams, Nxdia, JON POPPII, Joya Marleen
Rock, Punk & Metal: BEX, Post Profit, Karen Dio, Mouth Culture, Lowen, Zetra
With even more names to come, this year’s festival is shaping up to be one of the most diverse and exciting yet!
THE GREAT ESCAPE 2025 NEW LINE UP ADDITIONS (A-Z)
88 Miles | Adult DVD | afromerm | Alice Costelloe | Artio | Ava Rasti | Baby Beserk | Bad Buddy | Benjamin Amaru | Benjamin Steer | BEX | big long sun | Bones Ate Arfa | CHAII | Chinese American Bear | Cifika | COMIC SANS | CURRLS | Dabo Lang | Daisy Dooks | Debby Friday | DoFlame | English Teacher | FEET | Fiona-Lee | Frances Mistry | Gardens | Good Health Good Wealth | Gordi | Graywave | Greg Freeman | Holiday Ghosts | Home Counties | Hypnosis Therapy | Ideal Living | J.Bernardt | Jacqui | Jagged Baptist Club | Jodie Langford | JON POPPII | Joshua Idehen | Joya Marleen | KABEAUSHÉ | KAREN DIO | KÄSSY | Koteri | Laicositna | Last Apollo | Last Train | Lee Brady | Lily Lyons | Lonnie Gunn | Louis Gardner | Lowen | Lucy Dreams | LUNA KILLS | Maleigh Zan | Maria Uzor | Mazy Day | Mike Lindsay | Miso Extra | MOUTH CULTURE | My First Time | Nadeem Din-Gabisi | Nighticket | Nxdia | Oh! Dirty Fingers | O’Phantom | Paige Kennedy | Polite Bureaux | Post Profit | Preoccupations | Priyaji | Radio Mars | Ray Silvers | Rich Aucoin | Rikuto Fujimoto | Robin Kester | Rubie | Sam Wilkinson | Say Sue Me | Scrounge | She’s In Parties | Son Mieux | Tay Jordan | The Bug Club | The fin. | The Rolling People | The Rosadocs | The Velvet Hands | Tomi Owó | Tough Cookie | TVOD | vgtbl.pl (Franek Warzywa & Mlody Budda) | VOWER | Vraell | Water Machine | WELLY | Woody | Zetra | zouz
Single Day & Two-Day Tickets Now Available
For those unable to attend the full four-day festival, The Great Escape has now released single day and two-day (Friday & Saturday) tickets. This is the perfect opportunity to experience the festival’s electric atmosphere and catch must-see performances while enjoying the Brighton seaside.