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SVARLBARD, ITHACA and SHVPES Amongst 100 New Acts added to THE GREAT ESCAPE 2020 Line-Up

The Great Escape has announced a mammoth 100 more acts to play this year’s internationally renowned new music festival, including hotly tipped break-out artists. Get all the details here.

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The Great Escape has announced a mammoth 100 more acts to play this year’s internationally renowned new music festival, including hotly tipped break-out artists such as Dorian Electra, Arlo Parks, Nayana Iz, Kokoko! and Bessie Turner, as well as Mercury Award-nominated Ghostpoet and The Jezabels’ Hayley Mary.

The Great Escape will be playing host to over 500 up and coming artists and music-led conference across 30+ walkable venues from 13-16 May 2020 in Brighton, England. With more than 300 acts still to be announced the festival, celebrating 15 years in 2020, promises it will be pulling out all the stops inviting artists from across the globe to perform at this year’s milestone festival.

UK metallers Shvpes will be bringing their “One Man Army” to Brighton in May:


The list of new acts added to the line-up include:

Shvpes
Ghostpoet
Jeremie Albino
Little Quirks
Kid Capatchi
Lizzie Reid
Oliver Spalding
Purple Pilgrims
Tay Oskee
Violetta Zironi
Dam
Svalbard
Dear-God
Keedz
Holly Humberstone
Malaki
Alicia Edelwiess
Abbie Ozard
Phfat
The Lazy Eyes
Scuti
Ithaca
The Pale White
Shygirl
Arlo Parks
Samuel Sea
Conjurer
Talulah Ruby
Belako
Winnie Raeder
Ama
People Club
Anger
Static Dress
April
Distric Five
The Uma
Happyness
Bibi
The Hara
Blanks
Boniface
Cecil
Dorian Electra
Gracey
Hyyts
L’Impertrice
Ali Barter
Luna
Chroma
Strange Bones
Mottron
Porches
Pyra
Rakky Ripper
Richard Fairlie
Your Smith
Far Caspian
and many more…

Here’s a little promo video clip the festival put together showcasing what The Great Escape is all about:


The Great Escape will take place across multiple venues in Brighton from May 13-16 with 300 more acts still to be announced. For ticket information here’s the link.

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