[Closed] The Great Escape Festival, Brighton

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Bring a bike, come for a ride at Stanmer on Sunday morning 🙂

there's a Spotify playlist which is worth sessioning. 'The Great Escape 2018'  I'm working out what i want to see from that, then scheduling bands vis the Great Escape App.

Only recommendation, is b=to be in one venue by around 8pm at the latest and stay there. The queues get quite long after then for any of the popular places.

[i]recommended bands?[/i]

Idles. See Idles.

I like Rocks Foe, but may not be your sorta thing. Lets Eat Grandma are cool and Superorganism

There's so much going on you'd have to be very organised to catch anything you plan to see! I couldn't cope.

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Idles. See Idles.

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Are Idles on!?  You should go see Idles!!

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As earlier post mentioned,  get to venues early if there's a recognisable name playing.  e.g.  if idles are playing somewhere at 9pm , you probably need to get there by 5 or maybe earlier to make sure you're in.

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Listen out for last minute "surprise" gigs too,  picked up on a couple of these the two times I've been and they were well worth it.

This will be my fifth year in a row going, I think. I love it. I've enjoyed going every year. Seem some great perfomances and some pretty awful ones, but it's always entertaining!

As others have said, if there's someone you really want to see, be sure to get there early. Don't expect to get into every venue, some are very small and reach capacity quickly.

The Spotify playlist is definitely the best place to start checking out new bands. But with around 450 playing, you may have left it a bit late! I've managed to condense it down to a list more to my tastes, of just under 100 bands. I don't expect to see half of them, but it's a good start!

Idles are a must see for me. Saw them live last year and it was fantastic. I'm also looking forward to the Deltasonic Records showcase, at the Prince Albert on Saturday afternoon. It's a record label set up by the band The Coral, so expect lots of cosmic scousers!

That's great thanks, yes been listening to various on the spotify list. They have a good app too with the schedules and venue finder but I guess will just play it by ear and see what happens.

Here's a podcast about the bands we saw there, had a great time: http://petecogle.co.uk/blog/2018/05/25/pcp565-great-escape-2018/

Definitely going again next year