The Great Escape 2008
Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th May 2008venues in Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 9NA, England MAP
£45 for the three days), Day tickets: Thurs £18.50, Fri/Sat £22.50
The acts are Reading post punks Pete and the Pirates, indie rockers Bombay Bicycle Club, American funk punksters Cage The Elephant, nu folkster Jay Jay Pistolet, pyschedelic hard-rock/blues band The Black Angels, San Franciscan Kelley Stoltz, indie-poppers Thomas Tantrum, Detroit alt-rockers Satin Peaches, Nottingham hardcore rockers Lovvers, post punk/indie band Hatcham Social, swamp blues band The Pack A.D., rock trio We Are Wolves, Virginian jazz trio Soko, lo fi indie rockers 4 Or 5 Musicians, and emo-indie band The Boxer Rebellion.
Previously announced acts for the festival line-up include The Whip, Jeremy Warmsley, Royworld, The Bad Robots, The Boat People, The Dykeenies, These New Puritans, Yelps, No Age, Public Service Announcers, The Black Lips, The Teenagers, The Wombats, Wild Beasts, Young Knives, Black Mountain, Tunng, Fujiya and Miyagi, Peter Von Poehl, School of Langauge, Lightspeed Champion, Torngat and Wintersleep. For the line-up details as available please click here.
Early bird tickets are on sale, priced at £35. The ticket entitles you to entry to all gig venues over the 3 days. Tickets will need to be exchanged for a wrist band. Wrist band will gain entry to all venues subject to capacity. The Wrist band exchange venue will be printed on your ticket. Click here to buy.
As well as the live music at various venues throughout Brighton, the festival also has a number of "Parkinson" style interviews and seminars with luminaries from the world of music and media who impart their experiences.