FIRST FIFTY ACTS ANNOUNCED
INC: MASTER PEACE, AYO BRITAIN, CHLOBOCOP, SASSY 009,
HOUSE OF PHARAOHS, JOHN, WEIRD MILK, BOY
SCOUTS,
SARATHY KORWAR, SONS OF RAPHAEL + MORE
FIRST FIFTY, THE LIVE LAUNCH OF THE
GREAT ESCAPE 2020,
COMES TO EAST LONDON ON 13-14 NOVEMBER 2019
The Great
Escape today announces the FIRST FIFTY
acts to play the Brighton festival in 2020, with a one-of-a-kind live launch taking
place from 13-14 November 2019 across 6 venues in East London. Tickets
for each FIRST FIFTY gig are only £5 and available to purchase here.
2020 will mark 15 years of The Great Escape, which has grown to become the
festival for new music, on a truly global scale. The Great Escape will take
place from 13-16 May
2020 and hosts over 450 of the world’s
most exciting up-and-coming artists across 30+ walkable venues in Brighton,
England. All this alongside a must-attend music industry-led TGE conference
taking place under one roof at the Jury’s Inn, Brighton Waterfront. Tickets for
The Great Escape festival start from £70 and are on sale here.
In anticipation of next year’s festival, The Great Escape celebrates the FIRST
FIFTY acts at the below showcases in November -
WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER
In Stereo will take
over The Sebright Arms, a new venue addition to The Great Escape’s FIRST
FIFTY showcases. Expect to hear Indian-inspired nouveau Jazz from Sarathy
Korwar, Glaswegian rapper songwriter Chlobocop’s hypnotic trap
beats, Layfullstop’s hybrid of hip hop and vintage soul, and ethereal
London vocalist Mysie.
Over at The
Old Blue Last, Metropolis will host London lo-fi singer-songwriter Oscar
Lang, Auckland’s stirring vocalist Molly Payton, Dublin indie rock
artist Somebody’s Child and Brighton-native pop talent Amber Van Day.
Hosting at
The Macbeth, Cool Brother will present Dublin art-punks Silverbacks,
Scottish alt-rock band AVAERA, alternative pop trio NOISY, and the
dreamy vintage rock sounds of Sons of Raphael.
BBC Music
Introducing will be at The Courtyard Theatre with London
vintage-tinged indie pop act Weird Milk, punk rapper Master Peace,
and bedroom pop singer/songwriter Tragic Sasha.
Brand new
venue Colours will see Live Nation Source in residency, with
abrasive alt-punk from London duo JOHN, enigmatic funk rock from Lazarus
Kane, Leeds indie pop outfit full colour, and WARGASM will bring
alt-punk as bold as their name.
THURSDAY 14 NOVEMBER
Clash will be at
The Courtyard Theatre, with Oslo electro-pop trio SASSY 009,
London blissful jazz artist Lucy Lu and Norwegian alt-pop artist Moyka.
Amazing
Radio will be at The Sebright Arms hosting Californian indie
folk artist Boy Scouts, London Jazz virtuoso and musical polymath Nardeydey,
and L.A. soul-pop star Hana Vu take to the stage.
DIY
Magazine takes over The Old Blue Last, with performances from
Nottingham art-rock Do Nothing, London punks Girls In Synthesis
and post-punk sounds from The Cool Greenhouse.
Over at
the The Macbeth, which will be taken over by Ticketmaster New Music,
soul-jazz artist Joseph Lawrence & The Garden, smooth Belgian soul
pop duo YellowStraps, and New York synth-pop guru Grace Ives are
set to perform.
GRM Daily will host
London rap collective House Of Pharaohs, Manchester urban duo Ayo
Britain, and emerging London hip hop artist Knucks at The
Curtain’s L.P. Rooms.
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