The UK’s leading new music festival, The Great Escape, has revealed a further 26 artists to complete the FIRST FIFTY artists performing at the festival. Featuring a selection of the most promising new music from across the globe, the FIRST FIFTY is one of the year’s most exciting tip lists for emerging talent.
Many of the artists performed in the FIRST FIFTY live launch on Wednesday evening, with gigs hosted across eight East London venues to kickstart the run-up to the 2025 festival. Highlights are set to include Brighton based rapper RUBII at Oslo, Luvcat taking to the stage at MOTH Club, Chloe Slater heading to Sebright Arms and The Orchestra (For Now) taking over Paper Dress Vintage.
The new wave of acts includes raw and rising Welsh pop-rock singer-songwriter CATTY, Mercury Prize-nominated jazz group corto.alto, eclectic Worldbeat group Sirens Of Lesbos, anti-establishment, genre-defying rap singer-songwriter Miss Kaninna, Indigenous Australian alt singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow, Viennese indie band Laundromat Chicks and rock, reggae and hip-hop inspired South Summit.
From the world of jazz, the new names also include four-piece London group Oreglo and Mongolian singer-songwriterEnji, while emerging songwriter Daffo and rousing Faroese-Nordic artist Eivør are flying the flag for folk. Nods to indie-rock come from Canadian rockers Nap Eyes and indie-grime genre-blender JD Cliffe, while a selection of bedroom-pop artists including Australian singer-songwriter Nick Ward and drreamy electro-pop act Clara Kimera also join the line-up.
The FIRST FIFTY is completed by buzzy Chicago rapper Kaicrewsade, indie-pop TikTok stars Zimmer90, grunge-soul singer Ashaine White, London-based harpist Marysia Osu, electrifying brother-sister duo PUNCHBAG, wistful soul-inspired singer-songwriter Nectar Woode, Japanese dance-pop act Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie, promising New Zealand group NO CIGAR, tender Irish singer Ellie O’Neill and Dutch five piece The Klittens.
Synonymous with new music discovery and acting as a springboard for rising artists, The Great Escape is the festival for new music. Playing host to over 450 up-and-coming artists and hotly tipped talent across 35+ walkable venues, alongside the music industry-led TGE conference, the festival will kick off the 2025 season from 14 – 17th May in Brighton, England. Tickets for The Great Escape festival start from £81.24 and are on sale here.
With several thousands of music fans from across the country and globe descending on the Brighton seaside for The Great Escape every May, fans are urged to book their accommodation early. Festival dates at recommended hotels are available for booking now via The Great Escape website here.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE 2025 LINE UP SO FAR (A-Z)
Allie Sherlock
Ashaine White
Betty
Brògeal
CATTY
Chameleon Lime Whoopiepie
Chloe Qisha
Chloe Slater
Citizen Papes
Clara Kimera
Cliffords
common goldfish
corto.alto
Curtisy
Daffo
Disgusting Sisters
Elinborg
Ellie O’Neill
Eivør
Enji
JD Cliffe
Jessy Blakemore
Kaicrewsade
Keo
Konyikeh
Laundromat Chicks
Loshh
Luvcat
Marysia Osu
Miss Kaninna
mudi sama
Nap Eyes
Nectar Woode
Nick Ward
NO CIGAR
Orgelo
PUNCHBAG
Queen Cult
Ray Bull
Rizzle Kicks – Spotlight Show
RUBII
Saïna
Sirens of Lesbos
South Summit
The Klittens
The Orchestra (For Now)
The Stingrays
Tia Gostelow
TTSSFU
urika’s bedroom
Zimmer90
