Official stage times.
These are the festival’s published times, so they’re safe to plan around. Times sourced from Clashfinder.
19 stages across 4 days: Green Door Store, Prince Albert, Bella Union - AltEsc, Komedia Basement, Komedia Studio, The Hope and Ruin, The Hope & Ruin (downstairs) - AltEsc, ALPHABET - AltEsc and 11 more. See the full timetable
The Great Escape 2026 line-up in full
Spotlight Show
- The Kooks withdrawn
- Kingfishr
- Peaches
Main Programme
- Angine de Poitrine
- Ain't
- Annie-Dog
- Ashaine White
- Au/Ra
- Ava Joe
- Bean Magazine
- Becky Sikasa
- BED
- Big Long Sun
- Carpetman
- Clothesline from Hell
- DC3
- Dermot Henry
- Elsa
- Gareth
- Girl Group
- Girl Tones
- Isak Benjamin
- Jack Devlin
- James Emmanuel
- Kellan Christopher Cragg
- ladylike
- Lily Moore
- Little Grandad
- Madra Salach
- Marlon Funaki
- Max Baby
- Meltt
- Morn
- Mustbejohn
- Ngaiire
- Persia Holder
- PISS
- Really Good Time
- Ringlets
- Saint Clair
- sean trelford
- SISTRA
- SLAG
- Sophia Thakur
- Tanzana
- Teenage Joans
- The Itch
- The OBGMs
- Tommy WÁ
- Truman Sinclair
- Tukki
- Wah Wah Wah
- Westside Cowboy
- Yndling
- Adult DVD
- Ally Nicholas
- Ana De Llor
- Atomic Lobster
- benchwarmer
- Bella Barbe
- Bitterfly
- Chanpan
- Ciao Lucifer
- Cusp
- Dead Dads Club
- Dea Matrona
- dogworld
- East Exchange
- Fellatio
- Fez
- Fool Nelson
- Girl In The Year Above
- Glasshouse Red Spider Mite
- Goodbye
- Half Happy
- Hamish
- HEADSEND
- Heidi Curtis
- Henry Coke
- Jackson Roy
- Julia Cumming
- Lauren Auder
- Leao
- LEGSS
- Lemonsuckr
- LISL
- Luca George
- Lucia & The Best Boys
- Luxjury
- Maddie Ashman
- Marsy
- Matthew Ifield
- Maximilian
- Mitch Santiago
- Muroki
- My Precious Bunny
- Opal Mag
- Pigeon
- Pixie McCann
- Power Plush
- Reece Bibby
- Shaking Hand
- Shtëpi
- Spacestation
- Spiral Drive
- Steel.
- The Orielles
- Tom A Smith
- Tony Bontana
- Wesley Joseph
- Why Horses?
- 1000 Rabbits
- Afternoon Bike Ride
- Alice Costelloe
- Alice SK
- Amanzi
- Annie-Claude Deschênes
- Any Young Mechanic
- Archie
- BABYRAT
- Bathing Suits
- Bert
- BIG WETT
- Bleech 9:3
- Blu Samu
- Blue Bendy
- Bnnyhunna
- BombayMami
- Bonnie Trash
- Brodie Barclay
- Brooki
- Brother Wallace
- BUKKY
- Casual Smart
- Charlie Houston
- Cherym
- Chinese American Bear
- Chris Acker
- Cobra the Impaler
- Cold Court
- Comastatic
- Congratulations
- Cowboy Hunters
- Cowboyy
- Cyn Cwsg
- Darcie Haven
- Dolder
- Eaves Wilder
- Eileen Alister
- Elle Coves
- Em Beihold
- Flooding
- Frenzee
- Frozemode
- Garage Flower
- Gently Tender
- Georgia Knight
- Glazyhaze
- GreenWing
- Haute & Freddy
- Heartworms
- Heathers
- Heave Blood & Die
- Hemi Hemingway
- Hetta Falzon
- Hologramme
- Hot Face
- Hyphen
- In Color
- Issac Frank
- Jamaica Moana
- Joan & the Giants
- John from Dawson
- Jude Kelly
- KatzPascale
- Keo
- Kids Return
- Kimmortal
- Lady Of Mars
- LFay
- Lime Garden
- Long Island
- Lord Apex
- Lottery Winners
- Lukas Oscar
- Lumï
- Lynnie Snow
- Mae Hill
- Micah Sage
- Min Taka
- Mira Taylor
- Money Badoo
- Monks
- Mother Soki
- MUDRAT
- Nadia Loren
- Natalie Wildgoose
- Native James
- NENDA
- Ninush
- Office Dog
- Oslo Twins
- Overgrown
- Pat Hamilton
- Pollyfromthedirt
- Pozzy
- Psychonaut
- Quiet Man
- Raghd
- Ratbag
- RAYNOR
- Ribbon Skirt
- Salarymen
- SexyTadhg
- Silverwingkiller
- Skinny Dyck
- Sleepazoid
- Slow Leaves
- Status/Non-Status
- Steinza
- Storefront Church
- sundayclub
- Sunnbrella
- Sword II
- Sylvie's Head
- The Bracknall
- The Kitchen Sink Band
- The Slates
- THEATRE
- Tooth
- Tummyache
- Unsafe Space Garden
- Vera Daisies
- VILLANELLE
- Way Dynamic
Frequently asked
- When is The Great Escape 2026?
- 13–16 May 2026
- Where does The Great Escape take place?
- Various venues, Brighton
- How many acts are playing?
- 235 acts are on the bill, including Angine de Poitrine, Kingfishr, Peaches, Ain't.
- How do I work out who to see?
- Rate the acts on FestEval and it builds an itinerary around your picks, flagging any that overlap.
- Are stage times available?
- Yes. The official times are published and available on FestEval. 19 stages across 4 days, with the full timetable on FestEval.