About The Great Escape Festival London
Great Britain is known for producing some of the best bands in history. Most of these musicians increased their popularity by playing for live audiences and showcasing their talents at music festivals. That is why today London features mind shaking musical festivals in the world including The Great Escape. This London music festival is put together every year to give participants a chance to hear some of the best new bands in the world. The festival highlights new music before they become popular giving both artists and fans a chance to see the future of music before they become part of the mainstream. The introduction of new artists is a tradition that has been followed at The Great Escape for many years and music labels try their to put their best bands on stage to make them popular before the festival season starts. The event also allows for different artists to put together collaborations that fans would most likely hear at no other event, making The Great Escape festival among top anticipated thriller event in Brighton.
Visit: The Great Escape Website
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History
The Great Escape was first started in 2006. Over the past six years the Brighton based festival has grown tremendously and in a short time has anchored itself as the major global music festival for new music. Today the event uses up 30 venues in which 300 bands perform their songs for an audience of 15,000 people. The Great Escape inaugurated The Hub in 2011 which is the central location of the festival where fans can gather their entry wrist bands and meet. -
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Activities
The music festival does one thing very well and that is musical acts by bands. Other activities include The Hub which features a relaxing area as fans enjoy music and drink. This is also the area for collecting passes and wrist bands. The other important part of the festival is The Great Escape convention which feature talks, workshops and speeches by industry insiders. It is also a networking session for people in the profession.
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Important Dates
Summer - May (The early bird ticket option starts in September) -
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Duration
The Great Escape lasts for 3 days on the second weekend of May. -
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How To Contact
If you want to get in touch with the organizers for advertising, enquiries and tickets use the following information:
General Enquiries: +44 207 688 9000
Advertising email: nick@alive-advertising.com
Seetickets Hotline: +44 870 264 3333 -
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Location
59-65 Worship Street, London EC2A 2DU, United Kingdom -
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Tickets
If you wish to purchase tickets you can either go to an authorized ticket seller liste here. Or you can go online and buy directly by clicking here. You can also purchase hostel accommodations at the online ticketing link. -
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How to Get there
By Tube
People wishing to visit the organizers offices can get off at the Old Street tube station and head west. They will keep following the round about until they reach the exit for City Road. Take the exit and head towards Worship Street and make a left. The office will be on the left. View Map.
By Bus
St Luke's, Finsbury Square (EC2) (Stand F), which is served by bus numbers 771, 772, and 793, is the closest bus stop to the organizers office. After leaving the bus you can walk down Finsbury Square which will turn into Christopher Street. Take a left onto Wilson Street and then a right onto Worship Street. View Map.
