Showcase festival with a shedload of spanking new talent and some old faces too. 34 venues around Brighton with seminars thrown in for good measure. Very reasonably priced. There are over 300 bands to see if you are up for such a marathon, although you might have to spread yourself a bit thin! Returning for its fifth festival feast of up-front music from 13th - 15th May 2010, Brighton's revered The Great Escape is once again set to unearth the hottest bands from across the globe and bring them to Britain's favourite seaside town. 2009's event saw Brighton rocked, as 15,000 fans and music industry types swarmed to the south coast to witness a whopping 400 of the newest and most exciting bands around doing their thing.
