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THREE DAYS OF GIGS, PARTIES, TALKS & CLUBS IN BRIGHTON

Barfly - The Great Escape
is by day, a series of insightful interviews with leading figures from the music industry; by night, a festival of the very best new artists from across the globe, with over 150 bands playing 20 different venues and all within a short walk of each other.
  • "The Great Escape is an invitation to the British music industry to take it’s bucket and spade to the seaside in the eternal search for the next big thing."

    The Times

  • "Three days, 20 venues, 180 bands, 5,000 people and enough new music to shake a stick of rock to."

    NME

  • "This excellent seaside jamboree brought a dazzling new breed of singer/ songwriters."

    Daily Star

  • "An extraordinary event."

    Artrocker