The Great Escape announces complete First Fifty lineup for 2027

The new music festival will spotlight fifty emerging artists ahead of next year’s festival, with the full lineup now revealed

The Great Escape has announced a further 30 artists to complete the First Fifty lineup for the 2027 edition of the festival. Spotlighting emerging talent and exciting new acts from across the UK and beyond, the First Fifty offers a preview of what’s on offer at the largest festival for new music.

Irish indie rock quartet Florence Road are among the latest names added. With a sold-out Irish headline tour and a huge UK and European headline run of dates next spring, the band are certainly Great Escape graduates to keep an eye on. Also new on the bill are London art-rock outfit Man/Woman/Chainsaw, who released acclaimed debut album Cannonball in August, alongside buzzy new bands The North, Billboard Style, and World News.

The list also includes Tru Thoughts duo Kyla Kilzer & Max Noir, rising soul and R&B talent nomi., bassist, producer, and DJ Marla Kether, and cellist and singer-songwriter Yeemz, who arrives fresh from touring with Phoebe Bridgers.

Germany has been named as the Lead Country Partner for 2027, and with that announcement, German acts Violet and Louis Ottley join the bill. This partnership will celebrate ten years of the ZEITGEIST New German Talent Showcase at The Great Escape, with 12 emerging German artists performing as part of its anniversary programme.

Other international acts include New Zealand’s Awning, Australian acts Divebar Youth, Public Figures, and Fade Evare, Irish artists For Nina, Tadhg Nolan, Croithe, and Aniar, Swiss band Lone Assembly, and French artists Cécile Lacharme and Eat Girls. Completing the latest announcement are Silver Gore, Bank Holiday, Painkiller, MURPHY, The Rose Hips, TRAVO, Allegra Krieger, and studio20.

You can find a full list of First Fifty acts, including those previously announced, below.

Abbie Gordon
Allegra Krieger
Angelface
Aniar
Aubory Bugg
Awning
Bank Holiday
Bathing Suits
Billboard Style
Casual Smart
Cécile Lacharme
Chest.
Chiderah
Compost Compost Compost
Croithe
Die Twice
Divebar Youth
Dumbhead
Eat Girls
Esmeralda Road
Fade Evare
Florence Road
For Nina
Gianna
Half Star
J Casa

jo from school
Jordan Joy
Kyla Kilzer & Max Noir
Lone Assembly
Louis Ottley
Man/Woman/ChainsawMarla Kether
MURPHY
nomi.
Pack of Animals
Painkiller
Public Figures
Shrink
Silver Gore
Simon a.
Spanish Horses
State of Grace
studio20
Tadhg Nolan
Tesni
The North
The Rose Hips
TRAVO
Violet
World News
Xanadu
Yeemz

The First Fifty live launch comes to seven East London venues tonight, offering fans an early opportunity to discover some of the exciting artists heading to next year’s Great Escape festival. The Great Escape is the definitive festival for new music, hosting over 450 rising stars and exciting new names across over 35 walkable venues in Brighton. Hand-in-hand with the festival comes the music industry-led TGE conference. You can catch all the action in Brighton from 12 – 15 May, with tickets on sale now.