Like the majority of the music industry, Gigwise packed its bucket and spade last weekend and headed down Brighton for the annual Great Escape festival.
Billed as Britain’s answer to SXSW in Texas, the festival didn’t disappoint, showcasing some of the best new and existing bands around.
This is your chance to catch up with everything that went down over the weekend, in our day by day photo review.
CLICK HERE to see photos from Day one of the event, which boasted performances from The Futureheads and The Ting Tings.
Next up, there’s Friday and action from Young Knives and Cage The Elephant HERE.
Finally, check out day three of our roundup – which includes Hot Club De Paris headlining the Gigwise stage. CLICK HERE to see them in action.
You can also see some exclusive pictures of We Are Scientists playing a secret show at Audio HERE and Dead Kids getting a bit to in touch with the sea HERE.
Were you at this year’s Great Escape? What did you think? Were you disappointed at the lack of sand for sandcastles? Let us know by posting a comment below...
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