Has anyone ever been? Any good? The line up is starting to look pretty nice... how does it work though, with 25 venues, do you just turn up at the gigs you want to see and hope to get in??
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I'd imagine its alot like dot to dot festival -
you get a wristband from one venue and just go to the venues you want to.
We're going to go this year too, looking for hostels now. Or if anyone can recommend a decent, cheap bed and breakfast with parking nearby - please do!
pretty much..
it's good fun and value for money but can be kinda frustrating. The organisers have a tendancy to put big acts on in venues which will blatantly get full up v quickly, which means that you have to turn up a couple of acts earlier to have a hope of getting in.
The atmosphere is awesome
people running around the streets of brighton trying to get to gigs is awesome, the is a real party atmosphere and you get secret gig listings and the lark to see bands play in unlikely places
Like Yourcodenameis:Milo at Princ Albert <3
Was that last year?
Feckin' hell. I saw them at Audio I think at last year's festival.
Another kind of frustrating thing is that all the acts are on in the evening and none in the afternoon, could work a little better if it was more spaced out through the day.
But yeh it's amazing and the atmosphere's great.
Yes!
You got given a piece of rock when u went to get ur tickets annnnd it said YCIM - 1pm :D
Artrocker
Did a saturday afternoon session at Kabuki last year, hopefully again this year
they are doing matinee shows on all three days this year.
Which is going to be a lot of fun.
hmm
there's loads going on in the afternoon though, or there was last year. lots of street gigs and 'fringe' events, bands playing on hotel balconies etc etc...
Full Lineup here:
http://www.escapegreat.com/festival/artists/
More and more acts get added nearer the time but already looking like a festival to match last year's, although perhaps with slightly less mainstream acts (no Kate Nash or The Enemy this time round).
All sounds good
Now to work on persuading friends!
they
were hardly mainstream back in may though
They were both getting quite a bit of coverage
Weren't they? I can't really remember.
i'm particularly looking forward to seeing
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
i went in 2006(?)
the first year it was on, anyway. As someone mentioned above, it was really disappointing that the acts weren't spread throughout the day, inside they were simply concentrated in 7-11pm. Although i guess that leaves plenty of time for crazy golf. I hope they have rectified the problem for this year's one though...
2006
was fantastic. i went to beach club every night and the place next door (can't remember the name) saw Metric, Sunshine Underground, Cribs etc
The Fortune Of War!
love that place, its styled as a boat ya know =D
I thought they really improved
the afternoon slot last year. Managed 12 hours on continuous music before my little legs gave way on the Friday, great stuff.
This sounds interesting
I went in 2006 and wasn't that impressed with the organisation though I like the line up. However if there is more afternoon/late night stuff it could be excellent.
Any cheap places to stay
Haven't been to Brighton for years.
Yay
Just booked for this, going down with 3 mates. Prob gonna stay in the palace hostel or whatever its called, reckon the atmosphere would be good and its cheap!
Anyone thats been before; Are the venues far apart? Is it easy to get in between them?
Concorde 2 is a bit further away from the others
It's down a little path next to the seaside called Madeira Drive which is a little seperated from the others (not much though).
I reckon the furthest difference between any 2 venues might be 15 minutes walk roughly.
Great news
a friend seemed to think some were spread miles apart.... broken records just confirmed for this too, get in.
last year
was excellent, i cant remember having to queue for anything. thats probably because i avoided concorde2 though. you will spend pretty much a whole day queueing to see anything there.
its all about artrocker at kabuki!
well
if i told you what the DiS bill was for each of the nights you might do a little wee with excitement!
it's always a good time and certainly a good chance to check out a lot of new bands you've heard of and to see big bands in intimate venues. is much more fun than camden crawl and sxsw too.
Erm
I'm trying to sort out a hotel for this and no nothing of Brighton. I also can't seem to find on the website a list of the main venues.
Can anyone tell me which ones have been used in the past? Just so I don't end up miles away!
Audio
Komedia
Arc
Beach
The Corn Exchange
Concorde 2
Pressure Point
The are others but they are like pubby in size
Prince Albert for example
i think we're playing The Ocean Rooms
which is the same size as Audio / Pressure Point. Do they really use The Corn Exchange? And The Dome?!? Wouldn't everyone who was at the festival fit into that?
Art Brut played Corn Exchange
during the festival last year
well if there is one bonus
it should get rid of all the rubbish people who would otherwise be blocking my view at Times New Viking.
But surely there hasn't been anyone announced this year that is big enough to play the corn exchange?!
The Automatic?
The Young Knives?
The Subways?
I'd say they were all in Art Brut leauge actually i'd say they are all much bigger in the UK then Art Brut
aren't the automatic and the subways yesterdays news though?
bands that would have been playing these venues two years ago, but now nobody really cares about? And surely The Young Knives aren't THAT big?
The Wombats?
the main venues will be
komedia, the dome, corn exchange and audio i guess. (a load of venues along the front to the right of the pier) There's concorde 2 too but that's miles away from anywhere. If you get somewhere in or around the north lanes/ near the pier you'll be good. Brighton's a pretty small place so if you go for something a bit further out you wont be that hamstrung...
anyone else seen the special anniversary fatcat events? the nina nastasia/twilight sad/ frightened rabbit lineup looks particularly good...
there should have been an and
before the "a load of venues bit" stupid lack of editing :P
Thanks
I'll get looking!
won't be missing
The Fat cat event
They are selling
tickets seperately for that though aren't they?
seperately +
150 free tickets for wristband holders
When...
Will we find out??
Accomodation help
Brighton hostels - http://www.hostelworld.com/findabed.php/ChosenCity.Brighton/ChosenCountry.England
Brighton B & B's -
http://gbstay.com/viewlocation.php?location=Brighton
Looks like Times New Viking have been added to the bill
Looks like I'm finally glad I got my ticket.
WOOOOOO
this means I don't have to spend megabucks to get the train to go see them in London and can see them for FREE.
Yessss!
Unless they clash with you
:P
Apparently they bullietined
Sunset Rubdown on the bill, that made me get my ticket :D
I'm loving the line up
Mojo Stage
unknown day
Black Mountain - confirmed
Fujiya and Miyagi - confirmed
Lightspeed Champion - confirmed
Peter Von Poehl - confirmed
School Of Language - confirmed
Tunng - confirmed
Young Knives - confirmed
unknown venue
unknown day
4 or 5 Magicians - confirmed
AA Bondy - confirmed
Aids Wolf - confirmed
Artefacts For Space Travel - confirmed
Beat Union - confirmed
Black Lips - confirmed
Bombay Bicycle Club - confirmed
Born Ruffians - confirmed
Broken Mirrors - confirmed
Cage The Elephant - confirmed
Cheeky Cheeky And The Nosebleeds - confirmed
Crystal Castles - confirmed
Cut Off Your Hands - confirmed
Dirty Projectors - confirmed
Ebony Bones - confirmed
Elle s'appelle - confirmed
Envy and Other Sins - confirmed
Fanfarlo - confirmed
unknown venue
unknown day
Friendly Fires - confirmed
Future Of The Left - confirmed
Gentle Friendly - confirmed
Glasvegas - confirmed
Hatcham Social - confirmed
Ida Maria - confirmed
Ipso Facto - confirmed
Iron And Wine - confirmed
Jay Jay Pistolet - confirmed
Jeremy Warmsley - confirmed
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - confirmed
Johnny Flynn - confirmed
Johnny Foreigner - confirmed
Kelley Stoltz - confirmed
Krief - confirmed
Ladyhawke - confirmed
Late Of The Pier - confirmed
Laura Marling - confirmed
Lovvers - confirmed
Lucero - confirmed
Monobright - confirmed
Mother Mother - confirmed
No Age - confirmed
Okkervill River - confirmed
One Night Only - confirmed
Operator Please - confirmed
Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man - confirmed
Peggy Sue and The Pirates - confirmed
Pete And The Pirates - confirmed
Pivot - confirmed
Plants and Animals - confirmed
Post War Years - confirmed
Public Service Announcers - confirmed
Rolo Tomassi - confirmed
Royworld - confirmed
Satin Peaches - confirmed
Saul Williams - confirmed
Soko - confirmed
Sunset Rubdown - confirmed
Team Waterpolo - confirmed
The Automatic - confirmed
The Bad Robots - confirmed
The Black Angels - confirmed
The Boat People - confirmed
The Boxer Rebellion - confirmed
The Dykeenies - confirmed
The Hold Steady - confirmed
The Mae Shi - confirmed
The Pack A.D - confirmed
The Slips - confirmed
The Subways - confirmed
The Teenagers - confirmed
The Video Nasties - confirmed
The Whip - confirmed
The Wombats - confirmed
These New Puritans - confirmed
This City - confirmed
Thomas Tantrum - confirmed
Torngat - confirmed
Vampire Weekend - confirmed
Volcanoless in Canada - confirmed
We Are Wolves - confirmed
We Smoke Fags - confirmed
White Lies - confirmed
Wild Beasts - confirmed
Wintersleep - confirmed
XX Teens - confirmed
Yeasayer - confirmed
Yelps - confirmed
Fatcat Records Event
Fri 16th May: Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Hauschka, Tom Brosseau
Sat 17th May: Nina Nastasia, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Silje Nes
"With 2008 marking 18 years since FatCat first started up as a little record store in Crawley, we will be celebrating our 18th birthday with two special FatCat-curated nights on the 16th and 17th May. In partnership with The Great Escape and The Brighton Festival the event takes place at the stunning 200-year-old Theatre Royal."
...Taken from the FatCat Records press release.
*THE FIRST 150 WRIST-BAND HOLDERS GET IN FREE*
Otherwise it's £15 / £6 gallery.
contact info@fat-cat.co.uk for more details.
Any idea
Of stage times?? Does this start in the day or is an evening event?
Yeah
I'd quite like to know too for trains on Thurs. I'm finding the website not very helpful at all!
Stage times generally aren't announced
Until about a couple of weeks prior to the event, maybe even less.
jesus
too many bands and i already know im gonna miss 2/3 of the bands i wanna see!
looks great
but why does it have to clash with ATP yet again?
I'd love to go to this but ATP will always win out.
it clashes with atp
cos half the bands they get are playing at atp and the US/canadian bands can get good fees from two festivals instead of one. festivals like this pay much better than a few one off gigs- especially for the smaller bands...come on adie...you know this!
sorry to bring in the realism
infact
most of the good bands are only able to play because they come for atp......the first year it was more or less a middle of the road shite fest
yeah
i know ro, but even so... seriously as a punter this fucking sucks!
how about they do the fests a week apart and have a few one off tour dates in between instead...
*ady*
and why can't some of these bands
be over in july for latitude/camp bestival/lovebox oh, and TRUCK of course!
then i could take advantage of the problem!
hahah
i know i know...sorry - im letting the bbc's relentless ass covering over the george lamb thing get at me....
George
who?
adie
is the better spelling.
no pain in pop stage on the friday
AIDS wolf
telepathe
rolo tomassi
gentle friendly
ohhhh wouldya just look at that..
no pain bla bla stage
should have Sunni-Geini and Banjo too!
THE FUTUREHEADS
And Emmy The Great now also confirmed (according to the e-mail I got today snet on the mailing list).
My flatmate keeps going on about Thomas Tantrum so think I will get dragged along to them.
The line up
is looking really fucking good
Pretty fuckin swanky if u ask me
and this is before we get the list of secret shows! I CANT WAIT!
How do you find out about the secret shows??
If you queue for ur band early enough
u get a piece of rock with a list of shows or the website or just word of mouth
I think I have to go now.
All depends if I'm supposed to be 200 miles north.
There's a great play on that weekend...
(whistles)
Fratellis now confirmed
One to miss.
At least it will lower the attendance of other shows
that are worth while!
The queues were pretty mental last year
But i made the mistake of running around Brighton trying to catch as many bands as i could. Just pic one or two venues each night.
And avoid concorde2
too much out of the way
It's not THAT far
More bands more bands!
Twilight Sad
Candence Weapon
Wiley
Frightend Rabbit
Me very happy :D
sportsday megaphone
is playing too