{"id":35110,"date":"2018-05-04T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35110"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:15:41","slug":"brightons-alternative-escape-festival-releases-2018-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/brightons-alternative-escape-festival-releases-2018-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton&#8217;s Alternative Escape Festival Releases 2018 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ALT_ESCAPE_HORIZONTAL.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35659\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/brightons-alternative-escape-festival-releases-2018-line-up\/alt_escape_horizontal\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ALT_ESCAPE_HORIZONTAL.jpg?fit=1000%2C510&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,510\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ALT_ESCAPE_HORIZONTAL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ALT_ESCAPE_HORIZONTAL.jpg?fit=640%2C326&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35659\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/ALT_ESCAPE_HORIZONTAL.jpg?resize=640%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The noisy neighbour of The Great Escape Festival has let loose a torrent of talent as it reveals its line-up for 2018,\u00a0offering up a diverse serving of rock, punk, pop and more.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Alternative Escape was set up as a solution. So many superb unsigned artists were going unheard, missing out on the audience and adoration they deserved because of a lack of space in the main festival. So, why not fill the remaining venues in the city with unofficial gigs and enlighten Brighton with a whole new batch of budding musicians? Well, that&#8217;s exactly what they did.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There&#8217;s one last thing to mention about The Alternative Escape. If this sumptuous serving of new music has got you salivating, and you&#8217;re ready to splash the cash to experience all the amazing artists and venues on offer, you can put your wallet back in your pocket. It&#8217;s free. All of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;How can I enjoy bountiful amounts of live music without the price tag?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;My playlists need updating, where can I find the next big thing?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Alternative Escape was set up as a solution, and it continues to be just that. An answer to the prayers of musicians and music-lovers alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Where should I be on the weekend of the 17-19 May?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think you&#8217;ve got the idea by now. And, if you somehow haven&#8217;t, the answer is The Alternative Escape Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/greatescapefestival.com\/alternative-escape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Alternative Escape&#8217;s website for further information<\/a>, and also be sure to check out the full programme for each day: <a href=\"http:\/\/greatescapefestival.com\/alternative-escape-programme-thursday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/greatescapefestival.com\/alternative-escape-programme-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friday<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/greatescapefestival.com\/alternative-escape-programme-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday<\/a>. If that&#8217;s not enough for you, you can still get tickets to The Great Escape <a href=\"http:\/\/listings.ticketweb.co.uk\/tge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The noisy neighbour of The Great Escape Festival has let loose a torrent of talent as it reveals its line-up for 2018, offering up a diverse serving of rock, punk, pop and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,12133],"tags":[437,394,261,13827,13826,1075,263],"class_list":["post-35110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-news","tag-brighton","tag-concerts","tag-festival","tag-music-festival","tag-the-alternative-escape","tag-the-great-escape","tag-tickets"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-98i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36807,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/06\/kick-out-the-jams-comes-to-brightons-alt-escape-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":35110,"position":0},"title":"Kick Out The Jams Comes To Brighton\u2019s Alt Escape Festival","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"08\/06\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Kick Out The Jams hosted four stages at this year\u2019s Alternative Escape Festival, Brighton, showcasing some of the most promising alt-rock bands in the country.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Concerts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KOTJ.jpg?fit=1200%2C934&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KOTJ.jpg?fit=1200%2C934&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KOTJ.jpg?fit=1200%2C934&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KOTJ.jpg?fit=1200%2C934&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/KOTJ.jpg?fit=1200%2C934&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35698,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/kick-out-the-jams-organiser-roger-kent-talks-to-essentially-pop-four-stages-for-music-lovers\/","url_meta":{"origin":35110,"position":1},"title":"Kick Out The Jams Organiser Roger Kent Talks To Essentially Pop &#8211; 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