The Great Escape 2026 @ Brighton, England
May 15th-16th 2026: The Great Escape @ Brighton, England
Photos Courtesy of: Carolyn Lederach
The Photo Ladies made it down to Brighton for this year’s Great Escape Festival. This year’s fest was especially significant, was it’s TGE’s 20th Anniversay! A feat for any festival to maintain itself that long, let alone stick to it’s roots, of being THE festival for new music discovery, which we certain can account for. This year proved to be a bit rainy and cold, but that didn’t stop industry folk, new fans, local supporters, and musicians from flooding the Brighton streets for 4 days.
We made sure to try and have a stop at every venue for a slew of our new favourite artists of 2026. Below you can catch the gallery of what we caught and a playlist to go along with. Happy listening and look forward to sharing more great artists in 2027!
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Crossfaith with Ocean Grove @ Chalk, Brighton, UK
Photos and review courtesy of Gili Dailes | March 3, 2020
Crossfaith, photo by Gili Dailes
When things were still relatively normal in the UK, just days before COVID-19 forced us into lock-down, I had a chance to photograph Crossfaith in their Brighton leg of the tour with support from Ocean Grove.
Little did I know at the time but this would be the last shows I will photograph in a long while- and I’m glad that I was there to capture the raw energy these two bands have brought down to our seaside town.
Hailing all the way from Japan, Crossfaith have spoiled us with their upbeat set, a hybrid of heavy metal, drum n base and industrial metal. Every single member of the band knows how to get a crowd engaged, and with their strong stage presence and exceptional talent they had everyone hooked for every second of the set.
Supporting Crossfaith tonight were the Australian nu metal band Ocean Grove and Black Futures.
Ocean Grove’s music is quite different to Crossfaith’s and the immediate connection between the bands was not obvious at first. They did, however, get everyone hooked to their energetic show, during which front-man Dale Tanner managed to lose his kilt within the first 30 seconds of the first song- leaving him wearing nothing but his pants and a fishnet tee for the rest of the show (which he didn’t seem to mind at all!).
Paloma Faith @ Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK
