YMCAs at The Great Escape 2013

And the winners of the core categories were…

Best Delegates Bag: BigSound – Australia
Best Hotel/Convention Centre: ITC Grand Central, Mumbai (Nokia Music Connects – India)
Best Delegates Bar: Breakout West – Canada
Best App: Reeperbahn Campus – Germany
Best Export Office: Swiss Music Export – Switzerland
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Momentum Music Fund launch at The Great Escape

We are still riding high off the memories of our best Great Escape yet and an overall fantastic few days in Brighton. During the festival we were incredibly proud to host the official launch of the Momentum Music Fund which does a superb job at …Read more

Dates Announced for The Great Escape 2014

The last venue door has been closed, the amps switched off and the streets of Brighton cleared of music lovers and industry insiders alike: The Great Escape is officially over for 2013. In its eighth year the festival sold out for the first time ever, …Read more

Highlights from Day One

We’ve seen some great panels on the first day of The Great Escape 2013, here’s some photos of our highlights:

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YMCA tickets still available

Tickets to tomorrow’s YMCAs are available from Delegate Registration at The Dome.

This year’s presentation will take place at 15:30 at Al Duomo, (situated just behind the Brighton Dome complex), at a ticketed reception hosted by John Robb and Great Escape co-founder Martin Elbourne. …Read more

Delegate passes for The Great Escape 2013 sold out

Following the recent announcement that The Great Escape 3-day festival wristbands have sold out, the organisers of the festival are delighted to announce that the music industry flocked to snap up the remaining delegate passes.*

For full festival line up click HERE.

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YMCA shortlists announced

The shortlists are out for this year’s Yearly Music Convention Awards, the celebration of the showcase festival and music convention season just gone that takes place on the final day of The Great Escape in Brighton. Any industry person who attends such events is now …Read more

Data & Discovery line-up confirmed

The full line-up is now out for The Great Escape’s Focus On Data & Discovery, the digital strand looking at the ways the digital music sector is developing new discovery tools, and at how the wider music industry should be capitalising on all the data …Read more

Full Focus On DIY line-up revealed

The full line-up has been announced for the Focus On DIY strand at the CMU Insights-programmed Great Escape convention this year, a day of sessions aimed at the grass-roots artist community, early-career managers and those interested in new approaches for launching and managing new talent. …Read more

Biggest ever networking programme planned

This year’s Great Escape convention will also boast its biggest ever programme of networking sessions, including formal speed networking, delegate parties and mixer events hosted by trade and international partners. There are more formal speed networking sessions than ever before this year, thanks to support …Read more