The first round of acts announced for The Road To The Great Escape nights which will happen across two nights in venues across Dublin this May 9th and 10th has been announced.
Playing across two days in Whelan’s, Workman’s Club, Grand Social, and the Academy 2 in the lead up to the new music festival in Brighton will be:
- Aby Coulibaly
- Baby Queen
- Conor Albert
- Dylan Fraser
- Eli Smart
- English Teacher
- Frankie Beetlestone
- Highschool
- Honeyglaze
- Kynsy
- Lucy McWilliams
- Malaki
- Priya Ragu
- Sainte
- Sprints
- Sycco
- The Clockworks
- Wallice
The Road To The Great Escape are weekend events happening in the lead up to The Great Escape in Brighton that month, bringing the festival’s acts to other cities – Glasgow and Dublin.
Two-day tickets are on-sale now.

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