These Irish acts are playing The Great Escape in Brighton this week

Brighton’s annual new music showcase is set to feature 450 acts as it kicks off today and runs to Saturday.

The Irish acts funded by Culture Ireland and Northern Irish acts funded separately are:

In total, the Republic acts are playing the festival:

• Aaron Rowe
• Ahmed With Love
• Allie Sherlock
• Ava McKechnie
• Basht.
• Bog Band
• Bold Love
• Bradley Marshall
• Cliffords
• Curtisy
• DUG
• Ellie O’Neill
• Esmeralda Road
• Florence Road
• Junior Brother
• Kean Kavanagh
• Last Apollo
• Martina and the Moons
• MOIO
• Morgana
• Papa Romeo
• Search Results
• She’s In Parties
• Simple Things
• Tara Nome Doyle

Northern Irish acts are also listed separately, due to funding from a separate strand and they are:

• Jock
• Lee Brady
• Makeshift Art Bar
• Mount Palomar
• Odhran Murphy
• RÓIS
• Weston Lonely

Where they all play.

Niall Byrne

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.

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