The 12th edition of UK’s biggest new music showcase, The Great Escape, runs from May 17th to 19th this year. Featuring 450+ artists at 35 different venues across Brighton, the festival champions underground artists from a wide range of genres including, rock, hip-hop, indie, grime and much more. Some of the artists featured on the massive line-up are Tom Grennan, Japanese Breakfast, Superorganism, Tom Walker, Fanny Andersen among many more! Mixtape’s founder Naveen Desphande will be at The Great Escape Festival, which is also popular for its convention with luminaries from the world debating key points on music and media. This year’s focus will be on the future of music education, new technologies that will drive the next phase of the industry’s development and a comprehensive guide to one of the most important emerging markets, China.