Adele, Ed Sheeran and Stormzy - just some of the stars who have performed at The Great Escape festival

Every May The Great Escape music festival showcases hundreds of up and coming artists at venues all over Brighton and Hove.

By The Newsroom

Thursday, 7th March 2019, 4:35 pm

Updated Monday, 11th March 2019, 10:00 am

Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 at the Great Escape 2018 - Photo by Victor Franchowski

Since it began in 2006 it has backed new talent with many acts going on to become hugely successful artists.

Adele performs live on stage in 2015 (Photo by Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images) SUS-190227-164338001

Ed Sheeran (Photo ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Stormzy (Photo ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)

Mumford & Sons (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Samsung) SUS-190228-143615001

Tinnie Tempah (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

Wolf Alice (Photo by Ray-Ban via Getty Images)

Clean Bandit (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images) SUS-190228-153120001

George Ezra (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) SUS-190228-144432001

Example (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Ascot)

Ellie Goulding (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for iHeart)