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The best emerging bands at Great Escape Festival

Huck stage lineup announced — Europe's biggest new music showcase kicks off once again in Brighton. We've got our top picks from the tenth anniversary edition and exciting news about Huck's stage at The Komedia on Saturday May 16.

  • Top Picks
  • Tom Fenwick

Brighton rapper Ocean Wisdom has the world at his feet

Walkin' to the top — Roll over YouTubers and make way for Wisdom – an overnight success story that took a decade of hard graft.

  • Music
  • Jack Kenyon

Could skate coaching help redress the gender balance in the culture's ranks?

At class with UK advocate Lucy Adams — It's not about imposing rules, it's about stripping away preconceptions.

  • Skate
  • Shelley Jones

Anushka make it clear that genre is increasingly meaningless

Genre-busting Brighton duo — Anushka’s sonic kaleidoscope absorbs everything from 50s doo-wop to wonky house and beyond.

  • Top Picks
  • Alex King

Collectives and collaboration are the future of photography

Field Notes from Brighton Photo Biennial — The UK’s biggest photography festival kicks off on the South Coast.

  • Top Picks
  • Alex King

The Great Escape: Turning 10

A Decade of Up and Coming Artists — Huck asked the director of The Great Escape, Europe's biggest showcase for new music, what we can expect from the festival's tenth edition.

  • Why I do what I do
  • D'Arcy Doran

Huck's Best of the Week

Hollie Cook, The Punk Singer and The Great Escape Festival — Seven days of influences, inspiration and innovation in a very musical best of the week.

  • Brighton
  • HUCK HQ

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