The Great Escape 2013 will take place in Brighton from Thursday 16 – Saturday 18 May, and once again the convention side has been programmed by the team at CMU Insights.

For an overview of the 2013 convention programme click here and for a full schedule click here – plus click here for this year’s full TGE festival line-up. Meanwhile read the latest news and updates about TGE 2013 from the CMU team below.

A small number of delegate passes are still available, but they are selling fast. Passes cost £175 and get you into all the panels, conversations and parties in the core convention programme, plus priority access to festival venues subject to capacity. Click here to book.

Arts Council to launch new talent fund at The Great Escape today

Arts Council to launch new talent fund at The Great Escape today

17 May 2013

During a keynote speech at The Great Escape in Brighton later today, Alan Davey, the boss of Arts Council England, will officially launched...

Merlin reports streaming is booming for indie labels

Merlin reports streaming is booming for indie labels

16 May 2013

In the opening keynote of the CMU-programmed Great Escape convention this morning, the CEO of Merlin, Charles Caldas, announced the results of a...

Playlist: The Great Escape 2013

Playlist: The Great Escape 2013

15 May 2013

The 2013 edition of The Great Escape is about to kick off. The CMU Insights team have been hard at work for months...

Line-up announced for Great Escape Digital Pitch Party

Line-up announced for Great Escape Digital Pitch Party

15 May 2013

The Great Escape kicks off in Brighton tomorrow morning at 10.30am with a packed day of panels, debates, networking, parties and showcases. And...

Artist brands and the challenges of communicating copyright tackled at Great Escape IP-themed sessions

Artist brands and the challenges of communicating copyright tackled at Great Escape IP-themed sessions

14 May 2013

Music rights will once again go under the spotlight at The Great Escape this year, though possibly in different ways than you might...

YMCA shortlists announced

YMCA shortlists announced

13 May 2013

The shortlists are out for this year's Yearly Music Convention Awards, the celebration of the showcase festival and music convention season just gone...

New markets under the spotlight at Great Escape

New markets under the spotlight at Great Escape

10 May 2013

With thousands of music business people from all over the world due to arrive in Brighton next week for this year's Great Escape,...

Merlin chief interview to kick off The Great Escape next Thursday

Merlin chief interview to kick off The Great Escape next Thursday

9 May 2013

This time next week The Great Escape will be underway once again, with artists, industry players and music fans from across the world...

Line-up confirmed for video-themed Great Escape conversation

Line-up confirmed for video-themed Great Escape conversation

9 May 2013

The full line-up has been confirmed for the final addition to The Great Escape's conversations strand for 2013, the series of more informal...

Parallels between music and tech start ups to be considered at The Great Escape

Parallels between music and tech start ups to be considered at The Great Escape

8 May 2013

SoundCloud's David Adams has told CMU more about the panel that he will be leading at this year's Great Escape, which kicks off...

Data & Discovery line-up confirmed for Great Escape

Data & Discovery line-up confirmed for Great Escape

7 May 2013

The full line-up is now out for The Great Escape's Focus On Data & Discovery, the digital strand that will take place on...

Questions invited for TGE’s political session

Questions invited for TGE's political session

7 May 2013

Louder Than War boss John Robb will return to The Great Escape this year to host the third edition of his Pop Question...

CMU teams up with Essential for pre-TGE Shoreditch party

CMU teams up with Essential for pre-TGE Shoreditch party

7 May 2013

Before the music industry moves on mass to Brighton for this year's Great Escape next week, CMU has teamed up with Essential for...

Great Escape’s Focus On DIY line-up confirmed: Billy Bragg, Korda Marshall, Jake Shillingford

Great Escape's Focus On DIY line-up confirmed: Billy Bragg, Korda Marshall, Jake Shillingford

3 May 2013

The full line-up has been announced for the Focus On DIY strand at the CMU Insights-programmed Great Escape convention this year, a day...

TGE to ask whether music marketing needs an overhaul

TGE to ask whether music marketing needs an overhaul

3 May 2013

One of the sessions in the Great Escape convention programme that was fully unveiled earlier this week will ask whether the record industry's...

Biggest ever networking programme planned for Great Escape

Biggest ever networking programme planned for Great Escape

3 May 2013

Alongside the panels programme unveiled earlier this week, this year's Great Escape convention will also boast its biggest ever programme of networking sessions,...

Last chance to nominate in the YMCAs

Last chance to nominate in the YMCAs

2 May 2013

The Yearly Music Convention Awards will return to The Great Escape again this year, celebrating the great and the good of the world's...

Music Glue to launch new platform at TGE

Music Glue to launch new platform at TGE

2 May 2013

Direct to fan firm Music Glue has announced that it will officially launch its new platform at The Great Escape later this month....

Great Escape convention programme now live

Great Escape convention programme now live

2 May 2013

With just two weeks to go now until kick off at this year's Great Escape, Europe's biggest showcase festival and music industry convention,...