Festival dijadwalkan dari 16 Mei hingga 18 Mei 2013 (2 hari).
The Great Escape berlangsung di Brighton, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Brighton and Hove, England
The 1975, Tom Odell, Glass Animals, Bastille, Mac DeMarco, Kodaline, Lord Huron, The Struts, Balthazar, Six60, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, John Newman, London Grammar, Gavin James, Billy Bragg, Iggy Azalea, Beach Fossils, Wolf Alice, King Krule, Christine and the Queens, Jeremy Loops, Clean Bandit, MØ, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Houndmouth, Nick Mulvey, Ella Eyre, Crystal Fighters, Highasakite, Everything Everything.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
pop
rock
folk
indie
indie rock
indie pop
alternative
alternative rock
experimental
electronica
acoustic
dream pop
electropop
lo fi
psychedelic
shoegaze
garage rock
rnb
indie folk