Festival dijadwalkan dari 17 Mei hingga 19 Mei 2018 (2 hari).
The Great Escape berlangsung di Brighton, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Brighton and Hove, England
Lewis Capaldi, Dermot Kennedy, Nothing but Thieves, Tamino, Sam Fender, Idles, Men I Trust, Phoebe Bridgers, bad gyal, Polo & Pan, Declan Mckenna, Peach Pit, The teskey brothers, Hollow Coves, Maisie Peters, Rina Sawayama, FONTAINES D.C., Japanese Breakfast, Bakar, Bruno Major, Mahalia, Easy Life, Hockey Dad, Snail Mail, Plaza, Joy Crookes, Soccer Mommy, Sea Girls, The Regrettes, Freya Ridings.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
electronic
rock
pop
indie
alternative
indie rock
indie pop
alternative rock
electronica
experimental
post-punk
punk rock
trance
acoustic
ambient
hardcore
house
lo-fi
new wave