Adelaide’s Own Teenage Joans Performing at the UK’s Great Escape Festival 2026
The duo are the first Aussie band announced to perform at The Great Escape 2026.
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“Everything's coming up Milhouse!” in the world of Adelaide indie rock duo Teenage Joans.
Not only has their new single ‘My Heart’s Dead!’ been receiving rave reviews, but their upcoming four-date national tour is selling like hot cakes. Now the dynamic duo can reveal they are perfomring at the UK’s The Great Escape Festival in 2026.
Held in pubs and clubs around the seaside town of Brighton, just an hour on the train from London, The Great Escape is the UK’s answer to SXSW. A four-day showcase of bands and artists from across the globe, organisers have announced the first lineup of artists performing at next year’s festival from 13-16 May.
Joining Teenage Joans at The Great Escape 2026 are the likes of Brighton’s rising math rockers SLAG, Swedish singer-songwriter Isak Benjamin, Irish indie quartet Madra Salach, Nigerian-born, Ghana-based creative Tommy WÁ and French multi-instrumentalist Max Baby.
Teenage Joans have also been hand-picked to perform at The Great Escape’s First Fifty launch – a series of small gigs taking place across eight different venues in London on 13 November.
Teenage Joans will perform alongside Ava Joe and SISTRA at Oslo in Hackney on a night of live music hosted by Ticketmaster New Music.
Check out the full artist lineup and grab tickets to The Great Escape Festival via greatescapefestival.com.
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Teenage Joans being announced as one of the first artists on The Great Escape Festival bill shows just how far vocalist and drummer Tahlia Borg and vocalist and guitarist Cahli Blakers have come since taking out triple j’s Unearthed High crown in 2020.
Their growing list of accomplishments includes the release of their acclaimed 2023 debut album The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest, being nominated for their first-ever ARIA Award in 2024 and winning an astonishing eight gongs at the South Australian Music Awards.
The band have also made a name for themselves in the live arena, supporting the likes of Foo Fighters, Sleeping With Sirens, Sum 41, Amy Shark and PUP, while also appearing at festivals including Laneway, Unify Gathering and Good Things.
Those keen to catch Teenage Joans before they jetset overseas next year can grab tickets to their gig at Ed Castle on Friday 31 October here.
For more details on The Great Escape 2026 lineup, venues and tickets, head to greatescapefestival.com.
The GREAT ESCAPE 2026 FIRST ROUND LINEUP
Max Baby
Annie-Dog
Teenage Joans
SISTRA
Clothesline from Hell
Ava Joe
Girl Group
James Emmanuel
Madra Salach
Ashaine White
Persia Holder
Elsa
Tukki
The Itch
Really Good Time
SLAG
Tommy WÁ
Isak Benjamin
Dermot Henry
Girl Tones
Saint Clair
Ain’t
Sean Trelford
Tanzana
