With Brighton's Great Escape Festival  just around the corner, we thought we'd have a look through the 400+ acts playing over the weekend and pick out some of the unmissable shows from this year's festival.

We've gone with a 50:50 split of Irish and international bands. So if you're heading to England's sunny south east next weekend, get the highlighters out.

WYVERN LINGO

When: Thursday @ 17:00 at the Fender Paramount Stage

What to expect: Luscious harmonies coupled with some funky R&B beats. Bring your dancing shoes.

REJJIE SNOW

When: Thursday @ 22:00 at Wagner Hall

What to expect: Buckets of energy from Ireland’s premier rapper who has already collaborated with the likes of Joey Bada$$.

ÁINE CAHILL

When: Friday @ 22:30 at One Church

What to expect: Equal dosages of jazz and sass, which have led to comparisons with heavyweights such as Lana del Ray

HARE SQUEAD

When: Thursday @ 21:30 at Shooshh

What to expect: An explosive live show blending all sorts of of R&B, electropop and rap.

AILBHE REDDY

When: Thursday @ 12:30 at Bleach/Friday @ 13:15 at Prince Albert

What to expect: Gorgeous alt-folk intertwined with some almost stand-up-comedy quality inter-song chatter.

HMLTD - England

When: Friday @ 20:30 at The Haunt/Saturday @ 23:30 at Prince Albert

What to expect: God only knows. Be prepared.

PARCELS - Australia

When: Thursday @ 23:15 at Komedia

What to expect: A unique brand of pop blending numerous genres to create infectious, dance-inducing tunes.

THE MOONLANDINGZ - England

When: Thursday @ 21:30 at The Haunt

What to expect: Sweaty psych-pop that'll make you feel like you've actually landed on the moon.

BALOJI - Belgium

When: Saturday @ 21:30 at Sallis Benney Theatre

What to expect: A hip-gyrating, knee-shaking blend of African music, rap, soul, funk and jazz with a little electronica thrown in for flavour.

SLØTFACE - Norway

When: Thursday: @ 18:30 and 20:00 at Wagner Hall/Friday @ 21:15 at Horatio’s

What to expect: High-energy pop punk from the band that Wolf Alice briefly threatened to be.