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'The Great Escape' is music festival held over Easter at Newington Armory, located within Sydney Olympic Park since 2006. It evolved from the 2005 Cockatoo Island Music Festival. The music and other attractions run from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, with some patrons camping from Thursday evening to Monday morning. Punters can attend either for the full weekend camping, purchase a 3 day pass and commute each day or attend a single day. Many acts also play the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival the same weekend, however The Great Escape line up is more diverse featuring pop, hip hop, electronic and rock acts that would not fit into a Blues and Roots line up. In addition to musical acts, there is also a wide range of other features such as comedy acts, bingo and trivia, conspiracy theory talks and yoga.

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Artist lineups

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Artist lineups

'Friday April 16, 2006'

The Village Green	The Grove	Riverside	Big Top	The Tin Shed, Bunker 8 Cabaret, Ping Pong Club
★ Sigur Rós ★ Silverchair ★ Something for Kate ★ The Beautiful Girls ★ Wolf & Cub ★ Slightly Stoopid	★ Afro Moses ★ Waiting For Guinness ★ Blue King Brown ★ Mia Dyson ★ Hawksley Workman ★ Dave Graney & Clare Moore ★ Hat Fitz ★ Tim Ireland (musician)Tim Ireland ★ Melanie Horsnell	★ Stephen Cummings ★ Martha Wainwright ★ The Darling Downs ★ Dobacoracol ★ Arabesk ★ Declan Kelly (musician)Declan Kelly ★ Freeway ★ Angus & Julia Stone ★ Sam Shinazzi	★ The Herd ★ DJ Skoob ★ TZU ★ Koolism ★ Def Wish Cast ★ DJ Prince V ★ Hermitude ★ Combat Wombat ★ Local Knowledge ★ The Fumes ★ The Camels	★ Leanne Paris Band ★ Botanics ★ The Pedestrians ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ Uncle Ho ★ Toydeath ★ Layer ★ The Zion Band ★ The Hauntingly Beautiful Mousemoon ★ Garry Who ★ Gary Bradbury ★ Bruce Griffith ★ Mickey Gee ★ The Red Paintings ★ The Dawn Collective ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Pony Club Massacre

'Saturday April 17, 2006'

The Village Green	The Grove	Riverside	Big Top	The Tin Shed, Bunker 8 Cabaret, Ping Pong Club
★ The Black Keys ★ Femi Kuti ★ Juan De Macro's Afro Cuban Allstars ★ Eskimo Joe ★ Daara J ★ Slightly Stoopid	★ Kid Confucius ★ Rastawookie ★ Entropic ★ Andy Clockwise ★ Liz Martin ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Jesse Younan ★ Watussi ★ Brain Campaeu	★ Hawksley Workman ★ Rodrigo Y Gabriela ★ The Girls From The Clouds ★ The Audreys ★ Blue King Brown ★ The Hauntingly Beautiful Mousemoon ★ Panda ★ Durbeyfield ★ Laura Imburglia	★ Paul Mac ★ The Bird ★ The Red Eyes ★ Endorphin ★ Butterfingers ★ The Vasco Era ★ The McMenamins ★ Those Bloody Mckennas	★ Casual Projects ★ Johnny G & The E Types ★ Lordz Of The Fly ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ Rica Tetas ★ Coda ★ Jackie Loeb ★ Jason Ryder ★ Mark My Words ★ Adam Moulds ★ Zombie Ghost Train ★ Mr Bamboo ★ Lucie Thorne ★ Fondula ★ The Afterset

'Sunday April 18, 2006'

The Village Green	The Grove	Riverside	Big Top	The Tin Shed, Bunker 8 Cabaret, Ping Pong Club
★ Donovan Frankenreiter ★ Bernard Fanning ★ Xavier Rudd ★ Lior ★ Clare Bowditch & The Feeding Set	★ Neville Staples' Specials ★ Cornerstone Roots ★ King Tide ★ Josh Pyke ★ Paul Greene ★ Perry Keyes ★ Lucie Thorne ★ Matt Englebrecht ★ The Paper Scissors ★ Nardo	★ Bob Evans ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Butterfly 9 ★ Ash Grunwald ★ Jackie Orszacky ★ Andrew Morris ★ The Devoted Few ★ Brendan Welsh ★ Tecoma	★ Decoder Ring ★ The Mountain Goats ★ Expatriate ★ Hawksley Workman ★ Epicure ★ Old Man River ★ Wallspace ★ British India	★ The Van ★ Superheavyweights ★ True Live ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ Showa 44 ★ Zombie Ghost Train ★ Bev Killick ★ Chris Radburn ★ Jonas Holt ★ Adave Jory ★ Holidays On Ice ★ The Sins ★ The Handsome Young Strangers ★ Ollo ★ Dane Tucquet

'The Great Escape 2007 Lineup'
'Friday 6 April'

The Village Green	Riverside	The Terrace	The Tin Shed	Bunker 8 Cabaret, T-Bar
★ Wolfmother ★ Hilltop Hoods ★ The Vines ★ Ben Kweller ★ Amos Lee	★ Waiting For Guinness ★ Blue King Brown ★ Rastawookie ★ Kaki King ★ Dan Kelly & The Alpha-Males ★ Damien Dempsey ★ Nibs Van Der Spuy	★ Fourplay ★ Angus & Julia Stone ★ The Sins ★ Holly Throsby ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Melanie Horsnell ★ Genevieve Maynard & The Tallboys	★ The Exploders ★ Expatriate ★ Deerhoof ★ The Mares ★ Iain Archer ★ Ooh La La ★ Wallspace ★ Bertie Blackman ★ Toydeath ★ Emergency! Emergency!	★ Vulgargrad ★ Spooky Mens Choral ★ Aleks & The Ramps ★ Greta Gertler & The Extroverts ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ Regal ★ Frenzie ★ Trevor Parkee

'Saturday 7 April'

The Village Green	Riverside	The Terrace	The Tin Shed	Bunker 8 Cabaret, T-Bar
★ John Butler Trio ★ Missy Higgins ★ Ziggy Marley ★ Little Birdy ★ Bob Evans	★ The Bird ★ Lee "Scratch" Perry ★ The Magic Numbers ★ Bliss N Eso ★ King Tide ★ The Flairz ★ Kaki King	★ Kaki King ★ Blue King Brown ★ Waiting For Guinness ★ Coda ★ Damien Dempsey ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Donna Hewitt + Julian Knowles	★ Astronomy Class ★ Macromantics ★ The Panda Band ★ Children Collide ★ Sparkadia ★ The Paper Scissors ★ Whiskey Go Gos ★ Wons Phreely ★ Cuthbert & The Nightwalkers	★ Vulgargrad ★ Spooky Mens Choral ★ Aleks & The Ramps ★ Greta Gertler & The Extroverts ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ Jamie Lloyd & Jim Polar ★ Somatik

'Sunday 8 April'

The Village Green	Riverside	The Terrace	The Tin Shed	Bunker 8 Cabaret, T-Bar
★ The Roots ★ The Living End ★ Gomez ★ Fat Freddy's Drop ★ The Fumes ★ Ryan Shaw	★ Fishbone ★ Johnny G & The E Types ★ Flogging Molly ★ The Lemonheads ★ Lou Rhodes ★ Darren Hanlon ★ Tanzie	★ Alice Russell ★ Waiting For Guinness ★ Damien Dempsey ★ Carla Werner ★ The White Buffalo ★ Joel Plaskett ★ Chris Rainer + Mat Watson	★ Stick Figures ★ True Live ★ The Cops ★ The Temper Trap ★ Operator Please ★ Hermitude ★ Bridezilla ★ Slingshot ★ Walrus	★ Vulgargrad ★ Spooky Mens Choral ★ Aleks & The Ramps ★ Greta Gertler & The Extroverts ★ DJ Jack Shit ★ TM Juke ★ DJ Fitchie ★ GSAN

Gogol Bordello were advertised to play but were forced to cancel their Australian tour when visa issues prevented some members entering the country. Johnny G & The E Types played in their allotted time.

External links

★ http://www.thegreatescape.net.au/

★ http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/