The ZEITGEIST Showcase at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton offers an outstanding platform for rising pop artists from Germany. In 2025, Blush Aways, CECI, David Bay, jules, Letters Sent Home, Lawn Chair, Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys, and SOBI will showcase their talents at one of Europe’s leading festivals for emerging music. The showcase and the accompanying ZEITGEIST Reception are organised by the pop music funding institutions RockCity Hamburg e.V., Musicboard Berlin, popNRW, Verband für Popkultur in Bayern, and GERMAN MUSIC EXPORT by Initiative Musik.
Since 2017, this collaboration between German music funding institutions and The Great Escape has provided numerous German artists with the opportunity to connect with international industry professionals. The 2025 edition marks the largest ZEITGEIST Showcase to date: eight German acts will perform across two stages at Patterns, located right on Brighton Pier, on 16 May 2025 – double the number from previous years.
The ZEITGEIST Reception kicks off at 11:30 a.m. at Patterns Upstairs, followed by the ZEITGEIST Showcase at noon, featuring performances across both the Upstairs and Downstairs stages. All showcase artists will also appear as part of the festival’s official programme. The ZEITGEIST Showcase is open to all festival ticket holders and delegates, while the reception is reserved for accredited delegates only. Pre-registration for the reception is required: ZEITGEIST – Reception and New German Talent Showcase Tickets, Fri, 16 May 2025 at 11:30 | Eventbrite.
FROM BERLIN TO BRIGHTON: LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS
Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys is an art pop/alternative band based in Berlin, founded by South African-born artist Lucy Kruger. Known for crafting music full of atmosphere and intensity, their prolific output and captivating live shows have drawn attention from audiences and critics alike. The band has released a series of albums, including the Tapes Trilogy – ›Sleeping Tapes for Some Girls‹ (2019), ›Transit Tapes‹ (2021), and ›Teen Tapes‹ (2022) – culminating in ›Heaving‹ (2023) and ›A Human Home‹ (2024). Their music blends ethereal soundscapes with raw emotional depth, constantly pushing sonic boundaries.
Blush Always, CECI, David Bay, Jules, Letters Sent Home, Lawn Chair, and Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys receive support from GERMAN MUSIC EXPORT of Initiative Musik through its International Tour Funding programme for their performances at The Great Escape Festival.
Zeitgeist Showcase & Reception
