We turn public space into a stage.
Licensed surprise pop-ups for artists, labels and brands. Planned to the last permit, revealed at the last minute.
The best stages in London aren’t venues.
Space
Flyovers, tunnels, squares and riverside lawns, opened up with the councils and landowners who look after them.
Talent
Every activation is built around a real moment for an artist: an EP launch, an album release, the night after an arena show.
Audience
Entry is free and by registration. Every opt-in names its brand, and every partner gets the consent records behind its contacts.
Selected work
Music where people already are.
Up close
Front row, not 30,000 back.
We give fans and first-time listeners the chance to meet and hear the artists they love in formats they haven’t seen before: intimate, community-first, and nothing like a festival main stage.
Professor Green, on the red stage at an Escapiste pop-up.
Track record
The team behind Escapiste Projects.
- events delivered
- 15+
- attendees, all free entry
- 12,000+
- organic views and impressions
- 65M+
- opted-in audience contacts
- 56,000
- local roles created, operational and creative
- 215+
Artists
- BadgerDJ
- BakarVocalist
- BassboyArtist
- Denzel CurryArtist
- Joey Valence & BraeArtists
- Major LazerArtists, ft. Diplo
- Manny NorteDJ
- Meekz MannyArtist
- MKArtist
- Professor GreenArtist
- Rossi.Artist
- Silva BumpaArtist
- Talia StormHost
- Tinie TempahArtist
- SlawnVisual artist
- StokeartworksLocal visual artist
- 20+ local artistsEmerging support acts
Brands and partners
- about:blankClothing
- JD SportsBrand
- Mull It OverBrand
- Ray-Ban MetaBrand
- Red BullBrand
- SalomonBrand
- ClashMedia partner
- BRIT AwardsAfterparty, with Clash
- Westway TrustSite partner
- Mayor of LondonCreative Enterprise Zones
Earned reach
Nobody was paid to post these.
An unannounced performance gives people something worth filming. Their posts carry the moment far past the artist’s own audience, putting the place on the map and lifting the campaign without a paid placement.
