The Great Escape Festival is the biggest music festival of the year in Brighton and takes place from 17th to 19th May. This year a stack of up and coming Irish acts will coming to Brighton to take part.

One of the driving forces behind giving Irish acts a voice abroad is Angela Dorgan of Music From Ireland. We catch up with her ahead of the festival to talk about the thriving music scene in Ireland at the moment and to learn more about the largest Irish continent to date to perform at The Great Escape.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB+ and online at radioreverb.com. You can follow us on Twitter at @whatsthecraicrr or on facebook.com/whatsthecraicrr for up to date news on whats coming up on the show and to get in touch with us.

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