Curated by Roc Gardner since 2011.
Long Island · Palm Springs · Montauk · New York · New Orleans · Los Angeles · The desert.
New York City
Founded in New York City by Roc Gardner — a continuation of Sidewalk 7 Ltd., the label, management company and event agency Roc built in London in 2004 while touring Europe with his band Chiller. The Times had called him "the next Richard Branson." Escape Productions becomes the vehicle for everything that follows.
Shinnecock Reservation · Southampton, NY
A three-day experiential music festival on Shinnecock tribal land, in collaboration with the UK's Secret Garden Party. Installations. Performance art. Experimental theatre. High-end camping. Food curated by Silkstone NYC.
Escape to New York · recap
Unlike anything the east coast had experienced before.
— TheHamptons.com, August 2011
Palm Springs, California
An activation during Coachella in partnership with Milk Studios and Rassi Mazdack. Thom Yorke at the pool.
East end of Long Island
A quieter counterpoint to ETNY at the other end of the island. Albert Hammond Jr. headlined.
New York City — origin edition
A nationwide charity race. Contestants leave with no money and travel as far as they can. The first edition started in New York City. In partnership with Sunshine Sachs.
Escape for Good · New York · recap
Get as far as you can with no money.
— Roc Gardner
New Orleans
The race ran again out of New Orleans the following year. Roc appeared on local television mid-race.
Escape for Good · New Orleans · recap
Los Angeles
The third and final edition started in Los Angeles. Busking, an airboat, the Griffith Observatory, the Greek Theatre, and a chartered jet — all without money.
140 acres above Joshua Tree
Roc bought a ranch in Pioneertown after recording at Dave Catching's Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree. ESCAPE Studios takes form on the land — two recording studios, a residence, a lodge, a cottage, three Airstreams, the Triangle. The festivals taught the brand what it stood for. The Studios made it a place.
The mark ESCAPE® enters commerce on November 3, 2013.
ESCAPE Studios, Pioneertown
Over twelve years, ESCAPE has hosted album sessions, songwriting camps and creative residencies for RAYE, Rüfüs Du Sol, The Arctic Monkeys, Cage The Elephant, Modest Mouse, MEDUZA, Dermot Kennedy, Joseph Ray, Bob Moses, Jamie N Commons, Jan Blomqvist, Matt Sorum, Billy Gibbons, Paul Rodgers, 5 Seconds of Summer, Aloe Blacc, Knocked Loose, Christopher Thorn, RY X, The Pierces, Shiny Toy Guns, MK, and many others — across major label, indie, and independent releases.
Shoots for Vogue, Dior, and TREATS Magazine. RAYE's 2026 album This Music May Contain Hope — partly recorded at ESCAPE — is credited alongside Abbey Road Studios, Electric Lady, Metropolis, and Miraval.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Registration No. 7,549,536. International Classes 41 and 43. The mark first used in commerce on November 3, 2013.
esca.pe
ESCAPE on every platform that matters: youtube.com/escape · instagram.com/escape · x.com/escape · vimeo.com/escape.
ESCAPE Records and ESCAPE Broadcast launch as sub-brands. The catalog goes live on every DSP under a single canonical artist identity, anchored by ISNI 0000 0005 3046 6407.
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More photographs, lineups and press from the road arrive here over time.