A short history. ESCAPE began in 2011 as a festival on Shinnecock land, in collaboration with the UK's Secret Garden Party. Patti Smith. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. The Vaccines. The Psychedelic Furs. Gary Clark Jr. in a small tent in the camping area.
What followed: Escape LA at Milk Studios with Thom Yorke poolside (Palm Springs, April 2012). Escape to Montauk with Albert Hammond Jr. (August 2012). The Escape for Good charity race series (New York 2012, New Orleans 2013, Los Angeles 2014) — 36 hours, dressed as superheroes, no money, in support of cause. The move to the high desert and the building of ESCAPE Studios in Pioneertown, beginning 2013.
A fuller telling of this story arrives on this page shortly — with the lineups, the photographs, the press, the YouTube footage, and the cast that built this brand over 15 years.