Latitude Festival
The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006 and has been held every year since.
The festival includes a comprehensive bill of musicians, bands and artists across four stages - the Obelisk Arena, the BBC Sounds Arena, the Sunrise Arena and the Lake Stage. The festival also comprises elements of theatre, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics, dance and literature.
The festival is run by Festival Republic, which also runs the Reading and Leeds festivals and up until 2013 was contracted to run Glastonbury Festival. It has a sister event called the Longitude Festival.
Latitude Festival 2006
Latitude Festival 2007
| Day/Arena | Obelisk Arena | Uncut Arena | Sunrise Arena | The Lake Stage |
| Friday 13 July |
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| Saturday 14 July | ||||
| Sunday 15 July |
Other acts
Other acts appearing over the three days included the following:- Au Revoir Simone
- Bill Bailey
- Bat for Lashes
- Lenny Beige
- The Book Club
- Camera Obscura
- Alan Carr
- Cold War Kids
- Fancy Spaniels
- Halloween Film Society
- Arnab Chanda
- Russell Howard
- Phill Jupitus
- The Light Surgeons
- Lee Mack
- Scott Matthews
- Dylan Moran
- Carol Morley
- Kate Nash
- Seasick Steve
- Cherry Ghost
- Chris Shepherd
- Two Gallants
Security at Latitude 2007
Latitude Festival 2008
The 2008 line up was announced on 19 March 2008 with Franz Ferdinand headlining on the Friday, Sigur Rós on the Saturday, and Interpol on the Sunday.| Day/arena | Obelisk Arena | Uncut Arena | Sunrise Arena | The Lake Stage |
| Friday 18 July |
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| Saturday 19 July | ||||
| Sunday 20 July |
Other music acts due to appear
Other artists
Friday - Andy Robinson, Robin Ince, Adam Bloom, Simon Day, Ben Norris, Marcus Brigstocke, Russell Howard, Daniel Rigby, Arnab Chanda, Ross Noble, Simon Evans, Lucy Porter, Phil Kay & Guilty Pleasures
Saturday - Stephen Grant, Dan Atkinson, Carey Marx, Tim Minchin, Scott Capurro, Jon Richardson, Bill Bailey, Jason Wood, Michael Fabbri, Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp, Rich Hall & Guilty Pleasures
Sunday - Rufus Hound, Russell Kane, Phill Jupitus, Steve Weiner, Andrew Lawrence, Frankie Boyle, Milton Jones, Lee Mack, Otis Lee Crenshaw, Stewart Lee, Hans Teeuwen, Omid Djalili & Swap-a-Rama
Film Arena appearances included:
Barry Adamson, George Pringle, Halloween Film Festival, Chris Shepherd, Their Hearts Were Full of Spring and Grind A Go-Go from 'Oh My God! I Miss You...'
In the Woods appearances:
Dirty Protest Theatre
Latitude Festival 2009
The fourth edition took place on 16–19 July 2009. Acts that played include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Thom Yorke, Grace Jones and Pet Shop Boys as the main headliners, alongside Editors, Doves, and Bat for Lashes. The headliners and ticket details were announced on the Latitude Festival official site on 23 March 2009, at 7pm and sold out near to the event. More acts were confirmed at around 12:00 pm on the following day. These acts had already been previously reported on BBC Radio 1, but denied by festival organisers. Also announced in the press were The Gossip. On 3 April 2009 the official Latitude website confirmed Magazine, Spiritualized and Newton Faulkner to be playing. In June, it was announced that Thom Yorke would play an exclusive solo set as the festival's special guest.BBC Radio covered the four day event with live music, comedy, sessions and interviews featured in shows across Radio 2, Radio 4, 6 Music and BBC Suffolk.
The total attendance for the weekend was 25,000.
| Day/arena | Obelisk Arena | Uncut Arena | Sunrise Arena | The Lake Stage |
| Friday 17 July |
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| Saturday 18 July | ||||
| Sunday 19 July |
Latitude Festival 2010
Latitude 2010 took place on 15, 16, 17 and 18 July 2010. Initial lineup announcements were made at 7pm on Tuesday 9 March 2010. Capacity for the event was increased substantially to 35,000.Security at Latitude 2010
There was a reported gang rape on the first night of the festival which resulted in a heavy police presence for the remainder of the festival, including posters and flyers being handed out. Crystal Castles criticised the rapists during their performance on the Main Stage, calling the perpetrators "disgusting". A second rape was reported to have occurred on the second night though it attracted much less publicity than the first. Women were advised against going anywhere on site unaccompanied.Latitude Festival 2011
Latitude 2011 took place on 14–17 July 2011. The first line up announcements were revealed on 14 March 2011. The three Obelisk headliners were revealed as well as a number of other artists and acts appearing across all stages.Latitude Festival 2012
Latitude 2012 took place on 12–15 July 2012. The first line up announcements were revealed on 5 March 2012. The three Obelisk headliners were revealed alongside the three Word Arena headliners, as well as a number of other artists and acts appearing across all stages. What was previously known as the 'Sunrise Arena' was changed to the 'i Arena'.Other artists who performed over the weekend include George Fitzgerald, Mosca, Shy FX, Skittles, Tuesday Born, and Lang Lang.
Latitude Festival 2013
Latitude 2013 took place on 18–21 July. The first acts were revealed on 19 March 2013. What was previously known as the Word Arena had its official name changed to the BBC Radio 6 Music Stage. A brand new music stage was introduced for 2013, The Alcove Stage, which showcased upcoming acts with many of the artists coming from the local area.Also performing or DJing over the weekend included Abi Uttley, Anushka, Benin City, Bipolar Sunshine, The Busy Twist, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Chloe Howl, Dems, Duologue, The Establishment, The Family Rain, Gamu, Hero Fisher, Kins, Lizzie Bellamy, Lorca, Maglia Rosa Group, Marques Toliver, Milo Greene, MT Wolf, Mungo's Hi Fi, Ossie, Romare, Roy Davis, Jr., Ruen Brothers, Shox, Sivu, Superfood, Syd Arthur, Tuesday Born, Werkha, Zed Bias, and Josh Record.
Latitude Festival 2014
Latitude 2014 took place on 17–20 July. The first acts were revealed on 11 December 2013. The first headliner announced for the festival was going to be Two Door Cinema Club, but after singer Alex Trimble fell ill, Lily Allen headlined the Friday night. On 20 January Damon Albarn was announced as the festival's second headliner via Twitter. The third headliners announced were The Black Keys. Other acts who performed across the festival included Röyksopp, Robyn, Haim, Billy Bragg, Bombay Bicycle Club, Tame Impala, Slowdive, Hall & Oates, First Aid Kit, Booker T. Jones, Anna Calvi, Phosphorescent, Nils Frahm, Goat, Cass McCombs, Willis Earl Beal, Marika Hackman, San Fermin, Son Lux and Josephine Foster.Headliners from the i Arena included:
James Holden
Young Fathers
Future Islands
Nils Frahm
Headliners from the Lake stage included:
Bondax
Cate Le Bon
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Luke Sital-Singh
Latitude Festival 2015
Latitude 2015 took place on Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 July. The initial lineup was announced on 10 March and included headliners alt-J, Portishead, and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Latitude Festival 2016
Latitude 2016 took place on Thursday 14 - Sunday 17 July. The initial lineup was announced on 3 March and included headliners The Maccabees, The National and New Order. The National became the first band to headline the festival twice.Latitude Festival 2017
Latitude 2017 took place on Thursday 13 - Sunday 16 July. It included a Gentlemen of the Road takeover curated by Mumford & Sons on the Saturday.Latitude Festival 2018
Latitude 2018 took place on 12–15 July. The lineup was announced on 12 February 2018 with Solange, The Killers and alt-J as headliners. There was also a surprise set from Liam Gallagher on the Saturday in the BBC Music Arena.Latitude Festival 2019
Latitude 2019 took place from 18–21 July. The first part of the lineup was announced on 24 January. The Friday was headlined by George Ezra and Sunday by Lana Del Rey. Snow Patrol were initially announced to headline the Saturday but pulled out due to injury and were replaced by Stereophonics. Other acts on the bill included Underworld, Loyle Carner, Neneh Cherry, Sigrid, Primal Scream, Slaves and MØ. Acts announced later included CHVRCHES, Everything Everything and Marina.Latitude Festival 2020
The festival's 15th edition would have taken place from Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 July 2020. It would have been headlined by HAIM, Liam Gallagher and The Chemical Brothers. Other acts due to appear on the bill included Snow Patrol, Michael Kiwanuka, The Lumineers, Keane, Charli XCX, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Tove Lo and Celeste.On 27 April the 2020 festival was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.