Latitude Festival is an annual music and arts festival set within the grounds of Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England.
The first edition of the festival took place in 2006 and has continued annually (apart from 2020 when it was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
The festival is run by Festival Republic (formerly the Mean Fiddler Group).
Latitude Festival 2006 Day Act Friday 14 JulySnow Patrol The Zutons The Lemonheads Saturday 15 JulyAntony and the Johnsons Patti Smith Larrikin Love Soft Hearted Scientists Field Music Sunday 16 JulyMogwai Paolo Nutini Archie Bronson Outfit
Latitude Festival 2007
Day/Arena Obelisk Arena Uncut Arena Sunrise Arena The Lake Stage Friday 13 JulyDamien Rice Cake Wilco The Magic NumbersPatrick Wolf Air Traffic Albert Hammond Jr.New Young Pony Club Bonde do Rolê Les Rita MitsoukoI Was a Cub Scout The All New Adventures of Us Metronomy Brigadier Ambrose Saturday 14 JulyThe Good, the Bad & the Queen CSS Clap Your Hands Say YeahRodrigo Y Gabriela Turin Brakes Rickie Lee JonesI'm from Barcelona The Rumble Strips Simple KidDan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Friendly Fires Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong Sunday 15 JulyArcade Fire Jarvis Cocker The RaptureGotan Project Soulsavers Gruff RhysHowling Bells Final Fantasy Euros ChildsBlood Red Shoes The Hot Puppies Breaking the Illusion
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 (with Robin Ince) 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
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 JulyFranz Ferdinand Death Cab for Cutie The Go! Team British Sea Power Beth Orton The Aliens Murder by Death GrammaticsAmadou et Mariam Martha Wainwright Julian Cope Howling Bells Black Kids Gravenhurst Heloise and the Savoir FaireCrystal Castles Rosie and the Goldbug Clinic Animal Kingdom Slow Club Broken Records The Joy Formidable GodwitsErrors James Yuill Johnny Foreigner Gideon Conn Jonquil APAtT Bearsuit Derwyddon Dr Gonzo Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts Kyte Saturday 19 JulySigur Rós Elbow Seasick Steve dEUS I Am Kloot Ida Maria Team Waterpolo White LiesThe Mars Volta Guillemots House of Love The Coral (acoustic set) Wild Beasts Magistrates CaptainMetronomy Johnny Flynn Anya Marina Billy the Kid The Locarnos Wallis Bird Nic Dawson KellyCheeky cheeky and the nosebleeds Sky Larkin This City The Voluntary Butler Scheme The Kabeedies Swanton Bombs KateGoes Truckers of Husk The Beep Seals Sunday 20 JulyInterpol Grinderman The Breeders Foals Nada Surf Fields Joanna NewsomTindersticks Blondie Okkervil River Glasvegas Patrick Watson Paul Heaton Noah and the Whale Those Dancing Days The Satin Peaches Sam IsaacBlack Lips Lykke Li Beggars Thomas Tantrum Hold Fire Tallulah RendallThe Wave Pictures thecocknbullkid Lovvers Elle S'appelle Rod Thomas Tim and Sam's Tim and Sam Band Island Line A Line The School
Other music acts due to appear The Exploits of Elaine (soundtracking Sarah Wood's film Book of Love) M.I.A. was scheduled to headline the Sunrise Arena on the Sunday but pulled out due to ill health. Ida Maria was scheduled to play on the main stage on Sunday but withdrew due to ill health.
Other artists Comedy Arena acts included:
Friday - Andy Robinson, Robin Ince, Adam Bloom, Simon Day, Ben Norris, Marcus Brigstocke (standing in for Dave Fulton), 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 (a role taken by Joanna Newsom in 2008).
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 JulyPet Shop Boys Regina Spektor The Pretenders Ladyhawke Of Montreal The Broken Family Band Amazing Baby FlashgunsBat for Lashes Squeeze Mew Lykke Li Fever Ray The Duckworth Lewis Method The Temper Trap Chairlift The Mummers TeiturLittle Boots Kap Bambino Local Natives Charlotte Hatherley Goldheart Assembly 1990s Black Joe Lewis Kurran and the Wolfnotes Juliette Commagere Jonathan JeremiahGolden Silvers We Have Band Post War Years Speech Debelle Chew Lips Bishi Dag for Dag The Agitator The Late Greats Saturday 18 JulyGrace Jones Doves White Lies Patrick Wolf Broken Records The Airborne Toxic Event Datarock The ChakrasSpiritualized Newton Faulkner Camera Obscura Scott Matthews Emmy the Great Mika Paloma Faith St. Vincent Marnie Stern White Belt Yellow Tag Wildbirds & PeacedrumsPassion Pit Maps Skint & Demoralised Animal Kingdom Band of Skulls Yes, Giantess Dear Reader Alan PownallBombay Bicycle Club Little Comets The XX Pulled Apart By Horses Django Django Joe Gideon & The Shark 2 Hot 2 Sweat The Cheek Sunday 19 JulyNick Cave and The Bad Seeds Editors Phoenix The Gaslight Anthem The Rumble Strips Lisa Hannigan Wild Beasts Sound of Guns Thom YorkeThe Gossip Magazine Saint Etienne Tricky iLiKETRAiNS The Invisible Hjaltalin!!! 65 Days of Static Mirrors Sky Larkin Villagers Asaf Avidan and the Mojos Fight Like Apes Sugar Crisis Catherine A.D. First Aid KitSlow Club Casiokids Marina and the Diamonds Not Squares
The poetry arena included performances from Andrew Motion, Brian Patten, Roger Lloyd-Pack (performing T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land), Jackie Kay, Simon Armitage and Jeffrey Lewis; The Comedy Arena featured Jo Brand, Ed Byrne, Mark Thomas, Sean Lock, Adam Hills, Sean Hughes and Dave Gorman; The Theatre Arena showcased Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Bush Theatre and Paines Plough; The Literary Arena presented Blake Morrison, Jonathan Coe, Mark Steel, Vivienne Westwood, Sir Peter Blake, Frank Skinner and Luke Haines.
Latitude Festival 2010 Latitude 2010 (the fifth edition) 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.
Obelisk ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayFlorence and the Machine Empire of the Sun Laura Marling Spoon Hockey The Unthanks Here We Go Magic KassidyBelle & Sebastian Crystal Castles The Maccabees James Frank Turner Corinne Bailey Rae John Grant Race HorsesVampire Weekend Rodrigo y Gabriela The Temper Trap Midlake Dirty Projectors Mumford & Sons Sweet Billy Pilgrim The Strange Boys Tom Jones The Word ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayThe National Richard Hawley Wild Beasts The Feeling Angus & Julia Stone Black Mountain Villagers The Kissaway Trail Jonathan JeremiahThe xx The Horrors Noah and the Whale David Ford Frightened Rabbit Paul Heaton School of Seven Bells Joshua Radin ChiefGrizzly Bear Jónsi The Coral Charlotte Gainsbourg Yeasayer Kristin Hersh The Big Pink Jamie Lidell The Antlers Rox Sunrise ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayGirls Tokyo Police Club Luna Belle Arno Carstens I Blame Coco Lissie The Middle East Holly Miranda Delta Maid Kurran and the Wolfnotes Matthew PArchie Bronson Outfit First Aid Kit Lonelady The Lost Levels Lauren Pritchard O Children White Belt Yellow Tag The Hundred in the Hands Michael Kiwanuka Lupen Crook Active ChildDarwin Deez The Pains of Being Pure at Heart These New Puritans Morning Parade Jesca Hoop Egyptian Hip Hop Joe Worricker Nadine Shah The Liberty Vessels The Lake StageFridaySaturdaySundayEverything Everything Islet Engine Earz Experiment Esben and the Witch The Good Natured Yuck Y Niwl Rose Elinor Dougall These Ghosts Aaron WrightFrankie & the Heartstrings Teeth Nedry Zun Zun Egui Sweet Baboo Standard Fare Boycott Monday The Supernovas Clare Maguire The CadsBeth Jeans Houghton Tom Williams & The Boat Kelpe Wilder Mitchell Museum Spectrals The Quails Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
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 (the sixth edition) 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.
Obelisk ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayThe National Paloma Faith Bright Eyes KT Tunstall Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Wanda Jackson Edwyn CollinsPaolo Nutini My Morning Jacket The Cribs Seasick Steve Rumer They Might Be Giants Ed SheeranSuede Hurts Glasvegas Iron and Wine The Waterboys Kele Anna Calvi Scala & Kolacny Brothers The Word ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayBombay Bicycle Club The Vaccines Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group Caribou Deerhunter Yann Tiersen Chapel Club The Duke and The King Avi BuffaloFoals Echo and the Bunnymen I Am Kloot Bellowhead British Sea Power The Walkmen Villagers Adam AntEels Lykke Li OMD Everything Everything Os Mutantes The Naked and Famous Carl Barat The Leisure Society Sunrise ArenaFridaySaturdaySundayCat's Eyes Jenny and Johnny Glasser Cloud Control Esben and the Witch Crocodiles Grouplove Fool's Gold The Phantom Band Ben Howard Safari Our Fold BraidsSteve Mason Thea Gilmore C. W. Stoneking Fight Like Apes The Head and the Heart Trophy Wife Dog Is Dead Dionne Bromfield Tripwires Yellowire Phildel The Raghu Dixit Project Man MadeCrystal Fighters Gold Panda Foster the People The Bees Caitlin Rose Oh Land The Heartbreaks Marques Toliver When Saints Go Machine Treefight for Sunlight Aaron Wright and the Aprils The Lake StageFridaySaturdaySundayDutch Uncles Admiral Fallow Jonny Still Corners Various Cruelties The Gentle Good Brown Brogues James Spankie Gary Knock GoldierocksCocknBullKid Tribes Dels Spector Y Niwl Fiction Cerebral Ballzy The B. Goodes Gabriella NobleJames Blake Dry the River Fixers Mazes Ghostpoet Clock Opera Gwilym Gold Sea of Bees