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Latitude Festival | |
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Dates | 20 – 23 July 2023 |
Location(s) | Henham Park, Suffolk, England |
Years active | 2006–present |
Capacity | 45,000 |
Website | Latitudefestival.com |
Latitude Festival is an annual music and arts festival set within the grounds of Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England.[1]
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).[2]
Latitude Festival 2006
Day | Act |
Friday 14 July | |
Saturday 15 July |
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Sunday 16 July |
Latitude Festival 2007
Day/Arena | Obelisk Arena | Uncut Arena | Sunrise Arena | The Lake Stage |
Friday 13 July |
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Saturday 14 July |
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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 (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.
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 -
& Guilty PleasuresSunday -
& Swap-a-RamaFilm 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
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 |
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Sunday 19 July |
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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.[3] Capacity for the event was increased substantially to 35,000.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Florence and the Machine
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Crystal Castles
The Maccabees James Frank Turner Corinne Bailey Rae John Grant Race Horses
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Vampire Weekend
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The Word Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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The National
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The xx
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Jónsi
The Coral Charlotte Gainsbourg Yeasayer Kristin Hersh The Big Pink Jamie Lidell The Antlers Rox
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Sunrise Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Girls
I Blame Coco
Lissie The Middle East Holly Miranda Delta Maid Kurran and the Wolfnotes Matthew P |
Archie Bronson Outfit
The Lost Levels
Lauren Pritchard
O Children White Belt Yellow Tag The Hundred in the Hands Michael Kiwanuka Lupen Crook Active Child |
Darwin Deez
Egyptian Hip Hop
Joe Worricker Nadine Shah The Liberty Vessels |
The Lake Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Everything Everything
The Good Natured
Yuck Y Niwl Rose Elinor Dougall These Ghosts Aaron Wright |
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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.
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 Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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The National
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Paolo Nutini
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Iron and Wine
The Waterboys Kele Anna Calvi Scala & Kolacny Brothers |
The Word Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Bombay Bicycle Club
Caribou
Deerhunter Yann Tiersen Chapel Club The Duke and The King Avi Buffalo |
Echo and the Bunnymen
I Am Kloot Bellowhead British Sea Power
The Walkmen Villagers Adam Ant |
Eels
Carl Barat
The Leisure Society |
Sunrise Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Jenny and Johnny
Glasser Cloud Control Esben and the Witch Crocodiles Grouplove Fool's Gold The Phantom Band Ben Howard
Safari Our Fold Braids |
Steve Mason
Trophy Wife
Dog Is Dead Dionne Bromfield Tripwires Yellowire Phildel The Raghu Dixit Project
Man Made |
Crystal Fighters
The Bees
Caitlin Rose Oh Land The Heartbreaks Marques Toliver When Saints Go Machine Treefight for Sunlight Aaron Wright and the Aprils |
The Lake Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Dutch Uncles
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Dels
Spector Y Niwl Fiction Cerebral Ballzy The B. Goodes Gabriella Noble |
Fixers
Mazes Ghostpoet Clock Opera Gwilym Gold Sea of Bees These Are End Times Friends Electric |
Latitude Festival 2012
Latitude 2012 (the seventh edition) 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'.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Bon Iver
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Elbow
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Ben Howard
Bat for Lashes Simple Minds Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Alabama Shakes Rufus Wainwright |
Word Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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White Lies
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SBTRKT
Deus Low Daryl Hall Josh T Pearson
Lianne La Havas Smoke Fairies Sharon Van Etten |
Wild Beasts
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The i Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Tune-Yards
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SoKo
I Break Horses The Staves Wooden Shjips Of Monsters and Men Team Me Deap Vally Sunless '97 Splashh The Rumour Said Fire Bwani Junction Walls |
Other Lives
King Charles We Are Augustines
Daughter Zun Zun Egui Liz Green Francois & the Atlas Mountains
Catherine Ad Apparat |
The Lake Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Clock Opera
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Los Campesinos!
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Other artists who performed over the weekend include George Fitzgerald, Mosca, Shy FX, Skittles, Tuesday Born, and Lang Lang.
Latitude Festival 2013
Latitude 2013 (the eighth edition) 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.
The BBC Radio 6 Music Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Texas
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Mark Lanegan Band
Everything Everything Daughter White Denim King Charles Matthew E. White Gaz Coombes |
Beach House
Cocorosie
Iamamiwhoami Austra Múm Laura Mvula |
The i Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Japandroids
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Purity Ring
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Moon Duo
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The Lake Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich
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Veronica Falls
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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 (the ninth edition) 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
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Lily Allen
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Damon Albarn
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The Black Keys
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The BBC Radio 6 Music Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Mogwai
Hozier
Jimi Goodwin San Fermin |
Röyksopp & Robyn
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Lykke Li
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Headliners from the i Arena included:
James Holden (Live)
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.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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alt-J
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Portishead
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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The BBC Radio 6 Music Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Jon Hopkins
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The Vaccines
The Charlatans
Wolf Alice Sun Kil Moon The Thurston Moore Band Drenge Tom Robinson |
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The i Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat
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Clark
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The 2 Bears
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The Lake Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Prides
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Rae Morris
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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.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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The Maccabees
British Sea Power
Bears Den Junun Feat. Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajasthan Express Emmy the Great |
The National
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Sturgill Simpson Alif |
New Order
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The BBC Radio 6 Music Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Slaves
Augustines Christine and the Queens Perfume Genius Oh Wonder Låpsley Honne Phoria |
Kurt Vile and the Violators
Half Moon Run Poliça Frightened Rabbit Ratboy
Steve Mason DMA's Lucius |
Of Monsters and Men
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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.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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The 1975
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Mumford & Sons
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Fleet Foxes
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The BBC Radio 6 Music Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Placebo
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Jack Garratt
Maggie Rogers
Declan McKenna Karen Elson Skott |
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Latitude Festival 2018
Latitude 2018 took place on 12–15 July. The lineup was announced on 12 February 2018 with
on the Saturday in the BBC Music Arena.Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Belle & Sebastian
The Charlatans
Benjamin Clementine Gang of Youths La Femme The Go! Team |
The Killers
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alt-J
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BBC Music Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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James
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Mogwai
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Jon Hopkins
IDLES
Superorganism MNEK Hannah Peel |
Latitude Festival 2019
Latitude 2019 took place from 18 to 21 July. The first part of the lineup was announced on 24 January. The Friday was headlined by
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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George Ezra
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Stereophonics
Marina
Walking on Cars The Futureheads (performance cancelled due to storm) Honeyblood |
CHVRCHES
Sigrid Cat Power Pale Waves Palace The Kingdom Choir |
BBC Sounds Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Primal Scream
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Everything Everything
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Latitude Festival 2020
The 2020 edition was planned to have taken place from Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 July 2020. It was due to have been headlined by
The lineup would have been as followed:Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Haim
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Liam Gallagher
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The Chemical Brothers
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BBC Sounds Stage | ||
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Purity Ring
Kae Tempest Joy Crookes Inhaler Oscar Jerome Velvet Negroni
King Kong Company
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N/A
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Latitude Festival 2021
Following the 2020 cancellation, the festivals 15th edition took place from 22 to 25 July 2021. It went ahead as a government backed test event for holding live events during the
[10]Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Wolf Alice
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The Chemical Brothers
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Bastille Reorchestrated
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BBC Sounds Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Hot Chip
Willie J Healey
Lucia & The Best Boys
Mr Jukes and Barney Artist |
Sleaford Mods
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Sons of Kemet
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Latitude Festival 2022
The festivals 16th edition took place from 21 to 24 July 2022. Lewis Capaldi was headliner on the Friday, Foals on the Saturday and Snow Patrol on the Sunday.[11][12]
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Lewis Capaldi
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Example
Los Bitchos Sea Power Shed Seven |
Snow Patrol
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BBC Sounds Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Phoebe Bridgers
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Groove Armada
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Crows
Joe Armon-Jones JP Saxe JOHN |
Latitude Festival 2023
Organisers have confirmed the 17th edition took place from the 20 to 23 July 2023. The three headliners were confirmed as Pulp, Paolo Nutini and George Ezra[citation needed] Yard Act, Young Fathers and Siouxsie headlined the BBC Sounds Stage.[13]
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Georgia
N'Famady Kouyaté Tinariwen |
Paolo Nutini
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George Ezra
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BBC Sounds Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Yard Act
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Young Fathers
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Siouxsie
Creep Show
Gwenno Caity Baser Lyr
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Comedy Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Bridget Christie
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Latitude Festival 2024
The 18th edition will be held 25–28 July 2024. The headliners are Duran Duran, London Grammar, Keane and Kasabian[citation needed] Future Islands, Orbital and Lankum headlined the BBC Sounds Stage.
Obelisk Arena | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Kasabian
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London Grammar
CMAT
Reverend & the Makers
Seasick Steve
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Duran Duran
Rag 'N' Bone Man
The Darkness The Lottery Winners Baby Queen The Zombies |
BBC Sounds Stage | ||
Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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Future Islands
BC Camplight
Swim Deep Blusher |
Orbital
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Lankum
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See also
References
- ^ "Henham Park, Suffolk, 20 - 23 July 2023". Latitudefestival.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "History". Festival Republic. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Latitude Festival [@LatitudeFest] (4 November 2010). "Tickets and the all-important line up will be released tomorrow from 7pm. Stay tuned. #latitudefestival Anyone heard any rumours? x" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Woman, 19, raped at Latitude music festival in Suffolk". BBC News. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Second rape at Latitude music festival in Suffolk". BBC News. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ Latitude Festival [@LatitudeFest] (20 January 2014). "Surprise! @Damonalbarn announced as our second headliner for #Latitude #EverydayRobots #Latitude14" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Reilly, Nick (4 December 2019). "Latitude Festival confirms 2020 line-up". NME. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ Barnett, Sophie (27 April 2020). pandemic/ "Latitude Festival cancelled due to coronavirus". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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value (help) - ^ "Coronavirus: Lockdown forces Latitude Festival to be called off". BBC News. BBC. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "Line Up". Latitude Festival.
- ^ Baldwin, Louisa (26 March 2021). "Headliner Lewis Capaldi drops out of Latitude Festival 2021". Eastern Daily Press.
- ^ Mann, Ursula (22 July 2022). "Latitude Festival 2022 Full Line Up". Festival Feed.
- ^ Morton, Dennis. "Latitude Festival 2023: Siouxsie Sioux announce first concert in a decade headlining Suffolk festival". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
External links
- BBC Latitude 2021 review
- Interviews with stars at Latitude Festival 2008 including Bill Bailey and Franz Ferdinand on ITV Local Anglia
- Latitude Festival official site Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- BBC Latitude coverage - Live tracks and radio shows from the festival
- Henham Park official site
- Mean Fiddler official site
- eFestivals festival coverage
- Warnfestival Latitude site
- Skiddle Latitude festival guide
- Latitude Festival highlights 2008, BAFTAevents
- Latitude Festival highlights 2009, BAFTAevents