Latitude Festival

Latitude festival

Location(s)	Suffolk, England
Years active	2006 - onwards
Date(s)	Mid July
Website	www.latitudefestival.co.uk

The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006. Latitude is said to be more similar to continental European festivals; as well as a comprehensive bill of musicians, bands and artists across four stages - The Obelisk Arena, The Word Arena, The Sunrise Arena, and the Huw Stephens curated Lake Stage, the festival comprises elements of theatre, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics, dance and literature.

The festival is run by Festival Republic (formerly the Mean Fiddler Group), which also run the Reading and Leeds festivals and is contracted to run Glastonbury Festival.

List of major acts 2006

Snow Patrol Headlining the Latitude festival 2006

Latitude Festival

Friday 14 July

• Snow Patrol
• The Zutons
• The Lemonheads

Saturday 15 July

• Antony and the Johnsons
• Patti Smith
• Larrikin Love
• Soft Hearted Scientists
• Field Music

Sunday 16 July

• Mogwai
• Paolo Nutini
• Archie Bronson Outfit

List of major acts 2007

Day/Arena	Obelisk Arena	Uncut Arena	Sunrise Arena	The Lake Stage
Friday 13 July	Damien Rice Cake Wilco The Magic Numbers	Patrick Wolf Air Traffic Albert Hammond Jr.	New Young Pony Club Bonde do Rolê Les Rita Mitsouko	I Was a Cub Scout The All New Adventures of Us Metronomy Brigadier Ambrose
Saturday 14 July	The Good, the Bad and the Queen CSS Clap Your Hands Say Yeah	Rodrigo Y Gabriela Turin Brakes Rickie Lee Jones	I'm from Barcelona The Rumble Strips Simple Kid-mill	Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Friendly Fires Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
Sunday 15 July	Arcade Fire Jarvis Cocker The Rapture	Gotan Project Soulsavers Gruff Rhys	Howling Bells Final Fantasy Euros Childs	Blood Red Shoes The Hot Puppies Breaking the Illusion

Other acts appearing over the three days included the following

• Au Revoir Simone
• Bill Bailey
• Bat for Lashes
• Lenny Beige
• 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
• Chris Shepherd
• Two Gallants
• The Book Club (with Robin Ince)

Security at Latitude 2007

Latitude 2007 was marred by a spate of thefts, in particular on the night of 12 July. Burglaries from more than 40 tents were subsequently reported to Suffolk Police. Inadequate security, including a decision by festival organisers, Mean Fiddler Music Group, not to engage a police presence on site for the duration of the festival has attracted a degree of criticism. In a statement published on Wikipedia, a Mean Fiddler spokesperson said that the incidence of crime at Latitude 2007 represented a reduction pro rata from the previous year's festival. They also stated that the number of security personnel in the campsites would be increased in 2008, and that they will "look further at expanding the CCTV operation". They also intend to "work with Suffolk Constabulary on a more wide reaching crime prevention campaign and to use decoy tents more widely". On the Friday night, security personnel visited campers to ensure they had no valuable property in their tents after 86 thefts on the night before - 21 of these were violent.

List of major music acts 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	Franz Ferdinand Death Cab for Cutie The Go! Team British Sea Power Beth Orton The Aliens Murder by Death Grammatics	Amadou et Mariam Martha Wainwright Julian Cope Howling Bells Black Kids Gravenhurst Heloise and the Savoir Faire	Crystal Castles Rosie and the Goldbug Clinic Animal Kingdom Slow Club Broken Records The Joy Formidable Godwits	Errors James Yuill Johnny Foreigner Gideon Conn Jonquil a.P.A.t.T Bearsuit Derwyddon Dr Gonzo Matthew Sawyer & The Ghosts Kyte
Saturday 19 July	Sigur Rós Elbow Seasick Steve dEUS I Am Kloot Ida Maria Team Waterpolo White Lies	The Mars Volta Guillemots House of Love The Coral (acoustic set) Wild Beasts Magistrates Captain	Metronomy Johnny Flynn Anya Marina Billy the Kid The Locarnos Wallis Bird Nic Dawson Kelly	Cheeky 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 July	Interpol Grinderman The Breeders Foals Nada Surf Fields Joanna Newsom	Tindersticks Blondie Okkervil River Glasvegas Patrick Watson Paul Heaton Noah and the Whale Those Dancing Days The Satin Peaches Sam Isaac	Black Lips Lykke Li Beggars Thomas Tantrum Hold Fire Tallulah Rendall	The Wave Pictures thecocknbullkid Lovvers Elle S'appelle Rod Thomas Tim and Sam’s Tim and Sam Band Island Line A Line The School (UK)

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...'.

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 4 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	Pet Shop Boys Regina Spektor The Pretenders Ladyhawke Of Montreal The Broken Family Band Amazing Baby Flashguns	Bat for Lashes Squeeze Mew Lykke Li Fever Ray The Duckworth Lewis Method The Temper Trap Chairlift The Mummers Teitur	Little Boots Kap Bambino Local Natives Charlotte Hatherley Goldheart Assembly 1990s Black Joe Lewis Kurran and the Wolfnotes Juliette Commagere Jonathan Jeremiah	Golden Silvers We Have Band Post War Years Speech Debelle Chew Lips Bishi Dag for Dag The Agitator The Late Greats
Saturday 18 July	Grace Jones Doves White Lies Patrick Wolf Broken Records The Airborne Toxic Event Datarock The Chakras	Spiritualized Newton Faulkner Camera Obscura Scott Matthews Emmy the Great Mika Paloma Faith St. Vincent Marnie Stern White Belt Yellow Tag Wildbirds & Peacedrums	Passion Pit Maps Skint & Demoralised Animal Kingdom Band of Skulls Yes, Giantess Dear Reader Alan Pownall	Bombay Bicycle Club Little Comets The XX Pulled Apart By Horses Django Django Joe Gideon & The Shark 2 Hot 2 Sweat The Cheek
Sunday 19 July	Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Editors Phoenix The Gaslight Anthem The Rumble Strips Lisa Hannigan Wild Beasts Sound of Guns Thom Yorke	The Gossip Magazine Saint Etienne 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 Kit	Slow 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.

Day/Arena	Obelisk Arena	Word Arena	Sunrise Arena	The Lake Stage
Friday 16 July	Florence and the Machine Empire of the Sun Laura Marling Spoon Hockey The Unthanks Here We Go Magic Kassidy	The National Richard Hawley Wild Beasts The Feeling Angus & Julia Stone Black Mountain Villagers The Kissaway Trail Jonathan Jeremiah	Girls Tokyo Police Club Luna Belle Arno Carstens I Blame Coco Lissie The Middle East Holly Miranda Delta Maid Kurran and The Wolfnotes Matthew P	Everything Everything Islet Engine EarZ Experiment Esben and the Witch The Good Natured Yuck Y Niwl Rose Elinor Dougall These Ghosts Aaron Wright
Saturday 17 July	Belle & Sebastian Crystal Castles The Maccabees James Frank Turner Corinne Bailey Rae John Grant Race Horses	The xx The Horrors Noah and the Whale David Ford Frightened Rabbit Paul Heaton School of Seven Bells Joshua Radin Chief	Archie 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 Child	Frankie & The Heartstrings Teeth Nedry Zun Zun Egui Sweet Baboo Standard Fare Boycott Monday The Supernovas Clare Maguire The Cads
Sunday 18 July	Vampire Weekend Rodrigo y Gabriela The Temper Trap Midlake Dirty Projectors Mumford & Sons Sweet Billy Pilgrim The Strange Boys Tom Jones	Grizzly Bear Jónsi The Coral Charlotte Gainsbourg Yeasayer Kristin Hersh The Big Pink Jamie Lidell The Antlers Rox	Darwin 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	Beth Jeans Houghton Tom Williams & The Boat Kelpe Wilder Mitchell Museum Spectrals The Quails Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian

Comedy Arena: Emo Philips, Ardal O'Hanlon, Rich Hall, Tommy Tiernan, The Early Edition with Marcus Brigstocke, Mark Watson, Russell Kane, David O'Doherty, Holly Walsh, Josie Long, Kevin Bridges

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. Girls 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 Arena
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
The National Paloma Faith Bright Eyes KT Tunstall Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Wanda Jackson	Paolo Nutini My Morning Jacket The Cribs Seasick Steve Rumer They Might Be Giants Ed Sheeran	Suede Hurts Glasvegas Iron and Wine Kele Anna Calvi

The Word Arena
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Bombay Bicycle Club The Vaccines Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group Caribou Deerhunter Yann Tiersen Chapel Club The Duke and The King Avi Buffalo	Foals Echo and the Bunnymen I Am Kloot Bellowhead The Walkmen Villagers Adam Ant James Vincent McMorrow	Eels Lykke Li OMD Everything Everything Os Muntates Carl Barat The Leisure Society

See also

• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

External links

• Interviews with stars at Latitude Festival 2008 including Bill Bailey and Franz Ferdinand on ITV Local Anglia
• Latitude festival official site
• 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
• Latitude Festival highlights 2008, BAFTA events
• Latitude Festival highlights 2009, BAFTA events