Latitude Festival
| Latitude Festival | |
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| Genre | Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock |
| Dates | 14-16 July |
| Location(s) | Suffolk, England |
| Years active | 2006 |
| Website | www.latitudefestival.co.uk |
The Latitude Festival is a newly created annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, England. The first Latitude Festival took place on the 14-16 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 festival comprised elements of art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics and literature.
The festival is run by Mean Fiddler Music Group (now controlled by the entertainment conglomerate Live Nation), which also run Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds festivals.
List of Major Acts 2006
ARENA 1:FRIDAY 14TH JULY
SATURDAY 15TH JULY
- Antony and the Johnsons
- special guests - Patti Smith with Lenny Kaye
SUNDAY 16TH JULY
ARENAS 2, 3 & 4
Regina Spektor, The Organ, Polytechnic, Howling Bells, Larrikin Love, The Pipettes, Mr Hudson, Tiny Dancers, Scissors for lefty, David Ford, Mr Hopkinson's Computer, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Euros Child, Richard James
CABARET ARENA
COMEDY ARENA
Rob Newman, Sean Lock, Adam Bloom, Marcus Brigstocke, Dan Antopolski, Andrew Maxwell, Jason Manford, Jen Brister
THEATRE
DJ'S
Guilty Pleasures
MUSIC AND FILM ARENA
Temposhark and Noise Of Art, Halloween Film Club
BOOK CLUB Robin Ince, Josie Long, Wil Hodgson, Tim Key, Neil Edmond, Gary Le Strange, The Trap, Phil Jeays Band, Caroline Clifford, Gavin Osborn
VOX N' ROLL
Toby Litt, Tibor Fischer, Joe Boyd, Howard Marks, Lydia Lunch, James Flint, David Lines, Will Ashon, Matt Thorne, Cathi Unsworth, Stella Duffy, Michael Smith, Johnny Green, Martyn Waites, Jon Robb, Lana Citron, The Idler, Candida Clark, John Williams,Nicholas Blincoe, Andrew Smith, Stav Sherez, Alexander Masters, Clare Pollard, Salena Saliva Godden, Nick Stone, Rob Davis (Solaris Media)
Latitude Festival 2007
The 2007 Latitude Festival will run from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July, and be headlined by Damien Rice, Jarvis Cocker, The Good The Bad and the Queen and The Arcade Fire, who will be closing the festival. Other names include The Magic Numbers, Wilco, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Hold Steady, CSS and Midlake. Explosions in the Sky were on the original bill, but had to pull out due to a "serious illness in one of EITS's families". [1]