Latitude Festival

NEWSFLASH - LATITUDE 2010 IS NOW SOLD OUT!

For the fourth year running and with over 2 months still to go, organisers Festival Republic have announced that all weekend and individual day tickets for Latitude Festival 2010 have now sold out!

NEWS - 30th June
The legend that is Tom Jones is set to appear at this year's Latitude Festival with a special performance on Thursday July 15th.

The appearance with his band will see Tom performing songs from his forthcoming album 'Praise & Blame' at midnight In The Woods

Warming up for Tom Jones are Les Clochards who began in 2005 when accordionist Karen Cleave and singer Ian Nixon decided that the chanson tradition is a deeper, wider seam than many had realised, linking Jacques Brel to Southern Soul via Gene Vincent

Also added today - David Ford, The Lost Levels, I Blame Coco, Gentleman's Dub Club, Boycott Monday, Clare Maguire, Spectrals, The Quails, Aaron Wright, Steve Mason, Stephen K Amos, Kevin Eldon and Dominic Holland

NEWS - 21st May
Violinist Nigel Kennedy will be performing on the Lake Stage on Thursday night with a unique show to kick start the weekend's festivities

NEWS - 21st May
Organisers announce 20 more acts for this year's festival - Crystal Castles, Paul Heaton, Joshua Radin, The Antlers, Losers, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Luna Belle, Arno Carstens, Lauren Pritchard, White Belt Yellow Tag, Holly Miranda, The Hundred In The Hands, Michael Kiwanuka, The Supernovas, Cevanne, The Cads, These Ghosts, White Wedding DJs, The Vinyl Vendettas, Moshi Moshi DJs

NEWS - 6th May
More additions today - Everything Everything, Islet, Engine-Earz Experiment, Esben and the Witch, The Good Natured, Yuck, Y Niwl, Gaggle, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Teeth, Nedry, Zun Zun Egui, Sweet Baboo, Standard Fare, Beth Jeans Houghton, Tom Williams & The Boat, Kelpe (live), Wilder, Mitchell Museum

NEWS - 27th April
8 more additions to this year's Latitude bill - the Obeslisk Arena adds John Grant, whilst in the World Arena Angus & Julia Stone, Villagers, Frightened Rabbit, School Of Seven Bells and Rox have also been confirmed today.

In the Sunrise Arena organisers have announced Lissie and These New Puritans

NEWS - 22nd April
More additions to this year's festival - Robin Ince's Book Club with Kevin Eldon, Jo Neary, Robyn Hitchcock, Josie Long, Gavin Osborn, Mark Thomas, Kristin Hersh, Jim Bob, 5x15: with Zoe Margolis and Tristram Stuart, Phill Jupitus & Friends Improv Show, Jeremy Hardy, Micky Flanagan, Craig Campbell, Andi Osho, Marlon Davis, Frisky & Mannish, Sounds Familiar Music Quiz, Cartoon De Salvo presents Pub Rock, Tangled Feet, and Bad Physics, Eddie Argos, Swaparama

NEWS - 7th April
The latest additions to this year's festival include - James, The Feeling and Coral!

James will play the Obelisk arena on Saturday with The Strange Boys playing on the Sunday. In the Word Arena are Friday special guests The Feeling, as well as The Coral, Kristin Hersh, Black Mountain, The Big Pink, and The Kissaway Trail.

Whilst newly announced for the Sunrise Arena are Tokyo Police Club, First Aid Kit, Jesca Hoop, Egyptian Hip Hop, The Middle East, Joe Worricker, Delta Maid, and The Liberty Vessels.

NEWS - 7th April
Latitude organisers have announced Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn will be performing on The Waterfront Stage, their trilogy of shows, ‘Stories for the Starlit Sky’, across all three nights of the weekend

New additions to the cabaret arena include - Miss Behave, Phil Kay, Paul Zenon, Kalki Hula Girl, Raymond and Mr. Timpkins, Tom Flanagan and Jon Hicks.

The Poetry and Film & Music Arenas have added John Stammers, THePETEBOX and The Kominas respectively. More comedy with Funny Women Awards Showcase and Terry Alderton, the Obelisk arena has music from The Unthanks and Race Horses and finally The Word Arena has added Jonathan Jeremiah.

NEWS - 31st March
More acts announced today for the Obeslisk Arena - Laura Marling, Hockey, Corinne Bailey Rae, Here We Go Magic, Mumford & Sons, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Kassidy.

And on the Sunrise Stage line-up - Girls (Fir), Nadine Shah (Sun), Kurran And The Wolfnotes (Fri), Matthew P (Fri)

NEWS - 30th March
Organisers have confirmed more acts for this year's festival starting in the Literary Arena with Sebastian Faulks, Joy Division & New Order bassist Peter Hook, Howard Jacobson.

New additions to the line-up in the Comedy Arena are Mark Watson, David O'Doherty, Josie Long, Angelos Epithemiou, Jimmy McGhie, Chris Ramsey, Al Pitcher, Colin Hoult, Tom Basden, Deborah Frances-White, The Pros From Dover and Richard Dedomenici.

In the Film & Music Arena there will be Aldeburgh Music's Faster Than Sound featuring Mira Calix, Larry Goves, Simon Fisher Turner and London Contemporary Orchestra.

NEWS - 25th March
Organisers have announced 14 new bands for this year's Latitude festival stages as follows :

Obelisk Arena - The Temper Trap, James, Spoon, Midlake, Dirty Projectors, and Frank Turner.
The Word Arena - Wild Beasts, Noah And The Whale, Yeasayer, and Chief
The Sunrise Arena - Darwin Deez, Archie Bronson Outfit, Lupen Crook, and Active Child.

NEWS - 19th March
Joining the headliners on Friday is Sheffield’s favourite lovelorn crooner Richard Hawley

As the incandescent voice and heart behind Icelandic orchestral post-rock band Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson has already made a significant impact on Latitude’s history with the band’s incendiary headline performance in 2008. Jónsi returns to Henham Park this time as a solo artist

With The National (Friday), The xx (Saturday) and Grizzly Bear (Sunday) announced as headliners for the weekend, and Charlotte Gainsbourg and The Horrors also confirmed, The Word Arena will once again boast an amazing set of alternative artists crossing genre boundaries seamlessly.

NEWS - 9th March
Florence + The Machine, Belle and Sebastian and Vampire Weekend have been announced as headliners for Latitude 2010.

Celebrating its fifth year, Latitude continues to lead the way as a bold and pioneering festival cherry-picking the very best from the worlds of music, theatre, comedy, literature, film, poetry, dance, art, fashion and cabaret and bringing them together for one glorious weekend. It is a place like no other; an intimate world away from reality that encourages you to be all that you’ve ever wanted to be whilst indulging in the spirit of exploration and discovery.

You can also check out the official Latitude Festival website for more information and full line up details

LINE UP

Friday 16th July

Obelisk Arena
Florence and The Machine
Empire Of The Sun
Laura Marling
Spoon
Hockey
Here We Go Magic
Kassidy

The Word Arena
The National
Richard Hawley
Wild Beasts
The Feeling (special guests)
Angus & Julia Stone
Black Mountain
Villagers
The Kissaway Trail
Jonathan Jeremiah

Saturday 17th July

Obelisk Arena
Belle and Sebastian
Crystal Castles
The Maccabees
James (special guests)
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Grant
Race Horses

The Word Arena
The XX
The Horrors
Noah & The Whale
David Ford
Frightened Rabbit
Paul Heaton
Joshus Radin
School of Seven Bells
Chief

Sunday 18th July

Obelisk Arena
Vampire Weekend
Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Temper Trap
Midlake
Dirty Projectors
Mumford & Sons
Sweet Billy Pilgrim
The Strange Boys

The Word Arena
Grizzley Bear
Jonsi
The Coral
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Yeasayer
Kristin Hersh
The Big Pink
Jamie Lidell
The Antlers
Rox

Plus many more of different stages - check out the official Latitude Festival website for more information and full line up details

HISTORY

Latitude festival's landowner has hailed the inaugral event a "sensational" success, especially in terms of its environmental impact, and predicts it will be back next year...

More than 10,000 people attended the first ever Latitude Festival at Henham Park, near Southwold in Suffolk. The three-day festival was bathed in sunshine all weekend with marquees hosting music, theatre, comedy and poetry all packed with festival goers. Snow Patrol, Saul Williams, The Lemonheads, Patti Smith, Antony & The Johnsons, Mercury Rev, Mogwai and more all played well received sets.

However, it was arguably the theatre, poetry, cabaret and comedy tents that proved the biggest talking points and the most interest.

Hektor Rous, who manages the Henham Park estate, said the festival had been “sensational”.

He said: “There has been a real buzz in the air and everyone has had a fantastic time. This has been the first year for the festival but it will come back. People have already started asking about it and I think it will be the hottest ticket in town next year. The first person across the bridge was smiling from ear to ear and we have seen thousands of happy people enjoying themselves. Every effort had been made to integrate the event with the environment with a bridge across the lake and restricted access to sensitive wildlife areas.

“The sort of people who have come are interested in the environment and they are not the kind of people who will do anything to harm it. They have thoroughly enjoyed the setting

“We are not trying to emulate other festivals. This is unique and in the years ahead will stay the way it has started.”

GETTING TO LATITUDE FESTiVAL

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN

IPSWICH AND HALESWORTH TRAIN STATIONS - If travelling by train you can either use Halesworth or Ipswich Stations – shuttle buses run to and from both to the Latitude Festival site.
However train services into Halesworth, are limited in capacity and  festival goers coming by train at peak times on the Thursday afternoon or Friday during the day are advised to travel via Ipswich Station instead.

Train tickets for the festival will be on sale 12 weeks in advance and the new ticket alert service at www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk allows you to request an email alerting you when trains become available. So sign up now to be the first to know when train tickets to the festival go on sale. You can buy train tickets from any station to Halesworth or Ipswich at www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk with no booking fee.

On returning from the festival, the shuttle buses leaving the Latitude site will only transport as many passengers to Halesworth train station as the trains can accommodate. Therefore if you can’t get onto the bus, travel to Ipswich instead where again you can use your Halesworth ticket for onward travel.

TRAVELLING BY CAR

Please do not use your sat nav but follow our temporary road signage instead.

Henham Park, the site of Latitude Festival, is between the A12 and A145 north of Blythburgh in Suffolk. From the A12 and from the A145 follow the Festival signs. Please do not stop on the A12 or the A145 but follow the signage straight into the car parks.

There is absolutely no stopping on the A145 and the A12. Tickets will be checked inside the site and not on the gates with the A12 and A145. Please travel straight into site where you will be able drop passengers off and exit back onto the main roads.

There is no access by the A145 Northbound.

If you must bring your car, please consider transporting as many people as possible and travelling at off peak times. Peak traffic flows are likely on the afternoon of Thursday 15th July and on the morning of Friday 16th July and then late evening on Sunday 18th July and before noon on Monday 19th July.

Weekend and day car parking is separate to the campsites in adjacent or nearby fields. Car Parking is included in the price of your ticket. No sleeping, camping or fires are allowed in the car parks.

The routes to the festival will be well signposted and will be included in written information sent out with all tickets to the event.

Those travelling from the south on the A12 will be directed straight into site from the A12.

Those travelling from the Lowestoft direction on the A12 and day ticket holders will be directed straight into site from the A145 via Middle Barn Lane which connects the A12 and the A145.

Those travelling south on the A145 from the Beccles direction will be directed straight into site from the A145.