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Latitude 17th - 20th July 2008

What can you say about Latitude? - they certainly pulled it out of the bag with this one, a rare treat and a very chilled out festival with so much on offer that people are truly spoiled for choice. Latitude has filled a gap that I don't think we knew really existed.

Following its inaugural year in 2006 Latitude was voted number 4 in the Guardian's best festival poll - quite an accolade for a brand new festival. On top of that they won the won Best Festival, Best Alternative Festival and Best Overall Facilities in the BBC 6 Music Poll.

As if that wasn't enough Latitude then got itself voted Best festival by The Independent On Sunday End Of Year Review - this is a very special festival.

Latitude is billed as 'more than just music' and it certainly is, Latitude has a really chilled out ambiance where people can marauder and wander from music to comedy to poetry with art and politics thrown into the mix as well. A real eclectic and clever mix that goes into ensuring that this really is a festival with a difference and that difference makes it quite unique as it defies all the usual genre stereotyping.

Now the ground breaking Latitude Festival returns to the sunrise coast in Suffolk for its incredible third year - organisers Festival Republic are promising another truly spectacular event.

Last year’s sold out festival hosted a line-up of the highest quality acts across all arenas. With the sun making a rare appearance during the flood-filled, rain-soaked summer, Latitude shone brightly, a glittering and shimmering sun - drenched oasis by the coast.

Discovering and exploring new things is a big part of the Latitude experience. Whether it’s encountering a thrilling live band on one in one of the many Music Arenas, discovering new musical talent on the Lake Stage, being engrossed in a brand new novel at the Literary Arena, unearthing the next Wordsworth at the Poetry Arena, side-splitting laughter in the Comedy Arena, quirky freaky experiences in the Cabaret Arena or being blown away by an exhilarating production at the Theatre Arena, Latitude always has something fresh, vibrant and exciting to offer from the vast world of creative arts.

Latitude’s now trademark diversity of art, entertainment and attractions has re-written the rulebook of traditional festivals, creating a truly innovative event that continues to inspire and influence. Offering the festival goer the full spectrum of art with individual arenas dedicated to film, theatre, poetry, literature, cabaret, comedy and of course music, it is a pioneering approach that has established Latitude as a peer-less and unique experience.

Latitude Festival 2008 will push things further with an incredible, exciting new line up that will guarantee another wonderful weekend in the beautiful surroundings of Henham Park.

"Edition 3 of Latitude. I cannot wait. It has so much in store that July 17th cannot come quickly enough for me. Latitude has, as I had hoped, re written the rule book of what a festival might be and can be and of course therefore, immediately influenced other existing festivals and spurned copy cats. I am hardly surprised except that it has happened so quickly. It is a great compliment but it is only that. The real true festival of musical harmony, artistic and creative beauty is on the sunrise coast and is Latitude."
Festival Republic Managing Director Melvin Benn

Latitude and The Arts

Latitude has always been more than just a music festival with a wonderful line up from the world of creative arts. Across 6 separate arenas Latitude offers an incredible line up of the most gifted comedians, film makers, visual artists, poets, writers, actors and dancers around. Spanning the lush Henham Park site the Comedy, Poetry, Literature, Theatre, Music + Film and Cabaret Arenas are neatly positioned excitedly awaiting your arrival.

Last year someone said to me that for them, Latitude was a cultural adventure and I love the idea that people are coming to Latitude to ride on the arts rollercoaster, so to speak. At Latitude the audience can get the chance to sample the whole plethora of the arts, enjoying artists’ work that they already know and also discover a whole new world of artists, actors, poets, writers, film makers, not to mention dance moves that they’ve never done or even seen before! The audience at Latitude are particularly enthusiastic about getting involved and the Bollywood and mambo dance classes last year were full, as was the ‘embrace your inner drag queen’ workshop, which was quite possibly one of my favourite moments from last year. It’s great that people can take home a goodie bag filled with new experiences along with a new found ability to lindy hop! This year, I hope to bring something exciting and different to the festival experience and have booked what I think are some incredibly stimulating and quality artists into each of the arts arenas. I’m also delighted that we have coming to Latitude some of the best arts organisations that the UK has to offer, with the Royal Court Theatre, The Bush, Paines Plough, Nabokov and The Pleasance bringing stunning plays and writers to the festival and I’m absolutely delighted to welcome Sadler’s Wells who will be presenting world class dance. I can hardly contain my excitement at some of the acts that are coming to Latitude and I just can’t wait to see contemporary dance performed on the lake against the beautiful backdrop of Henham Park.
Tania Harrison Arts Programmer

Latitude Links
Line Up

Music Arenas

Franz Ferdinand
Death Cab For Cutie
The Go! Team
Amadou And Mariam
Sigur Ros
Elbow
Seastick Steve
Mars Volta
Interpol
Grinderman
Breeders
Tindersticks
M.I.A
British Sea Power
Foals
Blondie
Crystal Castles
Martha Wainwright
Julian Cope
Howling Bells
Sam Isaac
White Lies
Fields
Nic Dawson Kelly
Tallulah Rendall
Beth Orton
Deus
I Am Kloot
Aliens
Grammatics
Guillemots
Black Kids
Magistrates
Metronomy
Rosie & The Goldbug
The Joy Formidable
Wallis Bird
Godwits

The Pimm's Comedy Arena Line up

Bill Bailey
Ross Noble
Rich Hall
Otis Lee Crenshaw
Simon Amstell
Phill Jupitus and friends
Lucy Porter
Andrew Lawrence
Dave Fulton
Ben Norris
Jon Richardson
Dan Atkinson
Jason Wood
Carey Marx
Stephen Grant
Hal Cruttenden
Miles Jupp
Russell Howard
Tim Minchin
Stephen Grant
Omid Djalili
Frankie Boyle
Stewart Lee
Lee Mack
Robin Ince
Russell Kane
Arnab Chanda
Rufus Hound


Theatre Arena Line up
Royal Court Theatre
Painesplough
The Bush Theatre
Pick Of The Pleasance
Fat Tongue
Birds Of Britain
Theatre 503
Dirty Protest
Dry Write
Sincera Productions
National Theatre New Connections
Royal Shakespeare Company
Ken Campbell’s School Of Night
Crazy In Love Presented By Paines Plough And Nabokov
Operating Theatre Company

Literary Arena Line up

Vox 'N' Roll
Word Theatre
Marcus Brigstocke's Early Edition
Iain Banks
Hanif Kureshi
A L Kennedy
Irvine Welsh
Mike Gayle
Simon Armitage
John Burnside
Esther Freud
Gautam Malkani
Jenny Colgan
Claudia Hammond
Antonia Quirke
Jon Ronson
Bill Drummond
Peter Hook
Stuart Maconie
John Niven
Gregory Normington
Jon McGregor
Andrew Glover
Robin Ince's Book Club & School For Gifted Children feat: Stewart Lee
Jo Neary
Josie Long
Wayne Shepherd
Ben Goldacre
Bridget Christie
Martin White
Gavin Osbourne
Dave Gorman
Mark Thomas
John King
Raffaella Barker
Toby Litt
Helen Walsh
Catherine O’flynn
Mark Barrowcliffe
Tania Glyde
John Williams
Michael Hodges

Poetry Arena Line up

Carol Ann Duffy
Adrian Mitchell
John Hegley & Keith Moore
Simon Armitage
John Burnside
Attila The Stockbroker
Luke Wright
Daljit Nagra
Aolfe Mannix
Aisle 16
Joe Dunthorne
Porky The Poet
Teen Angst
Niall O'Sullivan
Joel Stickley
John Berkavitch
Rachael Pantechnicon
Kat Francois
Tim Clare
Ross Sutherland
Chris Hicks
Byron Vincent
Elvis McGonigall
Hovis In Wonderland
Poem In Between People
Yanny Mac Domestic Goddess
Dockers MC
Tim Wells
Nathan Filer
Andy Craven Griffiths
Hannah Walker
John Osbourne
Project Adorno Mik Artistik
Josh Weller
Jim Turnball
Paul Macjoyce
Kate Tempest

On The Lake

Sadler's Wells
The Irrepressibles

In The Woods

The Dialogue Project

Cabaret

Vauxhallville

DJ's

Guilty Pleasures
Swap A Rama

Film And Music Arena

Mark Lamarr presents God's Jukebox with Buzzcocks, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed & The True Loves
The Heavy Barry Adamson
BAFTA
Halloween Short Film Festival
George Pringle
PostSecret.com
Mark Lamarr Presents James Hunter And Pete Molinari
Postsecret
Jes Benstock
Future Cinema Live
Lautrec
George Pringle
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring

Other Latitude Links:

Latitude 2007 Info
Latitude 2007 Interviews
Latitude 2006

 


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