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 Uncut Arena, The Sunrise Arena, and the Huw Stephens curated Lake Stage. The festival comprises elements of theatre, art, comedy, cabaret, poetry, politics and literature. The festival is run by Festival Republic (formerly the Mean Fiddler Group), which also run the Reading and Leeds festivals.

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List of major acts 2006

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'''

• Paolo Nutini
• Archie Bronson Outfit
• Mogwai

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	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
• 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. ^[1] 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 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. 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 Mean Fiddler says the total attendance for the weekend was 12,000 which fell within their target of getting between 10,000 and 15,000.

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 The Airborne Toxic Event Datarock The Chakras	Spiritualized Newton Faulkner Camera Obscura Scott Matthews Emmy the Great Mika Paloma Faith Marnie Stern White Belt Yellow Tag Wildbirds and 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

See also

• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

References

1. Thieves in the night