latitude festival information

17th ? 20th July 2008

LATITUDE DATES ANNOUNCED AND TICKET PRE-SALE

This year?s Latitude Festival will take place in the beautiful Henham Park in Southwold, Suffolk on 17th ? 20th July. Fans of last year?s sold out festival will have a chance to buy a limited number of 5000 weekend tickets via the Latitude website from Saturday 1st December.

The award winning formula behind Latitude Festival is to create an arena for visitors to sample the cream of music, comedy and the arts all within one place; to wander from books to music, from film and theatre; to discover new and exciting things whilst surrounded by beautiful countryside.

In the past two years, Latitude has welcomed the most interesting and thought provoking programme of music any festival has ever seen, across its four arenas. Arcade Fire, Antony and the Johnsons, Damien Rice, Mercury Rev, Jarvis and Wilco are just a few of the names who have graced the Obelisk Arena, alongside the seminal Patti Smith, rising stars CSS and Bat for Lashes as well as the best new and emerging bands.

But Latitude is not just about music, it?s about so much more, with six arenas dedicated to the whole arts spectrum from theatre to poetry, film to art, music to comedy and literature to cabaret.

2007 boasted a spectacular comedy line up with Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, and Alan Carr. Latitude embraced Poetry with performances from Roger McGough, Simon Armitage and John Hegley plus readings from Hollywood actors via WordTheatre and writers? readings via Vox n Roll in the Literary Arena. Royal Court Theatre, Paines Plough, Bush Theatre, plus BAFTA Q&A?s with Shane Meadows and Richard Curtis all leant a decidedly cerebral edge to the entertainment, whilst nipple tassled burlesque, fan dancing workshops and Sean Rowley?s Guilty Pleasures turn the fun volume up to maximum.

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