Latitude adds Beth Orton, Guillemots, Metronomy, Aliens, and more

Latitude Festival held at Henham Park Estate in Suffolk and happening from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th July has added more acts to this year's bill.

The Obelisk Arena will now play host to Beth Orton, dEUS, I Am Kloot, Aliens, and Grammatics. In the Uncut Arena the new additions are Guillemots, Black Kids, and Magistrates.

Whereas the Sunrise Arena has Metronomy, Rosie & The Goldbug, The Joy Formidable, Wallis Bird, and Godwits all gracing the stage.

They are the latest additions to an extensive bill of acts headlined by Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, and Interpol with other acts like Julian Cope, Martha wainwright, British Sea Power, Blondie, Death Cab For Cutie, Seasick Steve, Crystal Castles, Elbow, The Breeders, Amadou And Mariam, and M.I.A. For the line-up details as available please click here.

But of course, Latitude is so much more than a music festival. This year's Latitude has the involvement of BAFTA in the Film and Music Arena; a comedy line-up including Omid Djalili, Ross Noble, Frankie Boyle, Rich Hall and Simon Amstell in the Comedy Arena.

The Literary Arena is packed full of top authors including Simon Armitage, Hanif Kureishi and Iain Banks as well as Latitude favourites Vox ‘N’ Roll, WordTheatre and Marcus Brigstocke's The Early Edition. The National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, RSC and The Bush all bring exciting new shows to the Theatre Arena.

Plus poets Adrian Mitchell, John Hegley and Carol Ann Duffy are all confirmed for the Poetry Arena hosted by Luke Wright. The Cabaret Arena welcomes Vauxhallville with plenty more performances to announce. Sadler's Wells will perform their world class dance on a stage floating in the middle of the lake as will The Irrepressibles.

A weekend ticket is priced at £130 and children under thirteen are free, but need tickets. Friday, Saturday or Sunday day tickets are available priced at £55. Lockers are available for £15 with built in mobile charging facilities using car cigarette lighter fittings. A standard campervan pass is £10 (Standard Green campsite) purchasers must have 'Standard' weekend camping tickets. A family campervan Pass costs £10 - (Family Purple Campsite) and the buyer must have 'Family' weekend camping tickets.

To buy tickets click here.

This year there will be a dedicated family campsite, for families with children under 13 (who can attend for FREE) within the public camping area and also a family campervan area within family camping.

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