Festival organisers are delighted to bring you your next names for cinch presents Latitude 2021. Music headliners WOLF ALICE, THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, BASTILLE: REORCHESTRATED and BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB are joined by comedy greats BILL BAILEY, KATHERINE RYAN, JO BRAND, REGINALD D. HUNTER and SIMON AMSTELL.

Joining your headliners this 22 – 25 July are RUDIMENTAL, HOT CHIP, KAISER CHIEFS, MABEL, RICK ASTLEY, GRIFF, ANNA MEREDITH and many more!

It’s been an incredibly tough year without the music, without the laughter and without the wonder, so we are getting ready to make Latitude 2021 the best year yet.

Also splitting sides across the weekend will be: MO GILLIGAN, MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE, MARK WATSON, MUNYA CHAWAWA, MAWAAN RIZWAN, ROSIE JONES, JUDI LOVE, DARREN HARRIOTT, DAVID MORGAN, ED BYRNE, FLO & JOAN, GLENN MOORE, HELEN BAUER, JOSIE LONG, KERRY GODLIMAN, LAUREN PATTISON, LOU SANDERS, LUISA OMIELAN, REGINALD D HUNTER, SOPHIE DUCKER and TIFF STEVENSON.

And there’s much, much more.

Uplifting drum & bass hitmakers and one of the best live bands around RUDIMENTAL play the main stage before The Chemical Brothers on Saturday night. Feelgood hands-in-the-air vibes are guaranteed with the band’s message of unity more powerful than ever before.

On the BBC Sounds Stage, electro-pop heavyweights HOT CHIP will transport us back to carefree communion on the dancefloor, and the thunderous and apocalyptic FONTAINES D.C. finally get to perform their highly acclaimed second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ live.

Also coming to music stages across LATITUDE: KAISER CHIEFS, MABEL, RICK ASTLEY, JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW, BEABADOOBEE, SEA GIRLS, MAISIE PETERS, DECLAN MCKENNA, GRIFF, AKALA, ANNA MEREDITH, ARLO PARKS, NUBYA GARCIA, SHAME, THE STAVES, TIM BURGESS, DRY CLEANING, GREENTEA PENG, DREAM WIFE, GOAT GIRL, WORKING MEN’S CLUB, OKLOU, HOLLY HUMBERSTONE, NADIA ROSE, JC STEWART, KAWALA, LYNKS, ALFIE TEMPLEMAN, BILLIE MARTEN, BIG JOANIE, LYRA, GRACEY, SORRY, ORLA GARTLAND, FENNE LILY, THE LONGEST JOHNS, and WILLIE J HEALEY.

A riotous summer weekend of laughter is just what we all need right now, which is why we’ve got an incredible Comedy line up with something for everyone.

The legend that is BILL BAILEY becomes the first comedian to perform in the Obelisk Arena  in the coveted Sunday afternoon slot. Expect to be entertained by Bill’s trademark blend of satire and surrealism, stories and dismantled jokes, crowd sing-alongs, weird instruments and musical showstoppers. A packed-out performance of laughter and wonderment is guaranteed.

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Latitude favourite KATHERINE RYAN joins the Comedy Arena as headliner. Famed for her critically acclaimed tours, Ryan has been performing sell-out shows across the globe and is currently dominating the television and live comedy scenes both in the UK and abroad. Her debut Netflix sitcom ‘The Duchess’ was released to critical acclaim last year. She was only the second UK based comedian to get a Netflix Global special released in all territories after Jimmy Carr – and is still the only woman.

JO BRAND also returns to headline the Comedy tent. From incendiary stand-up to heart-warming jokes about baking, JO BRAND has been making an impression for decades. Preferring to be hailed as a ‘national disgrace’ and not ‘national treasure’, Jo is both anarchic and hilarious.

Fresh from last critically acclaimed debut feature film ‘Benjamin’ and Netflix Special ‘Set Free’, SIMON AMSTELL returns to bring his brand-new stand up to Latitude. His new stand-up show ‘Spirit Hole’ is a blissful, spiritual, sensational exploration of love, sex, shame, mushrooms and more. Latitude attendees get to see it first before he tours across the UK.

That’s the comedy taken care of, what about literature, poetry, and discussion?

Across the weekend, expect a rabble-rousing range of established wordsmiths and emergent talents who all recognise the power of language to change the world. Multi-award-winning author YOMI ADEGOKE and co-host of ‘Slay in Your Lane: The Podcast’ joins Latitude icw Katherine Ryan, JESS PHILLIPS MP lifts the lid on the systems and rules that govern us all, Empire editor Terri White will discuss her acclaimed memoir ‘Coming Undone’, and the Emperor of Punk Poetry DR JOHN COOPER CLARKE discusses his razor-sharp autobiography, ‘I Wanna Be Yours’. Women’s Prize for Fiction return to Latitude for a fourth year with an exceptional panel of inspiring women including prize co-founder and bestselling novelist KATE MOSSE, VICK HOPE, SCARLETT RUSSELL and LAURA BATES, and ‘Grumpy Old Women’ writers JENNY ECLAIR and JUDITH HOLDER will broadcast a hilarious live version of their ‘Older And Wider’ podcast.

And Latitude is also delighted to announce that The Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller CHARLIE MACKESY will also join Latitude for an hour of drawing and conversation, as he brings the characters of ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’ to life, live on stage.

And that’s not all! There’s still many more acts to be announced, including more music, late night, dance, theatre, wellness and much more.

Latitude Festival takes place in Henham Park, Suffolk on 22nd-25th July 2021 and tickets are on sale now – << CLICK HERE >> for more details!