The first batch of comedy names for this year's Latitude Festival has been announced. Jason Manford and Michelle Wolf will headline on two of the nights.
Jason Manford, who is currently touring his show Muddle Class, said: "I've always loved performing at Latitude and I can't wait to headline the Comedy stage this year. The festival audience is a true example of my show 'Muddle Class' - drinking champagne whilst watching Liam Gallagher in a (hopefully sunny) field! This year's line-up is amazing as usual, sharing the headline slot with the likes of George Ezra, Snow Patrol, Underworld and Primal Scream is going to be fantastic!”
Making her UK Festival headline debut will be US comic Michelle Wolf, best known for her influential political comedy, and her Emmy nominated HBO stand-up special, Nice Lady. Recently a guest on 2018’s Big Fat Quiz Of The Year in December, Michelle made international headlines with her White House correspondents’ dinner speech, which scorched the Trump administration.
The Festival will take place in Henham Park in Suffolk from July 18 - 21. See below for ticket details.
Further comedy highlights include Mark Watson, alongside Latitude favourite Russell Kane, who makes a welcome return to the Comedy Arena with a performance guaranteed to be packed with more energy than a Duracell factory. The sharply dressed, well-spoken, disparagingly camp son of working-class Bromley, Tom Allen comes to Latitude fresh from hosting Channel 4 series The Great British Bake Off's Extra Slice.
Double Edinburgh comedy award nominee and The Mash Report presenter Nish Kumar joins the bill, alongside his co-host and viral sensation, Rachel Parris who recently hosted A Girl’s Guide to TV, a comic guide to how women can get ahead in television which aired on BBC2 last summer. Uncle star Nick Helm, and Lolly Adefope will perform, as will host of BBC Radio 4’s satirical sketch show Newsjack Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Channel 4 breakthrough star Tez Ilyas, the critically acclaimed comic and regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist Felicity Ward, and many more ground-breaking comedians.
More names announced today include:
Jayde Adams
Marcel Lucont
Mat Ewins
Lou Sanders
David Morgan
Mawaan Rizwan
Flo & Joan
Ciaran Dowd
Alfie Brown
Sindhu Vee
Kae Kurd
Michael Odewale
Glenn Moore
Kai Humphries
Rob Oldham
Sara Barron
Olga Koch
Joe Sutherland
Rosie Jones
Daisy Earl
Ashley Storrie
Johnny Cochrane
Maisie Adam
Lolly Jones
Chloe Green
Maria Shehata
Babatunde Aleshe
Sophie Duker
Egg
Bexie Archer
The musical headliners include George Ezra, Snow Patrol and Lana Del Ray.
LATITUDE TICKET DETAILS
Adult Weekend tickets £202.50 face value + £16.20 booking fee per ticket
Accompanied Teen Weekend tickets (13-15 years) £137.50 + £11 booking fee per ticket
Child Weekend tickets - £15
Disabled Access requirements and PA ticket applications will open soon. Please refer to the website to sign up to mailing list or contact the access team on [email protected] for more information and guidance.
Buy tickets from 9.30am on Saturday, January 26 here.
