Latitude 2026

[Flash Dodman]

2 hours ago, John L said:

Completely disagree. This is my first Latitude since 2013 and is much more how the Festival used to be.

David Byrne is one of the biggest names the Festival has ever got IMO and is a bona fide legend.

Must admit I’m spending most of my time away from the main stage especially Saturday and Sunday. The second, sunrise and alcove all have some acts I’m really looking forward to seeing.

I love a bit of Indie landfill as much as anyone but if that’s your main bag, perhaps you need to be looking at the Superstruct (Victorious, Tramlines etc.) instead. 

 

Same as me, although we've been every year since the second one (purely as it's just down the road).  This year's line up is at least a bit more like Latitudes of yore - I'll be enjoying more than usual vs. the last 5 or so years, where it's been veering towards an 80s-fest.

Edited May 30 by Flash Dodman

[Chapple12345]

Im definitely more in the camp of feeling this edition feels a lot more old school Latitude than before but equally agree theres not many big name acts/dance acts that make the lineup fully stand out. Saying that this is probably my favourite range of acts we've had since 2023 

13 hours ago, Matt Ba said:

I can only assume they've gone down the route of shifting day tickets rather than weekend.

This actually seems the case across a lot of Festival Republic events this year, especially Reading and Leeds - I guess a lot of places understand money is tight nowadays so people may prefer to do days instead. I wonder if next year they start doing 2 day tickets options as well 

[Matt Ba]

5 hours ago, John L said:

Completely disagree. This is my first Latitude since 2013 and is much more how the Festival used to be.

David Byrne is one of the biggest names the Festival has ever got IMO and is a bona fide legend.

Must admit I’m spending most of my time away from the main stage especially Saturday and Sunday. The second, sunrise and alcove all have some acts I’m really looking forward to seeing.

I love a bit of Indie landfill as much as anyone but if that’s your main bag, perhaps you need to be looking at the Superstruct (Victorious, Tramlines etc.) instead. 

I understand your point about being more like the Latitude of old in terms on lineup but the demographic has certainly changed since then. We've been going for the past 7 years and due to the size of our group, we mostly float between the two main stages. The point I'm trying to make, is that the best atmosphere since I've been going was with the artists I mentioned. When they built up the 20th Anniversary celebrations is being a big party, Teddy Swims and Lewis Capaldi doesn't hit the spot (for us anyway). Hope you have a great time

[joydiversion]

On 30/05/2026 at 10:13, ALFZ said:

I don't mind the absence of big name bands but it does seem a bit odd that there isn't a legacy dance act, in the past few years they've had Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Basment Jaxx and Fatboy Slim. Someone like Faithless or Moby would have fit the bill and are both in the UK at the time of the festival. 

I agree, that bigger dance name does seem to be missing - usually there’s a late night announcement though with bigger names (it’s just the Disco Shed atm) so would wait for that. 
 

For me the Saturday still looks quite flat on the main stage, mainly because I don’t know who Teddy Swims is.

 

The weirdest thing for me is trying to work out what all the ‘most impactful person of the past 20 years’ posts are about. Doesn’t seem like they’re inviting any of those people, and it’s getting no engagement, so why keep flogging it?

[Chapple12345]

 

On 01/06/2026 at 09:28, joydiversion said:

The weirdest thing for me is trying to work out what all the ‘most impactful person of the past 20 years’ posts are about. Doesn’t seem like they’re inviting any of those people, and it’s getting no engagement, so why keep flogging it?

I thought this the other day, they do love some pretentious nonsense though 

 

They keep pushing the usual 'final tickets' spiel so I'm gonna be really interested to see how busy it is in the end 

 

Im currently working through my playlist to work out my must sees, dependents and not as fussed acts but its shaping up to be a good but busy weekend for me 

[sam1981]

On 28/05/2026 at 08:38, Peetle said:

 Just hoping I can survive another weekend drinking Carlsberg which I detest.

Tell me more. Last Latitude we went to was '21 - my son was young & had a wagon so we snuck good beers in that way. I remember there being some Brooklyn IPA on sale which was tolerable - are you saying they don't sell anything other than Carlsberg now?! 😳 

[joydiversion]

14 hours ago, Chapple12345 said:

 

I thought this the other day, they do love some pretentious nonsense though 

 

They keep pushing the usual 'final tickets' spiel so I'm gonna be really interested to see how busy it is in the end 

 

Im currently working through my playlist to work out my must sees, dependents and not as fussed acts but its shaping up to be a good but busy weekend for me 

Any recs so far?

[joydiversion]

2 hours ago, sam1981 said:

Tell me more. Last Latitude we went to was '21 - my son was young & had a wagon so we snuck good beers in that way. I remember there being some Brooklyn IPA on sale which was tolerable - are you saying they don't sell anything other than Carlsberg now?! 😳 

It was Brooklyn last year, and I seem to remember a Guinness tent 

Edited 13 hours ago by joydiversion

[itschris]

On 30/05/2026 at 13:18, Chapple12345 said:

This actually seems the case across a lot of Festival Republic events this year, especially Reading and Leeds - I guess a lot of places understand money is tight nowadays so people may prefer to do days instead. I wonder if next year they start doing 2 day tickets options as well 

 

Wilderness are offering 2 day tickets this year (Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun).

 

[ALFZ]

2 hours ago, joydiversion said:

It was Brooklyn last year, and I seem to remember a Guinness tent 

Kronenberg in a tent as well IIRC but Brooklyn Pilsner was easier to get without queueing and was everywhere across the festival.

[Chapple12345]

3 hours ago, joydiversion said:

Any recs so far?

My best new finds are Solya, Panic Shack and Florence Road, but theres plenty more I could suggest depending on what you're into?

 

1 hour ago, itschris said:

 

Wilderness are offering 2 day tickets this year (Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun).

 

Yeah I did wonder because there's probably a crossover between people who like Teddy and Lewis, but I guess if you get 2 days you may as well get a weekend 

[sam1981]

43 minutes ago, ALFZ said:

Kronenberg in a tent as well IIRC but Brooklyn Pilsner was easier to get without queueing and was everywhere across the festival.

All lagers. 😩 

[ALFZ]

13 minutes ago, sam1981 said:

All lagers. 😩 

Tbf there may have been IPAs, but I don't like them so I didn't pay attention.