The Latitude Festival in Suffolk will no longer take place this year. Organisers say their “hearts go out” to fans and everyone involved after being forced to cancel the event due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The festival was supposed to take place from 16-19 July but will now return in July 2021. On their website Latitude Festival announces that ticket refunds are being organised but that there’s also the option to retain tickets and carry them over to next year: “Look out for an e-mail from your ticketing agent very soon and please only contact them if you have not been contacted after 7 days as they are very busy at this time. If you purchased your ticket from a physical outlet, please contact that store to obtain your refund.”
We’re sorry to announce that Latitude 2020 will no longer be going ahead. Read the full statement below. pic.twitter.com/cgPaMcvYcm
— Latitude Festival (@LatitudeFest) April 27, 2020
Earlier this year the festival announced Liam Gallagher, Haim and The Chemical Brothers as headliners. Amongst the line-up are Scottish-Irish rock band Snow Patrol who played the very first Latitude back in 2006 and were set to return to Henham Park after cancelling last year’s Latitude performance due to illness. Other names like Charli XCX, The Lumineers and Keane were also on the list. The BBC revealed that Keane’s bass player Jesse Quin, who lives nearby in Suffolk, is disappointed about the news as the festival holds a “special place in my heart.” Looking back at the first Latitude festival in 2006 he says: “I just remember it being like a school reunion.”
The festival has won various awards such as Best Family Festival, Best Major Festival or Best Event. To keep the high standards going, the organisers promised in the statement that “we’re going to put our all into planning the best Latitude you’ve ever been to and can’t wait to see you in July 2021. For now, keep safe, keep healthy and look after each other.”
