Festival preview: Latitude, ArtMania, Jazzopen

The festival season rolls on this weekend, as IQ returns with our regular preview of what’s going on around Europe.

The UK has a feast of events in store, including Latitude, which runs from 25-28 July in Henham Park, Suffolk. The lineup is headed by Duran Duran, Kasabian, Keane and London Grammar, who are joined on the bill by the likes of Nile Rodgers + Chic, Future Islands, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Caity Baser, CMAT, Seasick Steve, Rick Astley, Lottery Winners and The Vaccines.

Also from 25-28 July, Secret Garden Party: Roots will feature more than 350 artists including Unkle, Crystal Fighters, Ren, Chinchilla, Franky Wah, Carly Wilford, Adelphi Music Factory, Jakkob, Omega Nebula, Technobrass and TC & The Groove.

The Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire-based independent event made headlines earlier this week after announcing it will have its main stage set ablaze on Saturday night, symbolising the finale of the event in its current form and a call for change in the UK festival sector.

WOMAD Festival in Charlton Park, Malmesbury, is topped by Young Fathers, Sampa the Great, Alison Goldfrapp, Alborosie, Abadou & Mariam, Gogol Bordello and Baaba Maal between 25-28 July.

Truck Festival will grace Hill Farm, Oxfordshire, from 26-28 July. Topped by Jamie T, Wet Leg and The Streets, the lineup also includes acts such as Idles, Declan McKenna, Soft Play, The Kooks, Holly Humberstone, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Yard Act and The Snuts.

Sheffield’s Tramlines welcomes headliners Paolo Nutini, Jamie T and Snow Patrol to Hillsborough Park from 26-28 July, backed by a supporting cast including Bombay Bicycle Club, Tom Grennan, The Human League, The Snuts, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Miles Kane, Example, The Charlatans, Yard Act, Maximo Park, Sprints, Coach Party, Holly Humberstone and Annie Mac.

Germany’s Feel Festival keeps its lineup secret until the start of the event

Fellow Yorkshire festival Deer Shed will bring The Coral, Bombay Bicycle Club, CMAT, BC Camplight, The Go! Team, Los Bitchos, Stornoway and King Creosote, among others, to Baldersby Park, Topcliffe between 26-29 July.

Elsewhere in Europe, Switzerland’s Paléo Festival Nyon is being held from 23-28 July. Acts include Sam Smith, Burna Boy, Booba, Mika, Sean Paul, Major Lazer Soundsystem, PLK, Nile Rodgers + Chic, Paul Kalkbrenner, AURORA and Khruangbin.

In Romania, ArtMania is set for 26-28 July in Sibiu, Transylvania, with artists such as Korn, Spiritbox, Satyricon, Igorrr, Borknagar, Taine and The Flower Kings.

Electronic music spectacular Tomorrowland Belgium returns to Boom, Antwerp, for its second and final weekend across 25-28 July with DJs like Swedish House Mafia, Lost Frequencies, Meduza, Dom Dolla, Armin van Buuren, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Tiësto and David Guetta.

In addition, Italy’s Lucca Summer Festival concert series, which started on 2 June, wraps up its 2024 programme with a performance by Gazelles on 26 July.

Meanwhile, the 30th anniversary of Jazzopen Stuttgart is unfolding in Germany from 18-29 July, starring the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Sting, Sam Smith, The Cat Empire and Jamie Cullum, while the multi-genre Feel Festival, staged in Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf from 25-28 July, keeps its subcultural lineup secret until the start of the event.

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