Davies, Manford and Delaney headline

Alan Davies, Jason Manford and Catastrophe star Rob Delaney are among the comedy stars heading for the Latitude Festival this year.

Chortle can today exclusively reveal the first 50 names for the comedy and cabaret arenas.

Other familiar faces include Jon Richardson, Nina Conti The Last Leg’s Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe, and Jack Dee, who will be returning with another instalment of his Helpdesk

The festival – now in its tenth year – will take place over the weekend of July 16 to 19 at Henham Park in Southwold, Suffolk.

The Comedy Arena will kick off on the Friday with a selection of finalists from the Chortle Student Comedy Award.

Weekend tickets are available here priced £195.50. Day tickets go on sale tomorrow, when more music and arts names are also due to be released.

Also appearing are:

Robin Ince And Josie Long's Festival Shambles
Funz And Gamez
Shappi Khorsandi
Sara Pascoe
Daniel Sloss
Holly Walsh
Marcus Brigstocke
Tim Key
Abandoman
Carl Donnelly
Rob Beckett
Pappy's Present...The Secret Dudes Society
Tiff Stevenson
James Acaster
Sarah Kendall
Joe Lycett
Romesh Ranganathan
Max And Ivan: The End
Sunday Assembly
Liam Williams
Charlie Baker
Zoe Lyons
Elis James
Nish Kumar
Matt Richardson
Matt Forde
John Robins
Eric Lampaert's Comedians’ Cinema Club
Pippa Evans
Alex Edelman
Danielle Ward: Dani Frankenstein
Angela Barnes
Ivo Graham
Stuart Goldsmith
Adam Hess
Jarlath Regan
Phil Wang
Gein's Family Giftshop
Guilt And Shame
Rhys James
Dane Baptiste
Rachel Parris
David Elms
David Morgan
Pat Cahill
Suzi Ruffell
Tom Allen
Harriet Kemsley
Lazy Susan
Massive Dad
Kai Humphries
Sofie Hagen
Pierre Novellie
Anna Morris
Phil Jerrod
Aunty Donna
Sarah Callaghan
Ellie White
Natasia Demetriou
Jenny Collier
Lolly Adefope
Johnny And Inel
Twayna Mayne
Yve Blake
Lloyd Griffith
Chris Kent
Amir Khoshsokhan

Published: 2 Mar 2015