Latitude announces its comedy stars

O Briain, Jones and Murray lead line-up

Dara O Briain, Milton Jones and Al Murray have been named as the first big comedy names for this year’s Latitude festival.

Murray will be performing his ‘saloon show’, in which he introduces guests in his fictional pub.

Other comics appearing at the festival in Southwold, Suffolk, from July 17 to 20, include Josh Widdicombe, Marcus Brigstocke & Andrew Maxwell, Tim Key, Josie Long, Katherine Ryan and Trevor Noah.

And a number of the finalists in the Chortle Comedy Award with ALCATEL ONETOUCH and Universal Pictures (UK) will also be showcasing their stand-up talents.

Weekend adult tickets for Latitude – which boasts as music headliners Damon Albarn, Two Door Cinema Club and The Black Keys – are £187.50 plus £8 booking fee.

The full list of comedy names announced last night is:

Milton Jones, Al Murray’s Saloon Show, Josh Widdicombe, Marcus Brigstocke & Andrew Maxwell, Tim Key, Josie Long, Katherine Ryan, Trevor Noah, Seann Walsh, Tommy Tiernan, Henning Wehn, Jeremy Hardy, Miles Jupp, Doc Brown, Cardinal Burns, The Pajama Men, Sara Pascoe, Nick Helm, Felicity Ward, Arthur Smith, Glenn Wool, Kerry Godliman, Chortle Student Comedy Awards with ALCATEL ONETOUCH and Universal Pictures (UK), James Acaster, Hannah Gadsby, Tiffany Stevenson, Jared Christmas, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Roisin Conaty, Joe Lycett, Mike Wozniak, John Kearns, Liam Williams, Tom Rosenthal, Aisling Bea, John Robins, Nish Kumar Eric Lampaert, Celia Pacquola, Suzi Ruffell, Jamie Demetriou, Alfie Brown, Bobby Mair, Pat Cahill, Angela Barnes, Phil Wang, Ivo Graham, Tania Edwards Kwame Asante, Joseph Morpurgo, Harriet Kemsley, David Morgan, Jonny Pelham, Dane Baptiste, Gabby Best, Sarah Callaghan, The Sunday Assembly, Wittank, Mcneil & Pamphilon, Club Sol, Max And Ivan, The Noise Next Door, The Only Way Is Downton, Pappy's, Cariad Lloyd & Louise Ford, Holly Burn.