Bye Bye Latitude, Hello Rich Mix!
The hippy sign and famous pastel coloured sheep
We’re all home safe and sound from Latitude and headed straight onto the next leg of our tour with Rich Mix. The festival was amazing and the tingling on our skin from a touch of sunburn is the only thing left to remind us of the wonderful weekend.
We are really concerned to hear about the alleged rape that took place during the weekend and hope that this doesn’t taint the festival’s reputation. Although we felt entirely safe, the lighting on some of the paths back to the campsites was pretty bad – perhaps this will act as a warning to festival goers that heading back to your tent after a night out is no difference to heading home after a night out on the town – don’t do it alone.
According to The Guardian, in its first year Latitude attracted only 6,000 people – this year 35,000 visited Henham Park in Southwold. Maybe next year Latitude will do more to raise awareness of the possible dangers of the festival atmosphere. But, all in all, we had an amazing time and would like to thank all the festival staff for their help and encouragement.
Real highlights from the Sunday include the fantastic cast of Hair belting out “Let the Sunshine!” on the Waterfront Stage and the gorgeous performance of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake on the same stage. There was something truly magical about seeing this performed against the watery back drop. The elegant dancers had to stop half way through to put big black socks on because the stage was too hot for bare feet – needless to stay the enthusiastic crowd got right behind them and showed their support as they found the correct part of the music in order to continue with the performance.
To the future…
Emma did an insightful interview with The Telegraph over the weekend which explores her passion for the fight against the sex trade and how it was her own involvement with the Helen Bamber Foundation, which specialises in helping survivors of human rights abuses, that indirectly gave rise to Fair Trade…
If you weren’t at Latitude and can’t get to Edinburgh this August, Fair Trade at Rich Mix on Bethnal Green road opens tomorrow and continues until Sunday. To book tickets click here.
