Barclaycard presents Latitude’s ‘shady lady’, Trailer Park, is a surreal temporary hamlet in the woods at Henham Park, made up of a baker’s dozen of creations stuffed into various caravans, horseboxes, mobile homes, and repurposed vehicles. With a weakness for the ridiculous, this playground for artists and makers to present large-scale acts of provocation is anchored by the infamous Trailer Park Stage, in which the whole side of a mobile-home has been removed to reveal the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and lounge area: a home for bands with a keen sense of mischief and for punters with a longing for an uninhibited dance in the cool of the trees.
Your Trailer Park 2024 line up includes…
Thumpasaurus – Halloweens
Junodream – Scustin – Gonora Sounds – Thumper – Singalong Social – Yard
Prymary Colours – New York Brass Band – Police Dog Hogan – The Great Malarkey
Olympia Vitalis – Daft Funk DJ Set – Mad Apple Circus – The Mighty Flux – Adult Cat
And some surprises… (planned ones)
In what is set to be one of the most memorable starts to Barclaycard presents Latitude ever, the unstoppable energy of LA-based collective Thumpasaurus – check out their masterpiece Struttin’ – will take to the stage on Thursday night, following a return gig from last year’s Irish favourites Scustin. Friday’s highlights include Halloweens, side project of Vaccines frontman Justin Young and Timothy Lanham, while across the weekend wonders including Gonora Sounds, a family band who have been busking the streets of Zimbabwe for two decades, Dublin rockers Thumper arrive to make a lot of noise, and – as is the habit of this stage – three or four main arena acts find their way into the woods for a bit of a jam when no one’s looking.
Latituders will know that in Trailer Park a gaggle of miniature venues inhabit the glen: Calvin Decline, a cutbacks-tastic catwalk where it’s all gone a bit glittery-jacket; The Totally Top Secret and Entirely Unsuspicious Undercover Caravan, a HQ for warmongering Fairies; Punk Junction, a model railway operated from the toilet of the caravan; Wildflower Fortunes, where flora and tarot meet; The Smoke Factory, a collective of garbage-crawlers (Bindividuals) who live is a dumpster of junk; Lat Waves, retro pirate radio studio. And the return of some favourites: Fire Garden Birdbox, a jurassic-scale skeleton-bird that travels the land breathing fire at all who come close to her metal nest; Apres Ski, a real-life alpine snow scene where it is always 4pm; The Fungi Studio, a gallery for screen-printing your own designs; Suffolk’s Saucy Seaside featuring a Southwold-inspired beach party; and Dark Horse where festivalers can take and develop group photographs using coffee grounds and soda crystals.
Kicking off on Thursday with an almighty Irish welcome, Trailer Park is where the ‘unusuals’ convene.
