Suffolk Libraries is back at Latitude for 2024!

If you’re visiting Latitude Festival this weekend, don’t forget to come and say hi to the Suffolk Libraries team who are back at the festival for the 18th time!  

Suffolk Libraries will again be part of the wonderful Kids Area, helping to keep families entertained over the three days. The Suffolk Libraries team have a brand new vibrantly coloured pink and orange tent so you can’t miss us.

There will be a packed programme of all day activities on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10AM to 6PM.

At 10AM, 2PM and 4.30PM each day there will be Wordplay and Story time for young children with other performances and workshops taking place throughout the day with the Suffolk Libraries tent also acting as a musical chill-out zone at times too.

There will be fun and interactive performances and workshops featuring Yolanda Mercy, an award-winning British Nigerian writer; storyteller Kirsty Tallent, poet Ben Macpherson and the brilliant stomping group theatre.

The full Suffolk Libraries schedule is as follows:

Friday 26th:

• 10AM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 11AM - Play in a Day workshop by Yolanda Mercy
• 12PM - Lunchtime Lullabies (musical interlude and chill out space)
• 1PM - Playful Poetry by Ben Macpherson
• 2PM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 2.30PM - Family Favourite Disco Tunes (musical interlude and chill out space)
• 3.30PM - Tribes: Families of 2024  - a workshop by Stomping Ground Theatre
• 4.30PM - Wordplay Bedtime Stories
• 5PM - Bedtime Beats (Musical interlude and chill out space)

Saturday 27th:

• 10AM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 11AM - Life's A Beach with Kirsty Tallent
• 12PM  - Lunchtime Lullabies (musical interlude and chill out space)
• 1PM - Play in a Day workshop by Yolanda Mercy
• 2PM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 2.30PM - Sounds of Space (musical interlude and chill out space)
• 3.30PM - Performance of Winter Moon by Lorna Heap
• 4.30PM - Wordplay Bedtime Stories  
• 5PM - Bedtime Beats (musical interlude and chill out space)

Sunday 28th:

• 10AM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 11AM - Tribes: Families of 2024  - a workshop by Stomping Ground Theatre
• 12PM - Lunchtime Lullabies, (Musical interlude and chill out space)
• 1PM - Playful Poetry by Ben Macpherson
• 2PM - Wordplay songs and storytime
• 3PM - Life's A Beach with Kirsty Tallent
• 4PM – Black & British (musical interlude and chill out space)
• 5PM - Bedtime Beats (musical interlude and chill out space)

For more information about what’s on offer in the Kids area visit the Latitude website.