The Dirty Old Town Speakeasy will return to Longitude this year, with a programme of cabaret, vaudeville, comedy and more on its stage.
This year's line-up includes a performance of the Tom Waits biopic 'The Piano Has Been Drinking'; a guitar orchestra led by Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil) with Nick Seymour (Crowded House), Clive Barnes, Conor Brady and others; Third Smoke, Stomptown Brass, ChoiceCuts DJs, Interskalatic, Beached Whale, Kingston, After the Ibis and more.
Comedian Danny Dowling will curate and MC the Danny Dowling Travelling Comedy Roadshow, with names like Willa White, Rua Ward, Brody & Chadwick, Tomie James and more.
Moe's Circus will provide some visual delights, the Brownbread Mixtape will stage some performance poetry and Le Cool will conduct some public interviews with musicians.
The full line-up is below:
MUSIC
The Piano Has Been Drinking – Third Smoke – Stomptown Brass – ChoiceCuts – Tucan – Featuring X – Interskalactic – Donna Dunne – Jim Moginie’s The Colour Wheel – Beached Whale – After the Ibis – Kingston – Mongoose – River Fane – CC Brez - The Ballad Of Adam & Eve
LAUGHTER & CHAT
Danny Dowling - Willa White - Rua Ward - Sean Nolan – Brody & Chadwick -Tomie James - Christian O’Mahoney - Danny O’Brien - Ryan Cullen - Jo Anne McNally - Emma Doran - Steve Bennett - Stephen Ryan – Jim Elliott - George Fox - Vicky Curtis - Brownbread Mixtape
CIRCUS AND STREET PERFORMANCE
Candy Warhol - Alter Ego - Moe Coakley - The Birds of Paradise - Bump n Grind – Pickpocket and illusionist Brian Daly – Oompa Loompa Rap – White Noise Beatboxers
