Longitude festival announce their first round of acts

The first batch of acts to perform at this year's Longitude festival in Dublin's Marlay Park from July 15-17 have been announced - and we’re very excited.

Drumroll please …

Headlining their opening night is none other than Grammy award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar and closing the festival on Sunday 17 are The National.

Major Lazer will play the main stage on Saturday 16, as well as Roisin Murphy, Father John Misty, Chvrches and Jamie XX.

Great way to kick off the weekend! First round of #Longitude2016 acts announced. Tickets on sale Fri 29 Jan at 9am pic.twitter.com/d6X2QGOa6k

— Longitude Festival (@longitudefest) January 22, 2016

Tickets go on sale Friday 29 at 9am from all usual ticketmaster outlets.

Weekend tickets €159.50 / Day tickets €64.50 .

All ticket prices are inclusive of booking fee.