Chris Ramsey's guide for comedians at music festivals

Chris Ramsey will be playing at Latitude for the third time this year

Music festivals are best known for, well music.

However, more and more are adding "non-music" acts to the line-up.

Latitude festival has featured comedians since 2006 and has just announced its biggest line-up yet featuring the likes of Simon Amstell, Katherine Ryan and Dara O Briain.

But Chris Ramsey, who has played there twice and will return to Suffolk in July, says it can sometimes be "hard to mix comedy and music".

Here's his guide for comedians on how to crack a music festival.

Don't play at the same time as Skrillex...

The 1975 will headline this year's Latitude festival

Chris says it's "an honour to be asked to play" but raises a few concerns having been put on next to pretty loud acts at other festivals in the past.

"You don't want to be in a comedy tent when someone like Skrillex is in the tent next door - that's the end of it, you're not going to have a very good gig.

"Latitude's a big place, the bands are on the other side of the field."

...or after a big name comedian

Katherine Ryan is one of the comedy headliners this year

"When I'm on tour, it's me, it's my show and people have bought tickets to see me.

"So you've got to pray that you're not on straight after a really big name.

"If they're clearing out the tent while you're doing your first couple of jokes - it's pretty painful."

Get there early

Simon Amstell will play at Latitude this year

"I would say the low point of playing any festival is getting on site," Chris tells Newsbeat.

Unlike the musicians who will often arrive on tour buses, lots of comedians will drive themselves to the festival before their set.

"There's about 500 different checkpoints of people on their gap year using a walkie-talkie for the first time.

"I've spent longer getting into Latitude than getting out."

Joel Dommett is on the bill too

His tips for the others on the bill, who include Joel Dommett, Seann Walsh, Andy Parsons, Susan Calman and Dom Joly is to enter "like a commando".

"I'm just going to dig a tunnel and pop up in the middle of the tent, do the set and climb back in."

Don't worry if not everyone is there for you

See Latitude's tweet

"What you get is a lot of hungover people who come into the tent cross-legged and can't be bothered to dance yet," says Chris.

"When you're doing festivals it's a conveyor belt of comedians.

"You've go to be prepared for the first couple of minutes to feel like you're gigging at a shopping centre - there are just people wondering through."

Keep it short and sweet

Latitude festival has had a comedy stage since it started

Chris is currently on tour with Is That Chris Ramsey? It's his biggest tour so far and runs for almost two hours.

He says he has to approach festival sets in a different way.

"I think my set at Latitude will be 30-40 minutes.

"I'd have to talk really fast and I talk really fast anyway. I just pick my best bits."

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