line-up announced for the eFestivals Cabaret Tent at Summer Sundae

The line-up for the eFestivals Cabaret Tent at this year's Summer Sundae Weekender - which takes place in the grounds of De Montfort Hall, Leicester from Friday 10th - Sunday 12th August has been announced.



Expanded for 2007, the tent will feature top name headliners including BBC Radio 4 favourite Milton Jones (“Sultan of the surreal” The Times), riotous sketch comedy from We Are Klang (“stupid comedy done with great intelligence" The Times), plus award winning character comedy from faded 80’s pop star Gary Le Strange, Sol Bernstein ("an instantly winning creation" - The Independent) and The Raymond and Mr.Timpkins Revue.

There will be new comedic talent from Dan Nightingale, Sarah Millican, Lloyd Langford, Wes Packer (So You Think You’re Funny Winner 2006), comedy circuit stars Mick Ferry and Ray Peacock and local favourites Anthony King and Jim Smallman.

eFestivals has a commitment to support UK festivals with 10% of its turnover, and is delighted to support one of the best events in the festival calendar by sponsoring the eFestivals Cabaret Tent at this year's Summer Sundae Weekender.

This year’s tent is expanded and will now take place throughout the Summer Sundae Weekend, Friday to Sunday. The tent will also host festivities as part of the city wide Summer Sundae Fringe Festival on Thursday 9th August, in an event headlined by Perrier Nominee Scott Capurro.

Summer Sundae Director Richard Haswell commented: “Let's face it, some of today's bands can be a miserable lot at times, and people do sometimes want to get away from the music for a while and have a good laugh. The eFestivals Cabaret Tent fulfilled that brief brilliantly in 2006 and was one of the highlights of the festival. So we are delighted that it is back again this year with expanded opening hours and an even greater range of comic talent.

We’re equally pleased to be renewing our friendship with the lovely people at Leicester Comedy Festival and at efestivals.co.uk, programmers and sponsors respectively, without whom we'd have to spend longer contemplating the mysteries of the universe and less giggling childishly at a spectacularly immature double entendre...”

The eFestivals Cabaret Tent will also appeal to kids and immature adults alike with two family friendly shows and improvised comedy from Bachman Turner Improvise. The tent is programmed by Leicester Comedy Festival, the UK’s longest running comedy festival.

The music line-up at Summer Sundae includes The Magic Numbers, Divine Comedy, Spiritualized, Acoustic Mainlines, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Rumble Strips, Gruff Rhys, John Cooper Clark, Sophie Ellis Bexter, DJ Yoda, The Aliens, Spoon, Malcolm Middleton, and many more - for the full details to date, click here.

Tickets are on sale, priced at £85 for the three days. Camping costs £5 per tent, and under-16s cost £20 for the three days. Under-5s are free, but must have a ticket. Click here to buy, or call the box office on 0116 2333 111.

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