Summer Sundae Weekender unveils its new attractions

Summer Sundae Weekender has announced the non-musical treats on offer to festival goers attending the festival at De Montfort Hall, Leicester in August.

The festival has, in line with its family-friendly ethos, always created an environment which looks to fully engage both youngsters and adults alike. And this year is certainly no exception, with a myriad of brand new features and old favourites, with a twist.

Amongst the new additions this year is the introduction of The Garden, a family sanctuary in the middle of the grounds, surrounded by a floral display, hosted by a giant scarecrow, and decorated with wild and fanciful creatures.

The place to go for all ages to be amused and entertained, with a giant flower regularly coming to life, a giant Mad Hatter's tea party with an interactive theatrical re-enactment of the 'Alice in Wonderland' classic involving musical chairs, musical statues, cabaret dancers, and games galore.

Activities for the younger crowd will include weird science experiments, jewellery making, giant board games, drum and music workshops, storytelling, and graffiti boards.

Another new addition for 2009 is the Silent Disco, held from 9pm each night in the eFestivals comedy tent, where punters will get a pair of headphones on entry and a choice of DJs to tune into. For an idea of what the Silent Disco is all about please read the eFestivals Silent Disco guide here.

Each evening the Phrased and Confused tent will be transformed into a wind powered film tent, The Phoenix Square Cinema Tent, which will run from 8pm to 1am each night.

Summer Sundae will also see some returning favourites, including the Phrased and Confused spoken word tent, featuring a range of new collaborations, quizzes, talks and more besides. The always popular eFestivals Comedy Tent returns for its fifth year as well, running all day until mid-evening and hosted by the Leicester Comedy Festival, and for children there's the bespoke Kidzone with an outer space theme this year.

Besides all that, Summer Sundae Weekender is not only encouraging people to arrive by bike but providing them with secure bike parking. There will also be a debut visit by Inertia flat landing bike displays showcasing bike tricks where the wheels never leaving the ground, Amnesty yoga sessions, and a wide variety of food and drink, including the return of the Orange tree real ale and cocktail bar.

Some of the musical treats have also been announced with Friday's headliner being The Streets, headlining Saturday night is The Charlatans, and Sunday sees The Zutons, and Bon Iver, sharing top billing. Plus Baddies, Beardyman, Broken Records, Chairlift, Dan Black, First Aid Kit, Frank Turner, Future Of The Left, Horace Andy And Ashley Beedle, Hugh Cornwell, Imelda May, James Yuill, John Smith, Karima Francis, Micachu & The Shapes, Mystery Jets, Noisettes, Oi Va Voi, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Port O'brien, Saint Etienne, Teitur, The Kabeedies, The Qemists, and The Yellow Moon Band have also been announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Summer Sundae Weekender is a three day family friendly music festival with full camping facilities happening from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th August and offering over 100 acts with an eclectic mix of live bands of all styles and genres over six stages, along with comedy in the eFestivals Comedy Tent.

Weekend tickets are on sale priced at £102 for an adult ticket or £109 for an adult ticket with camping. An adult and child combination ticket is priced at £136, an adult and child with camping is priced at £143, and an adult with 2 Kids is priced at £170, with an additional £7 for camping.

A Friday adult day ticket is priced at £37, adult Saturday or Sunday day tickets are priced at £42. An adult + child ticket is priced at £49 (Fri) or £57 (Sat/Sun), there is also an Adult + 2 Children ticket which is priced at £61 for Friday or £72 for each of the other days.

To buy tickets, click here.

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