Summer Sundae add The Low Anthem, Tunng, and Turin Brakes

plus The Invisible, Fionn Regan, Liam Frost, Fanfarlo, Isbells & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 24th Mar 2010

Summer Sundae Weekender 2010 - The Low Anthem
Photo credit: Karen Williams

Summer Sundae Weekender 2010

Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August 2010
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RU, England MAP
£105 weeked - sold out, only £40 Friday, £45 Saturday available

The Low Anthem, Tunng and Turin Brakes lead the latest new additions for the line-up for Summer Sundae Weekender.

The Low Anthem
Following on from yesterday's line-up additions there's even more names announced today for Summer Sundae Weekender with The Low Anthem, The Invisible, Fanfarlo, Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, and Lissie added to the bill.

As Summer Sundae Weekender celebrates its 10th year organisers have invited some of their favourite acts from the past decade including Turin Brakes who appeared at the inaugural event in 2001, Tunng and from 2005's line-up comes Liam Frost.

This year Summer Sundae Weekender is hosting a stage at Brighton's The Great Escape on 13th May at The Spiegel Parlour with Fionn Regan, and Isbells appearing at both events.

As part of the Association of Independent Festivals' new initiative, Twin Festivals: A Cultural Exchange, twinning Summer Sundae with Bergenfest, Bergen in Norway, Summer Sundae has invited over The Megaphonic Thrift hailing from the twinned town to complete the new additions.

They join a line-up at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester that includes Tinchy Stryder, Mumford & Sons, The Go! Team, Local Natives, The Fall, Laura Veirs, The Sunshine Underground, The Whip, Woodentops, Goldheart Assembly, Lou Rhodes, Erland And The Carnival, A Genuine Freakshow, and The Wave Pictures. There are still many more acts to be confirmed.

The early-bird ticket offer for Summer Sundae Weekender's tenth anniversary celebrations has been extended over Easter and now expires 6th April (making it a great Easter present that isn't of the chocolate variety), they are priced from £95 for one adult to £250 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children), and early bird weekend disabled ticket (two for one) is priced at £47.50, an early bird child (aged 5-15 years) is priced at £35, and under 5s go for free. Day tickets and other options will be available a later date.

Camping tickets are per person, not per tent, an adult camping ticket will be priced at £8.50, a child camping ticket will be priced at £4.25, quiet or family camping will be priced at £10 (Regents College), and child family camping will be priced at £5 (Regents College), with camper vans and caravans tickets priced at £30.

To buy tickets, click here.

Summer Sundae Weekender has since its inception in 2001 it has expanded to a three day, six stage festival, with over a hundred acts. This year the festival will improve and expand the camping facilities, make further investment in The Garden, The Kidzone, Films and Comedy Tents and The Village areas, and promises more treats to tantalise and entice patrons to celebrate the Summer Sundae Weekender, than ever before.


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