Seasick Steve to headline Friday at Summer Sundae

more acts announced including Steve Mason, Roots Manuva, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 21st Apr 2010

Summer Sundae Weekender 2010 - Seasick Steve
Photo credit: Andrew McLaughlin

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

Friday headliner Seasick Steve leads the latest additions for the Summer Sundae Weekender line-up.

Seasick Steve
Leading the new additions is Summer Sundae veteran bluesman Seasick Steve who has been announced as Friday's headliner. Also returning, though in a solo capacity this time, is former Beta Band frontman Steve Mason.

Friday's indoor headliner has been announced as Roots Manuva. The line-up is further boosted by the addtion of Caribou, Skepta, The Crookes, Fools Gold, Stornoway, Summer Camp, Harper Simon, Kid Adrift, The Besnard Lakes, and Ellen and the Escapades.

Also announced by organisers are Gaggle, Slow Club, Kirsty Almeida, Matthew P, and These Furrows.

They join a line-up at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester that includes Junip, Tinchy Stryder, The Futureheads, Los Campesinos!, Frightened Rabbit, Errors, Mumford & Sons, The Low Anthem, Tunng, Turin Brakes, The Invisible, Fionn Regan, Liam Frost, 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, The Wave Pictures, and more. There are still many more acts to be confirmed.

Click here for the full confirmed line-up to-date.

Tickets are on sale, priced at £105 for one adult, to £275 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children), and a weekend disabled ticket (two for one) is priced at £52.50, and under 5s go for free. Day tickets and other options will be available a later date.

Day tickets go on sale on Saturday 1st of May. 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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