Summer Sundae announces Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub, and Catherine A.D. complete the line-up for this year's tenth anniversary of Summer Sundae Weekender.

Teenage Fanclub bring both their unwavering adherence to and brilliant reinvention of the guitar pop approach of vintage acts like Big Star and Badfinger to De Montfort Hall. For 21 years they have been at the forefront of the power-pop revolution, and the 'Fannys' will line-up as the penultimate act to Seasick Steve on Friday night on the Main stage.

Complete the Sunday line-up indoors in De Montfort Hall is multi instrumentalist and songwriter Catherine A.D. who will be showcasing her piano lead tracks from the forthcoming 'Skeleton EP' at Summer Sundae.

The three day family friendly music festival with full camping facilities offers festival goers over 100 acts with an eclectic mix of live bands of all styles and genres over six stages, and high calibre comedy in the eFestivals Comedy Tent. The dates for the tenth Summer Sundae Weekender held at De Montfort Hall, Leicester are confirmed as Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August.


The festival includes a line-up of new acts like Local Natives, Frankie and The Heartstrings, The Low Anthem, Stornoway, and Slow Club. A selection of Folk and Rhythm & Blues with Mumford and Sons, Seasick Steve, and Fanfarlo. Plus popstastic number one selling artists including Tinchy Stryder, and Diana Vickers. Alongside DJs and MCs like hip hop's Roots Manuva & grime stars Skepta, and Devlin, electronica acts like Junip, and Caribou, legends The Fall, and Teenage Fanclub, and many more.

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 go on sale on Saturday 1st of May. An adult day ticket will be priced £40 for Friday, and £45 for Saturday or Sunday. Child (aged 5 -15 years old) are priced £12 for Friday, and £15 for Saturday or Sunday.

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.

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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 - which has a seaside beach theme this year, 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.

As a celebration of turning 10 this year parts of the surrounding festival locale will be transformed into a traditional seaside complete with its very own beach, as Summer Sundae number 10 goes 'Beside The Seaside'. Within a family-friendly seaside-themed area festival goers will be able relax on a proper deckchair, get creative with sandcastle building or just feel the sand between their toes. It's a chance to re-live childhood beach holidays with Punch and Judy shows, knobbly knee competitions, giant games, seaside entertainers, knitting, face painting and seaside-themed crafts.

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