Speech Debelle, and Agnes Obel for Summer Sundae

more acts added including Deer Tick, Clock Opera, and Loney Dear

By Scott Williams | Published: Wed 18th Apr 2012

Summer Sundae Weekender 2012 - Speech Debelle
Photo credit: Karen Williams

Summer Sundae Weekender 2012

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August 2012
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RU, England MAP
£105, youth (14-17) £70, child (5-13) £35, u5s free + camping

2009 Mercury Prize-winning Speech Debelle, and Agnes Obel lead the fourth wave of acts for his summer's 'On Safari' themed Summer Sundae Weekender.

Speech Debelle
Also confirmed today are Deer Tick, and Leicester All Skas featuring members of The Paradimes, By the Rivers, Kingsize and El Pussycat! Playing as one 20 piece big band they will perform songs form all four band's repertoire, also featuring members of The Specials' brass section. Expect big skanking rhythms, guaranteed hip shaking and foot stomping Ska and Reggae.

Other new line-up additions include Clock Opera, Loney Dear, Bowerbirds, THePETEBOX, Molotov Jukebox, Jersey Budd, and Little Night Terrors.

Joining the BBC Introducing bill are Tiny Ruins, These Furrows, Jake Bugg, Mahalia, Kenworthy, Buenos Aires, The Daydream Club, Park Bench Society, and Nancy Dawkins.

The line-up for the weekend of Friday 17th until Sunday 19th August 2012 includes Adam Ant & The Good The Bad & The Lovely Posse, Akala, Asian Dub Foundation, Billy Bragg Celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, The Black Seeds, Cashier No 9, Clean Bandit, Dan Mangan, Datarock, Death In Vegas, Django Django, Dog Is Dead, Francois And The Atlas Mountains, Friends, Ghostpoet, Gold Panda, Goodnight Lenin, Grace Petrie, Hey Sholay, Hip Hop Shakespeare, Jack Beats, Jonathan Richman, Juan Zelada, Katy B, Lazy Lester And Friends, Lewis Floyd Henry, Lianne La Havas, Lucy Rose, The Magic Tombolinos, Maybeshewill, Ocean Colour Scene, Olugbenga (Metronomy Dj), Patrick Wolf, Public Image Limited, Rachel Sermanni, Reverend And The Makers, Stay+, Sway, Team Me, Tim Edey And Brendan Power, Tune-Yards, The Twilight Sad, Uncle Frank, Willy Mason, and Y Niwl. For the line-up details as available please click here.

More acts are yet to be announced.

The event at De Montfort Hall, Leicester offers a civilised and relaxed atmosphere, an unwavering ethical standpoint, high production values, a quality range of foods from around the world, 20 cask ales and a mean line in cocktails (all reasonably priced) at four bars throughout the site, not to mention stalls, and high calibre comedy.

An adult weekend ticket is priced at £105. A young person (14-17 years) ticket is priced at £70 for the weekend. A child (aged 5-13 years) ticket is priced at £35, and under 5s go for free.

There's an additional cost for camping tickets which are per person, not per tent. An adult camping ticket is priced at £10, a young person's camping ticket is priced at £7, a child camping ticket is free, and camper vans and caravans tickets are priced at £40 (maximum 5 people).

To buy tickets, click here.


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