stewards sought for Summer Sundae Weekender

This summer's 'On Safari' themed Summer Sundae Weekender is offering volunteers opportunities to steward. In exchange for a few hours work volunteers will receive a weekend festival ticket, camping ticket and meal vouchers.

Working on a rota system, volunteers must complete two 8 hour shifts during the weekend and will be asked to provide a refundable £70 deposit. This will be refunded upon completion of the shifts.

Volunteers must be aged 18 or over and people from all walks of life are encouraged to apply. To apply please visit the De Montfort Hall website at www.demontforthall.co.uk and head to Contact > Volunteering. The closing date for applications is Friday 6th July.

There are also additional opportunities to volunteer for the festival as site crew and litter pickers. As with the stewarding, individuals volunteering for these positions will receive a weekend festival tickets in exchange for the hours worked.

De Montfort Hall's Front of House Manager, Andy Gillespie said, "This is a great opportunity for people to get involved with one of the best festivals in the Midlands. Through volunteering you will get to experience the festival from a different point of view, whilst also having bundles of time to enjoy the acts with your friends."

See http://summersundae.com/festival-work for more details.

The line-up for the weekend of Friday 17th until Sunday 19th August 2012 includes Adam Ant & The Good The Bad & The Lovely Posse, Asian Dub Foundation, Billy Bragg Celebrates Woody Guthrie's 100th Birthday, Agnes Obel, Akala, The Black Seeds, Cashier No 9, Clock Opera, Dan Mangan, Datarock, Death In Vegas, Deer Tick, 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, Speech Debelle, Stay+, Sway, Team Me, Tim Edey And Brendan Power, Tune-Yards, The Twilight Sad, Uncle Frank, Willy Mason, and more. More acts are yet to be announced.

For the line-up details, stage and day splits, as available please click here.

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).

Summer Sundae Day tickets are on sale at 2010 prices, which means an Adult Friday ticket is priced at £35, and Adult tickets for Saturday and Sunday are priced at £45 each. Plus this year there are discounts for Young Persons (aged 14-17 years) with Friday priced at £25, and Saturday and Sunday priced at £30 each. Child Tickets (aged 5-13 years) are priced at at £12 for the Friday and £15 for the Saturday or Sunday.

To buy tickets, click here.

eFestivals has a page about working at festivals click here for more information.

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