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Summer Sundae Announce Yet More Acts

• 18th Apr 2012

Summer Sundae Weekender are delighted to announce the fourth wave of artists on 2012’s line up, establishing the event once again as an essential date in the summer music calendar.

Soulful and raw, Speech Debelle blew up seemingly out of nowhere and delivered one of the critically acclaimed debuts of the last few years, the 2009 Mercury Prize-winning “Speech Therapy.” Honest, uncompromising and ambitious her 2012 follow up “Freedom of Speech” is a sonic declaration: she’s doing it her way and pushing boundaries at every turn. Agnes Obel debuted as a solo singer with her critically acclaimed album Philharmonics. She plays, sings, records and produces all her material herself and the effect is disarmingly beautiful. When performing her melancholic compositions and dusky near-whispered vocal lie effortlessly over cello, harp and piano vignettes. The outcome is mesmerising proving Agnes to be a master of her unique craft. Deer Tick are five carefree dudes from Rhode Island whose music will rattle your thoughts. Their combination of folk, rock, blues and alt-country has asserted them as musical pioneers and they have gained notoriety for their decadent performances that epitomise authentic rock n’ roll attitude. The Leicester All Ska’s Reggae Big Band will be providing us with a unique and historic performance 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!

Eccentric Londoner Clock Opera aka Guy Connelly manipulates pitches and mangles rhythms whilst whacking wacky selections of metal objects. The resulting songs are beautiful arrangements of masterfully constructed mess. Swedish one-man band Loney Dear aka Emil Svanangen has an organic awe-inspiring sound. It’s hard not to fall in love with his rustic melodies, dreamy instrumentals and gentle alt-folk voice. North Carolina trio Bowerbirds have created an international stir with their under the radar breed of folk song built upon stripped back haunting melodies and honest, earthly lyrics. Human beatboxer and live looper THePETEBOX is known throughout the world as an innovator and accomplished live performer. Molotov Jukebox are a relentlessly fiery London based 6 piece fronted in stunningly flamboyant style by Natalia Tena and have become known for their sweat-filled, dance inducing live shows. Also added to the bill are Leicester locals Jersey Budd and Little Night Terrors and songstress Tiny Ruins.

Joining the BBC Introducing Bill at this year’s Summer Sundae are a number of acts hailing from the East Midlands. Renowned rockers These Furrows, Nottingham youngster Jake Bugg, distinctive talent Mahalia, exciting Jazz infused Indie trio Kenworthy, alternative rockers Buenos Aires, acoustic-pop outfit The Daydream Club’s, infectiously groovy Park Bench Society and finally singer – songwriter with a voice to die for; Nancy Dawkins.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTISTS
ADAM ANT & THE GOOD THE MAD & THE LOVELY POSSE, AGNES OBEL, AKALA, ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION, BILLY BRAGG CELEBRATES WOODY GUTHRIE’S 100th BIRTHDAY, THE BLACK SEEDS, BOWERBIRDS, BUENOS AIRES, CASHIER NO 9, CLEAN BANDIT, DAN MANGAN, DATAROCK, THE DAYDREAM CLUB, DEER TICK, DEATH IN VEGAS, DJANGO DJANGO, DOG IS DEAD, FRANCOIS AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, FRIENDS, THESE FURROWS, GHOSTPOET, GOLD PANDA, GOODNIGHT LENIN, GRACE PETRIE, HEY SHOLAY, HIP HOP SHAKESPEARE, JACK BEATS, JAKE BUGG, JERSEY BUDD, JONATHAN RICHMAN, JUAN ZELADA, KATY B, KENWORTHY, LAZY LESTER AND FRIENDS, THE LEICESTER ALL SKA’S REGGAE BIG BAND, LEWIS FLOYD HENRY, LIANNE LA HAVAS, LITTLE NIGHT TERRORS, LONEY DEAR, LUCY ROSE, THE MAGIC TOMBOLINOS, MAHALIA, MAYBESHEWILL, MOLOTOV JUKEBOX, NANCY DAWKINS, OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, OLUGBENGA (METRONOMY DJ), PATRICK WOLF, THePETEBOX, PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED, RACHEL SERMANNI, REVEREND AND THE MAKERS, SPEECH DEBELLE, STAY+, SWAY, TEAM ME, THE PARK BENCH SOCIETY, TIM EDEY AND BRENDAN POWER, TINY RUINS, tUnE-yArDs, THE TWILIGHT SAD, UNCLE FRANK, WILLY MASON, Y NIWL

AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

TICKETS:
2012 Early Bird Tickets are now completely sold out. But full price 2012 tickets remain pegged back at 2010 prices.

For more ticketing information including live-in vehicle and camping tickets, please see our website link

A limited number of Day Tickets will be on sale in May.

Please note that due to planned building work at Regents College, all camping for Summer Sundae 2012 will be on Victoria Park. We will still have family and quiet(er) areas at this campsite.

TICKET TYPE
FULL PRICE
Adult Weekend
£105
Young Persons (14-17) Weekend
£70
Child (5 -13) Weekend
£35.00
Child 0-4 Years Weekend
FREE

FESTIVAL FIELDS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
Set in the heart of Leicester only 10 minutes’ walk from the city’s train station, Summer Sundae Weekender provides the full festival experience with a lot less hassle. With 5 stages of music and entertainment, camping fields, children’s activities, wonderful hand-picked food and drink, bars indoors and out, plus a guaranteed serving of our special festival magic throughout the beautiful Victoria Park, this is a festival not to be missed.

This year the theme will be SAFARI! Enter if you dare into the jaws of the Lion’s Den. Grab a drink and sample some of the finest acts in our new venue with two stages The Watering Hole and Into The Wild, or find some shade in De Montfort Hall’s Crocodile Lagoon.

Summer Sundae encourages its audience to connect with their wild side this year. Be it a roaring lion, a majestic gazelle or a cackling hyena, all are welcome in our safari park and fancy dress is most definitely encouraged!

Renowned for its ever-eclectic line-up of musicians old and new, and having previously played host to Bon Iver, The Maccabees, Mumford & Sons, Amy Winehouse, Belle & Sebastian, Elbow, Toots & The Maytals, Patti Smith and Tinchy Stryder among countless others, Summer Sundae 2012 is sure to be another stellar year to catch established favourites alongside up and coming discoveries.

As well as musical offerings, there is always a multitude of other delights to entice visitors of all ages. The weekend of the 17th – 19th of August will undoubtedly emerge as the finest weekend of the summer!