Leicester Fringe Festival 2011

Held as an event in its own right, before the Summer Sundae Weekender, The Leicester Fringe event showcases music and arts from Leicester, in Leicester's independent venues alive all whilst raising money for good causes locally. The Fringe takes place on Thursday 11th August and marks the sixth time the city has hosted a warm up for Summer Sundae festival.

It is the first time the event has been run by the Leicester Fringe Festival. The ethos for the event remains very similar to the previous years and many of the people behind past Fringe Thursdays have remained as organisers of this years event. The charitable focus of the event remains and profits from Fringe Thursday 2011 will be donated to Rainbows, Prostaid and LOROS.

Line-up

The Firebug: Dark Dark Horse, Codex Leicester, We Three and the Death Rattle, Herra Hidro, Grace Petrie.

The SoundHouse: Kyte, Little Night Terrors, Navajo Youth, Yunioshi.

The Lansdowne: I Am In Love, The Screening, Dumbfound, Thee Ludds.

The Shed: Arms of Atlas, Some May run, We're Not Worthy, TBC.

The Donkey: Ska-boom, The Paradimes, Baby Genius, Special guests, Great Imitation.

Fabrika: Joel Owen & The Antione Band, Outwoods Country Riders, Grace & The Magic Roots, The Ramshakle Parade, DJ Sharman.

The Musician: The Lysergic Suite, The Pennyhangers, Daylight Frequencies, One Cure for Man.

The Crumblin' Cookie: Chris Stokes, Taylor Glenn, Peter Otway & kiri Pritchard-Mclean.

Tickets

Tickets for Fringe Thursday are priced at £5 and will be available from all venues and Rockaboom. One ticket gets you access to all eight venues and unlimited travel on the Leicester Fringe Festival open top buses. Buses will run from De Montfort Hall from 7pm, looping between all venues until midnight.

Accommodation

There is no camping available for this event, although there are plenty of places to stay in and around Leicester. On the final night of the event, Summer Sundae Weekender festival goers are able to pitch their tents at the festival site, and then catch an open top which travels around the various venues.

For information on the main festival, click here.

This event replaced the previous Summer Sundae Fringe Festival last held in 2010. For information on the old event, click here.

More information will be here when available.

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