Toots and the Maytals for Summer Sundae

Ska and Reggae legends Toots and the Maytals lead the latest acts announced for Summer Sundae Weekender.

Toots and the Maytals will be bringing their summer grooves including 'Pressure Drop', 'Monkey Man', 'Funky Kingston' and 'Reggae Got Soul' to the festival for the first time.

Also confirmed to appear at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August 2011 are The Jim Jones Revue, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Teddy Thompson, Young Knives, Blood Red Shoes, The Phantom Band, and Factory Floor.

Summer Sundae Weekender will also be host to Brooklyn Indie-Rockers The Antlers, Tom Baxter, Pete And The Pirates, Dry The River, The Whybirds, Flashguns, Yaaks, and Hhymn.

They join the previously unveiled headliners The Maccabees. Also confirmed are Example, I Am Kloot, Showaddywaddy, McFly, Chapel Club, Reef, Shonen Knife, Graham Coxon, Newton Faulkner, The Bees, Bellowhead, The Cuban Brothers, Wilko Johnson, John Cooper Clarke, Little Comets, CW Stoneking, The Wolf People, Liam Bailey, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, The Raghu Dixit Project, Skinny Lister, Dizraeli and the Small Gods, 2:54, and more. There are many more acts still to be announced. For the line-up details as available please click here.

The event 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 in the eFestivals Cabaret Tent.

Tickets for Summer Sundae Weekender are priced at £115. An adult weekend ticket is priced at £115. A family ticket for four (2 adults, 2 children) is priced at £322, a child (aged 5-15 years) ticket is priced at £40, and under 5s go for free. An adult day ticket is priced £30 for Friday, and £50 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 is priced at £9, a child camping ticket is priced at £4.50, quiet or family camping £12 (Regents College), and child family camping £6 (Regents College), a camper vans and caravans ticket is priced at £35.

To buy tickets, click here.

eFestivals is pleased to again sponsor Summer Sundae Weekender. This is part of eFestivals' commitment to put 10% of our turnover back into festivals, making festivals better for us all.

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