Warpaint for Summer Sundae

Warpaint have been added to this year's line-up at Summer Sundae Weekender.

The all-female psyc-rock quartet from LA are confirmed to perform on the Drowned in Sound Stage.

The finals for the Musician's Stage Original Band Showcase were last weekend and this year's winners won slots at the Weekender which happens at De Montfort Hall, Leicester from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August.

Citizen Smith are added to Friday's bill, Saturday will see a performance by The Rassoodocks and on Sunday Jack Kenworthy will be performing.

Summer Sundae Weekender have also announced that Jaymo & Andy George, Fenech-Soler, and Polarsets will appear on Thursday 11th August at Leicester's O2 Academy, as part of the festival.

The event will run from 9.30pm until 2am with 3 rooms of bands and DJs with the Fringe Festival events also happening on the night before the start of the festival. Fringe coaches will be making drop offs outside of the Academy as well as the main campsite in Victoria Park. For the convenience of festival campers organisers will open up access between the Victoria Park campsite and the O2 Academy on the night of Thursday 11th August.

This year's 'Victoriana' themed Summer Sundae Festival line-up includes headliners The Maccabees. Also confirmed are Toots and the Maytals, The Jim Jones Revue, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Teddy Thompson, Young Knives, Blood Red Shoes, The Phantom Band, 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, 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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