This year's 'Everything Fringe' Thread

[andyblack]

it's certainly not a stupid question at all, but rather we're babbling on without explaining things.

fringe tickets are £4 this year. you will need to swap the ticket for a wristband. you'll need the wristband to get into the venues. we recommend changing to a wristband at DMH, because once the venues run out, they run out for good.

Tickets :

tickets will go on sale soon. they will be on sale from :

DMH box office (including internet purchase).

firebug bar, leicester

orange tree bar, leicester (once we ask them).

orange tree bar, loughborough (once we ask them)

Musician, leicester

Rockaboom records, St Martins square, leicester.

we'd especially recommend you purchase your ticket from rockaboom records. if only because remarkably, leicester has seemed to hold on to its one true great record shop longer then anyone else, and thus we encourage you all to shop there.

tickets will then be exchanged for wristbands on the night. wristbands will be available from DMH, and on the door at all the venues.

Camp Site Ticket Sales :

there will also be two glamorous young ladies (kate and jeni) who will tour the campsites selling fringe tickets.

Prices

this years tickets will be £4 each. we're sorry it's a £1 increase. but theres twice as many parties, and twice as many buses, and less sponsors then anticipated. so we need to pay the various bills somehow (although i'll happily talk sponsorship deals with anyone. I've got lots and lots of advertising space to sell on our fliers and posters).

Edited July 3, 2009 by andyblack

[llcoolphil]

Good work on The Donkey headliner Andy - it'll be rammed!!

[JakeBoz]

Can you reply with a list of who's playing where Andy - I can't find it on the fringe website.

Cheers :angry:

[David Wilson Clarke]

There's a full list of who is playing where for the full fringe, including Fringe Thursday, here.

I think there are some line up announcements still to be made.

[Ed Leaf]

Cat.Bag.Let.Out.

[JakeBoz]

There's a full list of who is playing where for the full fringe, including Fringe Thursday, here.

I think there are some line up announcements still to be made.

Edited July 4, 2009 by JakeBoz

[andyblack]

we'd like to keep the donkey headliner a closely guarded secret. invariably it will slip out somewhere. (i've changed the pineapster thread because we thought that was hidden away for sean, steve and i wo work with). we're not going to announce it until the night. we hope no-one else will on here (please dont) .

simply, because we're keeping it as a surprise for festival goers, rather than locals. it'll be announced only to the campsites on the thursday night.

theres now a full fringe festival line up on the fringe site.

www.summersundaefringe.com

www.summersundaefringefestival.com

we really do hope you all like it. it's taken us over 6 months to sort this event out, and we do it all for free. i used to do it on my own, and this year it's taken 4 people 6 months to sort.

please note, anyone bringing a SLR camera to this years fringe thursday, will require a photo pass.

if anyone is after press or photo passes then simply email us on sswfringefestival@gmail.com and we'll email you a form.

Edited July 4, 2009 by andyblack

[andyblack]

Cat.Bag.Let.Out.

[David Wilson Clarke]

Ooops. Sorry.

[andyblack]

ah dont worry. as long as no-one reprints it we're fine.

[llcoolphil]

we'd like to keep the donkey headliner a closely guarded secret

[andyblack]

I was surprised when I saw it on the pineapster link you posted which is why i tried to be congratulatory and subtle at the same time. Still good work fella though and convinced me that I need to be down on thursday!

Edited July 4, 2009 by andyblack

[JakeBoz]

Hmm I'm not sure if your secret headliner is that secret

[David Wilson Clarke]

Now

[Ed Leaf]

There is, of course, the other secret headliner....

[andyblack]

ha.....dont you start.theres two fringe bands promising famous special guests joining for their sets and now a leicester venue promising another currently big band as a headliner should they be granted a fringe thursday party!

[JakeBoz]

ha.....dont you start.theres two fringe bands promising famous special guests joining for their sets and now a leicester venue promising another currently big band as a headliner should they be granted a fringe thursday party!

[andyblack]

i only know of one of them!!!! they wont even tell me.

we're not adding any more parties though. 9 is more than enough.

tickets on sale soon, and posters round the city by the end of this coming weekend.

Edited July 6, 2009 by andyblack

[mpop]

Is there anywhere you can take a 6 year old to the fringe festival or is it a night on the campsite?

[andyblack]

Is there anywhere you can take a 6 year old to the fringe festival or is it a night on the campsite?

Edited July 6, 2009 by andyblack

[CaneRossoGrande]

@ mpop. Took my girl to the donkey last year (then aged 9) and we had a top night, then went to see some of the bands again at the festival.

[Ed Leaf]

After many late night negotiations that included pints of Burton Bridge and a midday contract signing session in Well-Next-the-Sea, Norfolk, I've got Peter on the NRI bill. Everything is played live...even on his myspace page, just him, his guitar, a loop pedal, some passing starlings and a child's xylophone.

www.myspace.com/peterwyeth

The Donkey & the NRI are next to each other so there is a possabilty of doing a mini festival finge mini bill staggering type thing with NRI bands starting after the Donkey bands.

[Ed Leaf]

The final part of the New Road Inn bill is taken by Leicester's psychedelic popsmiths The Junipers. As loved by Mark Radcliffe, Marc Riley, Uncut & The Word. The sun can't fail but shine on the N.R.I. come the 13th.

www.myspace.com/thejunipers

www.myspace.com/peterwyeth

www.myspace.com/thefallingleavesuk

[andyblack]

full Fringe Thursday (official summer sundae warm up party) lineups

Fringe Thursday @ TBC (Comedy Venue)

Venue TBC. Curated by Leicester Comedy Fesitval

7pm till 11pm

Thursday @ The Donkey

Very Special Guests, Daryl Kirkland, You Fellows of All Souls, The Deap People, M48, David Wyatt

The Donkey

7pm till 11pm

Fringe Thursday @ The Firebug

Minnaars, Maybeshewill (Live & DJ), Charlie & The Martyrs, Kyte (DJ Set), Tired Irie (DJ Set)

The Firebug

BBC Dean Jackson compere

7pm till 4am

Fringe Thursday @ The Lansdowne

Ambrose Tompkins, The Rassodocks, Penfold Gate & DJs until late

The Lansdowne

7pm till 2am

Fringe Thursday @ The Musician

Jersey Budd, Rubberlaris, Dumbfound, Jann Klose

The Musician

7pm till 11pm

Fringe Thursday @ The New Road Inn

Falling Leaves Arkestra, Pete Wyeth & The Junipers

The New Road Inn

7pm till 11pm

Fringe Thursday @ The Shed

Autohype, The Heroes, Fists, Mega Dub

The Shed

7pm till 11pm

Fringe Thursday @ The Hind

Mr Plow, Phrased & Confused

The Hind

7pm till 11pm

Fringe Thursday @ Helsinki

Helsinki's Resident DJs

Helsinkis

10 pm till late

so thats 9 parties, featuring

bands which have played this years glastonbury (fists, heroes, jersey budd), bands who have supported kasabian (jersey budd), spoken word and poetry (phrased and confused), up and coming comedians (leicester comedy festival), 6 music stalwarts (the junipers), 3 open top buses (very kindly provided in partnership with reach marketing), members of the happy mondays (the deap people), bands with a didgeridoo(the falling leaves arkestra), bands with no singers (maybeshewill), bands with a washboard and a loudhailer (fists), bands featuring members of forward russia (minnaars), bands who have been used to soundtrack the sopranos (kyte, yep its seriously true), a notable dub collective (the imaginatively titled mega dub), and one set of very very special guests (but you'll have to wait to find out), oh, and a very pretty girl with a kazoo who is guaranteed to make you smile (charlie jones)

for one wristband

£4

for one charity

www.loros.co.uk

anyone fancy it? i've got a couple of tickets to sell.....£4 a piece.

www.summersundaefringe.com

fringe thursday : thursday 13th august 2009

they said these nice things :

`check out the fringe parties, like spoken word and comedy, just like in edinburgh, but er, in leicester` : vice magazine

`This was all made easy to get to by open topped tour buses running continuously around the venues, and all for a grand total of two quid – genius!` : efestivals.

`you'd think this festival has outgrown it's site, you'd be right, they've got warm up parties across the city the night before, with open top buses to take you from party to party, it's a brilliant idea` : guardian / big chill summer living festivals guide 2009.

`recommended night of the week`, mixmag : august 2008.

Edited July 7, 2009 by andyblack

[llcoolphil]

How easy is it to get from the New Road Inn to The Donkey?