Summer Sundae launches first ever Summer Sundae Song Club

offering festival goers a chance to sing in the eFestivals Comedy Tent

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 22nd Apr 2010

Summer Sundae Weekender 2010

Friday 13th to Sunday 15th August 2010
De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 7RU, England MAP
£105 weeked - sold out, only £40 Friday, £45 Saturday available

For the first time at this year's Summer Sundae Weekender festival goers will be able to perform on stage at the Summer Sundae Song Club held in the eFestivals Comedy Tent.

For the first time audiences attending this year's Summer Sundae festival can take to the stage, as part of a specially commissioned festival song club. Festival audiences will get the chance to rehearse songs on the Friday and Saturday, the participants will then perform a handful of well known songs to a packed comedy tent on the Sunday. The song club is led by local voice practitioner Hannah Brine and will welcome anyone with a love and interest in singing.

Hannah said, "The Summer Sundae Song Club is open to anyone who enjoys singing and would like to say they have performed at Summer Sundae! You don't need to have sung with a group before or be able to read music, as all parts will be learnt during the rehearsals. We will be working on a handful of well known popular songs."

Taking part is easy. Those interested must register before Monday 9th August 2010 by sending an email with their name, contact details, and a list of any previous singing experience to [email protected]. Places for this special event are limited.

The family friendly festival at De Montfort Hall, in Leicester has a musical line-up that includes Friday headliner Seasick Steve, plus Roots Manuva, Steve Mason, Caribou, Junip, Tinchy Stryder, The Futureheads, Los Campesinos!, Frightened Rabbit, Errors, Mumford & Sons, The Low Anthem, Tunng, Turin Brakes, The Invisible, Fionn Regan, Liam Frost, The Go! Team, Local Natives, The Fall, Laura Veirs, The Sunshine Underground, The Whip, Woodentops, Goldheart Assembly, Lou Rhodes, Erland And The Carnival, A Genuine Freakshow, The Wave Pictures, and more. There are still many more acts to be confirmed.

Click here for the full confirmed line-up to-date.

Tickets are on sale, priced at £105 for one adult, to £275 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children), and a weekend disabled ticket (two for one) is priced at £52.50, and under 5s go for free. Day tickets and other options will be available a later date.

Day tickets go on sale on Saturday 1st of May. Camping tickets are per person, not per tent, an adult camping ticket will be priced at £8.50, a child camping ticket will be priced at £4.25, quiet or family camping will be priced at £10 (Regents College), and child family camping will be priced at £5 (Regents College), with camper vans and caravans tickets priced at £30.

To buy tickets, click here.

Summer Sundae Weekender has since its inception in 2001 it has expanded to a three day, six stage festival, with over a hundred acts. This year the festival will improve and expand the camping facilities, make further investment in The Garden - which has a seaside beach theme this year, The Kidzone, Films and Comedy Tents and The Village areas, and promises more treats to tantalise and entice patrons to celebrate the Summer Sundae Weekender, than ever before.

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