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Summer Sundae Weekender

17-18-19 August 2012 / De Montfort Hall & Gardens, Leicester

  • "You can genuinely say that there is something for everybody"
    The Guardian

  • "Anyone half awake knows that Summer Sundae is hitting the musical spot better than ever"
    NME.com

  • "The finest weekend out that Leicester has to offer... Not to be missed"
    The Mirror

  • "One of Britain's Premier Music Events"
    Clash

  • "The Grandson of Glastonbury"
    Steve Lamacq, BBC 6Music

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Getting Here

Full Postal Address: De Montfort Hall, Granville Road, Leicester, LE1 7RU

We actively encourage our festival goers to help reduce their carbon footprint by thinking of greener ways of travel. The festival is just 10 minutes’ walk from the Leicester mainline railway station or you can cycle safe in the knowledge that your bike will be ok in our secure Bike Park. The Summer Sundae Weekender is very proud to be the holder of the Greener Festival Award for its efforts on reducing its environmental impact.

Bike

Plan your route to the festival site on the transport direct website.

Train

Located in the heart of the East Midlands Leicester is easily reached by train and it’s only a 10 minute walk from the train station to the Festival site at De Montfort Hall. The station is located on London Road (A6) with East Midlands Trains providing regular services from London at just 70 mins and routes to major cities across the UK such as Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Sheffield and Leeds. Further services are provided by CrossCountry to destinations such as Birmingham, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

For further rail enquiries please call 08457 48 49 50 or visit the Trainline website.

Bus

National Express operates from St Margaret's Bus Station in the city centre, visit the National Express website for more information.

You can catch the following local buses to get to the festival site:

  • Arriva from St Margaret's Bus Station No 48
  • First Leicester from Charles Street No 22
  • Arriva from Charles Street No 31, No 31A, No 30 & No 30a

These buses all set down at the Saxby Street bus stop on London Road. From there walk up to the traffic lights, cross over and walk straight along University Road. At the second set of traffic lights (Regent Road/University Road crossroads) cross over and turn left, De Montfort Hall is on your right, only five minutes walk from the bus stop.

For further bus enquiries please call 0870 608 2608.

Car

Summer Sundae Weekender is a green festival and actively encourages the use of public transport. If you really must use the car, try liftshare – meet other festival goers to share the journey and the costs! Visit the liftshare website for more info.

De Montfort Hall is situated at the top of Regent Road on the edge of Victoria Park. Located just one mile south of Leicester’s City Centre, the Hall is well signposted on the inner ring road. If using the M1 come off at junction 21 and follow the signs for the outer ring road (Leicester South and East A563), turning left along the A50 or A6 when signposted.

Parking

If you really do need to bring the car and you've been before, you'll know that parking around the festival site can be difficult. Unfortunately there's not all that much we can do about this – despite having a lovely green field site, we are in an urban setting and as the festival has become more and more popular, the demand for parking has increased too. We will publish more information about parking closer to the time of the 2012 event so watch this space.

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