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We're very excited to announce the fifth wave of acts for this year's Summer Sundae bill:
MICACHU AND THE SHAPES / MAN LIKE ME / JAPANDROIDS / BETH ROWLEY / THE STAVES / BASTILLE / HER NAME IS CALLA / CHARLEE DREW / VOWS / COWBOY / BELLAWAVE
Plus joining us this year for the Acoustic Cafe on the Watering Hole Stage are:
SIOBHAN MAZZEI / PRASH GOR / THE SIMPLETONES / THE SKUNK-BOY PROJECT
Check out the full day by day line-up here now!
We're excited to announce more of the arts & entertainments at this year's festival, which all center around our wild and wonderful Safari theme.
These include:
THE LAUGHING HYENA LATE NIGHT COMEDY & CABARET SHOW
COMPERED ON BOTH NIGHTS BY JIMMY MCGHIE
Featuring:
RICH FULCHER / TOBY / CARLY SMALLMAN
DAVID MORGAN / JOEY PAGE / JOE BOR
& CABARET FROM:
RICHARD GARAGHTY / GORONWY THOM / JON HICKS
AND MORE!
Plus other arts & entertainments across the festival including:
FROM DUSK 2 DAWN SECRET SAFARI • THE POETRY BROTHEL • THE SUMMER SUNDAE FESTIVAL CHOIR • STORYTELLER RACHEL ROSE REID • POET TALIA RANDALL • THEATRE FROM GALLI GALLI • TWYCROSS ZOO CONSERVATION STATION • CATH KIDSTON TOUR VAN • CBBC DEADLY ART SAND SCULPTURE AND WORKSHOPS • THE ANIMAL OLYMPICS • JUNGLE FEVER TENT • GORILLA KNITTING • PEDESTRIAN GALLERY • INTERACT GALLERY • FROM DUSK 2 DAWN JAZZ ART CAR • LIVE SAFARI PHOTO SHOOT • FACE PAINTING • KIDZONE CURATED BY SPARK CHILDREN'S ART FESTIVAL • AND MUCH MUCH MORE!
See our arts & entertainments line-up page for more info.
Summer Sundae Day Tickets will be on sale tomorrow from 9am.
As with our Weekend Tickets, we are pegging these back to 2010 prices, with an Adult Friday ticket costing £35, and Adult tickets for Saturday and Sunday at £45 each.
Plus this year there are discounts for Young Persons (14-17) with Friday costing £25, and Saturday and Sunday £30 each.
Also as usual we have discounted Child Tickets (5-13), this year at £12 for the Friday and £15 for the Saturday or Sunday.
Full details and tickets will be available on our ticketing page.
So be ready tomorrow at 9am as these day tickets are limited in availability and will sell fast!
More musical acts, plus arts and entertainments will be announced soon, but for now, we're happy to publish the day by day line-ups as they stand. Head over to our line-up page to have a look.
We are happy to confirm that day by day line ups for this year's festival will be released on 1st May with day tickets also available for purchase from this date.
As a sneak preview for those who can't wait until next week, we're excited to reveal that the Last FM line up for Friday 17th in our brand new venue with two stages, Into The Wild and The Watering Hole, is as follows:
SWAY/ WILLY MASON/ FRANCOIS AND THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS/ DAN MANGAN/ BOWERBIRDS/ Y NIWL/ GOODNIGHT LENIN/ CLEAN BANDIT/ TINY RUINS
Also joining this bill are the following fantastic regional acts:
ELIZABETH CORNISH/ KAPPA GAMMA/ WALTER BOTTLE
Keep your eyes peeled for announcements next week. We'll also be revealing the rest of our brilliant arts and entertainment line-up including comedy and cabaret acts!
This year, in line with our Safari theme, we are creating a Bargain Hunters' Craft & Vintage Market at the festival!
So if you have a craft, clothes or vintage stall you'd like to bring please see our TRADERS PAGE for more details.
Applications are now open until 7th May so get yours in while you can!
It's time to reveal the fourth wave of acts for Summer Sundae 2012 and we're pleased to announce that also joining the bill this year are:
SPEECH DEBELLE/ AGNES OBEL/ DEER TICK/ THE LEICESTER ALL SKA'S REGGAE BIG BAND/ LONEY DEAR/ BOWERBIRDS/ CLOCK OPERA/ THePETEBOX/ MOLOTOV JUKEBOX/ JERSEY BUDD/ LITTLE NIGHT TERRORS/ TINY RUINS
Also announced for the BBC Introducing bill are:
THESE FURROWS/ JAKE BUGG/ MAHALIA/ KENWORTHY/ BUENOS AIRES/ THE DAYDREAM CLUB/ PARK BENCH SOCIETY/ NANCY DAWKINS
These join the host of acts already announced for the festival, with more names to be released soon. Click here to see the line up so far!
We are excited to announce that this year we'll be embracing the spirit of adventure and transforming the festival site into a wild landscape for you to explore!
Join us on the Summer Sundae Safari. Grab a drink and sample some of the finest acts in our brand new venue with two stages Into the Wild and The Watering Hole. Enter if you dare into the jaws of the main arena's Lion's Den, or find some shade in the De Montfort Hall's Crocodile Lagoon…
Plus The Garden will be transformed into a Jungle, with its usual range of interactive delights and a Bandstand Stage with storytelling, poetry and theatre as well as musical performances. And as usual there will be plenty of activities for cheeky monkeys and their families here and in The Kidzone.
Within our Safari Park will be 5 Stages of Music and Entertainment, featuring bills curated by Last FM, Drowned in Sound, The Musician, DBE & Superfly, and BBC Introducing, plus late night Comedy & Cabaret presented by the Big Difference Company, the people behind Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival. From Dusk 2 Dawn will also be leading a special Secret Safari across the site. Expect the unexpected!
More details on this year's theme, entertainment and various other unique elements that will make up the Summer Sundae Safari Site will be released over the course of the next month. So keep your eagle eyes peeled!
This year Summer Sundae will be once again taking to the Camden Crawl!
Our event will happen on the night of Saturday 5th May, at the Abbey Tavern, 124 Kentish Town Road, London.
We are very excited to announce that two acts who will also be playing this year's Summer Sundae in August will be joining us for this show; the amazing Francois & the Atlas Mountains, and the lovely Team Me. Also on our bill are the powerful and unpretentious Baxter Dury and experimental rockers Zun Zun Egui.
So get your tickets here and join us for a great night of music, plus gain access to a host of other venues around Camden presenting a brilliant line-up of bands including Death In Vegas, Alabama 3 and The Futureheads.
We've just released the third Summer Sundae 2012 line up announcement and we're excited to reveal that performing at this year's festival are: LIANNE LA HAVAS, whose timeless voice, poise and delivery are enough to match an enviable list of legendary soul singers, and the amazing PATRICK WOLF, renowned for his inventive arrangements and acoustic live performances.
Also joining the bill for this year's festival are: GOLD PANDA/ THE BLACK SEEDS/ GHOSTPOET/ LEWIS FLOYD HENRY/ STAY+/ TEAM ME/ DOG IS DEAD
See the line up so far here!
When the clock strikes 12 tonight the Summer Sundae discounted Early Bird ticket sale will end!
Tickets will then go up to full price, with an Adult Weekend costing £105 (up from £95), a Young Persons Weekend (14-17 Years) ticket costing £70 (up from £60) and a Child Weekend (5-13 Years) priced at £35 (up from £30) .
So get your discounted 2012 Early Bird tickets at 2010 prices here now while you still can!
Day tickets will be available in May this year.
