Summer Sundae Fringe Festival
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Summer Sundae Fringe Festival (also called the Summer Sundae Fringe) was an annual music festival
, running from 2006 to 2010 and held in Leicester
, England
which focuses on showcasing artistic communities within the city of Leicester.
It was organised and run by the Leicestershire based music collective Pineapster, who strove to organise promoters, venues, organisers and musical acts to organise and run their own events in promotion of their own talents and showcase the best of the cities talent whilst fundraising for charity.
The festival began as a one off warm up party in 2006 and grew year on year (until 2010), to a two week showcase of musical talents, in a wide variety of venues and locations across Leicester
. The fringe festival was scheduled to occur annually
across the first two weeks of August each year. The fringe traditionally culminated with a series of warm up parties, across Leicester city centre, traditionally on the Thursday evening before the start of the Summer Sundae Weekender event. These warm up parties are formally titled `Fringe Thursday`, and are linked by an open top bus service, included within ticket price, which provides party goers with transport to move them from event to event. All artists appearing at Fringe Thursday events donated their time and services for free. Tickets were sold for Fringe Thursday and had to be exchanged for a wristband to allow bus entry.
The event was copied by the Leicester Fringe Festival in 2011.
£25,000 was raised for LOROS across the festival's five year history.
1, To showcase the best in artistic talent from the city of Leicester to an outside audience
2, To raise awareness of the hospice LOROS to a new, younger generation of people.
From inception, the festival strove to exhibit local talent to a new audience. The arrival of main festival ticket holders from all over the UK provided a ready made market of people keen to explore both new music and their new location. Thus Fringe Thursday excels by providing a medium to guide tourists from outside of the county, across the city, to visit a variety of establishments and experience local musician, comedians and photographers from across Leicester.
History
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
, running from 2006 to 2010 and held in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
which focuses on showcasing artistic communities within the city of Leicester.
It was organised and run by the Leicestershire based music collective Pineapster, who strove to organise promoters, venues, organisers and musical acts to organise and run their own events in promotion of their own talents and showcase the best of the cities talent whilst fundraising for charity.
The festival began as a one off warm up party in 2006 and grew year on year (until 2010), to a two week showcase of musical talents, in a wide variety of venues and locations across Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. The fringe festival was scheduled to occur annually
across the first two weeks of August each year. The fringe traditionally culminated with a series of warm up parties, across Leicester city centre, traditionally on the Thursday evening before the start of the Summer Sundae Weekender event. These warm up parties are formally titled `Fringe Thursday`, and are linked by an open top bus service, included within ticket price, which provides party goers with transport to move them from event to event. All artists appearing at Fringe Thursday events donated their time and services for free. Tickets were sold for Fringe Thursday and had to be exchanged for a wristband to allow bus entry.
The event was copied by the Leicester Fringe Festival in 2011.
Size
The 2006 warm up party sold out to 360 people. The 2010 Fringe Thursday events sold over 2500 tickets. A grand total of nearly£25,000 was raised for LOROS across the festival's five year history.
Ethos
The Fringe Festival was run as a charity fundraiser with two main principles1, To showcase the best in artistic talent from the city of Leicester to an outside audience
2, To raise awareness of the hospice LOROS to a new, younger generation of people.
From inception, the festival strove to exhibit local talent to a new audience. The arrival of main festival ticket holders from all over the UK provided a ready made market of people keen to explore both new music and their new location. Thus Fringe Thursday excels by providing a medium to guide tourists from outside of the county, across the city, to visit a variety of establishments and experience local musician, comedians and photographers from across Leicester.
History
2010 event & line up
The 2010 Summer Sundae Fringe Festival ran from Friday 6 August 2010 to Thursday 12 August 2010. The festival culminated in Fringe Thursday again.| Firebug | Musician | Donkey | Lansdowne | The Pub | Independent Arts Centre | Y Theatre : Presented in Association with Leicester Comedy Festival Leicester Comedy Festival The Leicester Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in a number of venues across Leicester, England early in the year. The festival started in 1994 with 40 events in 23 venues over 7 days throughout Leicestershire, attracting 5,000 people... |
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2009 line up
The 2009 Summer Sundae Fringe Festival ran 3–13 August 2009. The festival culminated in Fringe Thursday, on 13 August 2009, across 9 city centre venues in Leicester. Over 2000 people attended the 2009 Fringe Thursday warm up parties.| Firebug | Musician | Donkey | Lansdowne | Hind : Phrased & Confused | New Road Inn | Kayal : Presented in Association with Leicester Comedy Festival Leicester Comedy Festival The Leicester Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in a number of venues across Leicester, England early in the year. The festival started in 1994 with 40 events in 23 venues over 7 days throughout Leicestershire, attracting 5,000 people... |
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2008 line up
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2007 line up
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2006 line up
The first warm up party occurred on Thursday the 10th August 2006 at Firebug Bar, Millstone Lane, Leicester. 360 people sold out a capacity venue. £1560 was rasied and donated to LOROS hospice| Firebug |
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