Belle And Sebastian And Elbow For Summer Sundae

The first raft of acts for 2006’s Summer Sundae have been announced with organisers hoping it will be the best year yet.

Headliners include Belle and Sebastien, Elbow and Jose Gonzalez while a host of emerging acts such as The Long Blondes, iForward Russia!, The Young Knives and Absentee join them.

Fetsival director Richard Haswell told the BBC: "We are confident that with this line up - and more announcements to come - 2006 will be the best year yet."

Also on the bill are The Buzzcocks, Brakes, Delays, Seth Lakeman, Vashti Bunyan and Baxter Dury with more names expected to be announced in coing weeks.

Tickets are on sale now with a special early bird offer of £65 for a weekend ticket running until March 31, after that it will be £75.