Solfest
Solfest is the definitive festival for music hungry families. Welcoming, inclusive, inventive and jam-packed with carefully selected chart-topping acts from across the decades; it’s one of North England’s best kept and beautiful festival secrets with a stunning family area, workshops and five stages packed with music.
Its unique setting allows you to park right next to your tent for the most effortless camping experience, while wood for campfires is provided free of charge for that authentic outdoors experience.
The particularly family-friendly event, held between 24th – 26th August and located on the edge of the Lake District, is one of the more wonderful British music festivals, tucked between the Solway coast and the Cumbrian fells. It offers a very open-minded and all-welcoming atmosphere for fans of music and the great outdoors, with a quality music programme incorporating classic guitar noise, pleasing new beats and eclectically satisfying melodies.
Its unique setting allows you to park right next to your tent for the most effortless camping experience, while wood for campfires is provided free of charge for that authentic outdoors experience.
The particularly family-friendly event, held between 24th – 26th August and located on the edge of the Lake District, is one of the more wonderful British music festivals, tucked between the Solway coast and the Cumbrian fells. It offers a very open-minded and all-welcoming atmosphere for fans of music and the great outdoors, with a quality music programme incorporating classic guitar noise, pleasing new beats and eclectically satisfying melodies.
- The Waterboys
- Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse
- Eat Static
- System 7
- Aberfeldy
- Belleruche
- BAD TRANSMISSION
- Bushrocker Hi Fi
- Brewed Slowly
- Davey Horne
- The Backyard Rhythm Orchestra
- Timo Maas
| The Waterboys | Main Stage |
| Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse | Main Stage |
| Big Country | Main Stage |
| Billy Bragg | Main Stage |
| Bootleg Beatles | Main Stage |
| Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo | Main Stage |
| Fiona Clayton | Main Stage |
| Kitchie Wud | Main Stage |
| KT Tunstall | Main Stage |
| Larkin Poe | Main Stage |
| Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six | Main Stage |
| Nina Nesbitt | Main Stage |
| Popgun | Main Stage |
| Saint Jude | Main Stage |
| Strangefruit | Main Stage |
| Tarras | Main Stage |
| The 309s | Main Stage |
| The Duke Spirit | Main Stage |
| South | Main Stage |
| Transglobal Underground | Main Stage |
| Yes Sir Boss | Main Stage |
| Eat Static | Dance Tent |
| System 7 | Dance Tent |
| Aberfeldy | Drystone Stage |
| Belleruche | Drystone Stage |
| Bellevue Rendezvous | Drystone Stage |
| Bridie Jackson and the Arbour | Drystone Stage |
| Dub Jazz Sound System | Drystone Stage |
| Juba Do Leao | Drystone Stage |
| Man's Ruin | Drystone Stage |
| Matt Stalker and Fables | Drystone Stage |
| Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra | Drystone Stage |
| Roddy Woomble | Drystone Stage |
| Solway Sunset | Drystone Stage |
| The Baghdaddies | Drystone Stage |
| The Hut People | Drystone Stage |
| This Is the Kit | Drystone Stage |
| Walsh & Pound | Drystone Stage |
| BAD TRANSMISSION | House Of Joy |
| Bushrocker Hi Fi | House Of Joy |
| Jinx In Dub | House Of Joy |
| Nucleus Roots | House Of Joy |
| Brewed Slowly | Bar Stage |
| Davey Horne | Bar Stage |
| Eden\'s Daughter | Bar Stage |
| Emma Dockeray | Bar Stage |
| Ford & The Shouts | Bar Stage |
| Heidi Browne | Bar Stage |
| House Of Three Hands | Bar Stage |
| In Dynamics | Bar Stage |
| Jakarta Club | Bar Stage |
| More From Jim | Bar Stage |
| Pikey Beatz | Bar Stage |
| Riff-X | Bar Stage |
| Surfin' Turnips | Bar Stage |
| The Boobytraps | Bar Stage |
| The Manhattan Project | Bar Stage |
| The Talks | Bar Stage |
| The Backyard Rhythm Orchestra | unknown stage |
| Timo Maas | unknown stage |
| Artist | Stage | Day |
| Aberfeldy | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse | Main Stage | day TBC |
| BAD TRANSMISSION | House Of Joy | day TBC |
| Belleruche | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Bellevue Rendezvous | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Big Country | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Billy Bragg | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Bootleg Beatles | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Brewed Slowly | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Bridie Jackson and the Arbour | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Bushrocker Hi Fi | House Of Joy | day TBC |
| Davey Horne | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Dub Jazz Sound System | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Eat Static | Dance Tent | day TBC |
| Eden\'s Daughter | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Emma Dockeray | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Fiona Clayton | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Ford & The Shouts | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Heidi Browne | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| House Of Three Hands | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| In Dynamics | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Jakarta Club | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Jinx In Dub | House Of Joy | day TBC |
| Juba Do Leao | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Kitchie Wud | Main Stage | day TBC |
| KT Tunstall | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Larkin Poe | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Man's Ruin | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Matt Stalker and Fables | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| More From Jim | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Nina Nesbitt | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Nucleus Roots | House Of Joy | day TBC |
| Pikey Beatz | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Popgun | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Riff-X | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| Rob Heron and the Tea Pad Orchestra | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Roddy Woomble | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Saint Jude | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Solway Sunset | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| South | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Strangefruit | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Surfin' Turnips | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| System 7 | Dance Tent | day TBC |
| Tarras | Main Stage | day TBC |
| The 309s | Main Stage | day TBC |
| The Backyard Rhythm Orchestra | unknown stage | day TBC |
| The Baghdaddies | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| The Boobytraps | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| The Duke Spirit | Main Stage | day TBC |
| The Hut People | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| The Manhattan Project | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| The Talks | Bar Stage | day TBC |
| The Waterboys | Main Stage | day TBC |
| This Is the Kit | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Timo Maas | unknown stage | day TBC |
| Transglobal Underground | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Walsh & Pound | Drystone Stage | day TBC |
| Yes Sir Boss | Main Stage | day TBC |
| Name | Star | Distance | Prices From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Woodlands Country House | 4.3 ml | £60.00 | Book | |
| Wallace Lane Farm B&B | 5.2 ml | £50.00 | Book | |
| West Woodside House | 5.9 ml | £75.00 | Book | |
| Fiddleback Farm Bed and Breakfast | 6.4 ml | £55.00 | Book | |
| Golf Hotel | 7.9 ml | £45.00 | Book | |
| Dalston Hall Hotel | 11.0 ml | £117.00 | Book |
Tarnside Farm, Tarns, Nr Silloth, Cumbria, CA74NQ