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.
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Lineup
day TBC
60 acts- The WaterboysMain Stage
- Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad and The Lovely PosseMain Stage
- Big CountryMain Stage
- Billy BraggMain Stage
- Bootleg BeatlesMain Stage
- Emily Barker & The Red Clay HaloMain Stage
- Fiona ClaytonMain Stage
- Kitchie WudMain Stage
- KT TunstallMain Stage
- Larkin PoeMain Stage
- Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam SixMain Stage
- Nina NesbittMain Stage
- PopgunMain Stage
- Saint JudeMain Stage
- StrangefruitMain Stage
- TarrasMain Stage
- The 309sMain Stage
- The Duke SpiritMain Stage
- SouthMain Stage
- Transglobal UndergroundMain Stage
- Yes Sir BossMain Stage
- Eat StaticDance Tent
- System 7Dance Tent
- AberfeldyDrystone Stage
- BellerucheDrystone Stage
- Bellevue RendezvousDrystone Stage
- Bridie Jackson and the ArbourDrystone Stage
- Dub Jazz Sound SystemDrystone Stage
- Juba Do LeaoDrystone Stage
- Man's RuinDrystone Stage
- Matt Stalker and FablesDrystone Stage
- Rob Heron and the Tea Pad OrchestraDrystone Stage
- Roddy WoombleDrystone Stage
- Solway SunsetDrystone Stage
- The BaghdaddiesDrystone Stage
- The Hut PeopleDrystone Stage
- This Is the KitDrystone Stage
- Walsh & PoundDrystone Stage
- BAD TRANSMISSIONHouse Of Joy
- Bushrocker Hi FiHouse Of Joy
- Jinx In DubHouse Of Joy
- Nucleus RootsHouse Of Joy
- Brewed SlowlyBar Stage
- Davey HorneBar Stage
- Eden\'s DaughterBar Stage
- Emma DockerayBar Stage
- Ford & The ShoutsBar Stage
- Heidi BrowneBar Stage
- House Of Three HandsBar Stage
- In DynamicsBar Stage
- Jakarta ClubBar Stage
- More From JimBar Stage
- Pikey BeatzBar Stage
- Riff-XBar Stage
- Surfin' TurnipsBar Stage
- The BoobytrapsBar Stage
- The Manhattan ProjectBar Stage
- The TalksBar Stage
- The Backyard Rhythm Orchestraunknown stage
- Timo Maasunknown stage
Location & Map
Tarnside Farm, Cumberland
Tarns, Nr Silloth, Cumbria, Cumberland, CA74NQ
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Videos
Solfest 2012 — Official Video
Solfest 2012 — Highlights
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