Solfest
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Solway Festival (Solfest)
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| Genre | Rock, Alternative rock, Northern Soul, Dance, Indie, World music, Punk, Reggae, Folk music. |
| Dates | August Bank Holiday Weekend |
| Location(s) | Tarns, Cumbria |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Founders | The Solfest Committee |
| Website | http://www.solwayfestival.co.uk |
Solfest is an annual music festival held near to Silloth in Cumbria, England. It is held annually at Tarnside Farm on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
It began in 2004 when a team of local enthusiastic festival goers got together and made plans to create a festival of their very own a little nearer to home.
Plans were made and the August Bank Holiday weekend of 2004 saw the first festival. Playing host to just 4000 people, the festival ethos strived to appeal to everyone, without prejudice and was a resounding success. Planning for 2005 started almost straight afterwards. It now plays host to an annual crowd of 7,000 people.
Musically as well as creatively, the festival has been likened to a smaller version of Glastonbury with a varied mix of music to suit everyone. It has 3 large stages (Main stage, Drystone Stage & Bar Stage) as well as a dance tent. The festival also puts major emphasis on caring for the patrons by providing dedicated welfare areas and childrens play areas.
There is a wide variance of other activitied provided by visiting artists ranging from crafts, woodworking e.t.c. through to entertainers and musicians.
The festival is unique from any other festival as it is ran entirely by volunteers and does not have any corporate sponsorship. This allows the organisers to provide one of the (if not the) cheapest festivals in the UK with tickets costing just £59 per person.
Artists that played this year include Badly Drawn Boy, The Levellers, Easy Star All Star, The Undertones, The Beat, Show of Hands, Ozric Tentacles, 3 Daft Monkeys, Bex Marshall, Katus, Silverwheel, Eat Static and Evil Nine.
Solfest won the prestigious "Best Family Festival Award" at this years national festival awards.