Big Country, and Adam Ant lead first acts for Solfest

plus KT Tunstall, Billy Bragg, The South, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Mon 19th Mar 2012

Solfest 2012 - Adam Ant And The Good The Mad And The Lovely Posse
Photo credit: Chris Mathews

Solfest 2012

Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2012
Tarnside Farm, Tarns, Silloth, nr Aspatria, Cumbria, England MAP
£95 adult weekend
Daily capacity: 8,000

Solfest have announced the first acts for the main stage this year will be Big Country, Adam Ant And The Good The Mad And The Lovely Posse, KT Tunstall, Billy Bragg, The South, The Duke Spirit, Transglobal Underground, and Bootleg Beatles.

Adam Ant And The Good The Mad And The Lovely Posse
There will be seven stages of entertainment to be announced in total with a host of other folk, pop and rock bands appearing across the weekend. For the line-up details as available please click here.

There are still many more acts to be announced for the eighth Solfest which takes place on August Bank Holiday weekend from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2012.

Solfest is ran almost entirely by a group of volunteers whose aim has always been to create a festival where all generations of family can relax together, where young and old can find entertainment around every corner.

The festival includes free camping, free parking (next to your tent), plenty of food from around the world, a licensed bar (or you can bring your own), sculptures, a healing area, adult workshops, craft stalls, walkabout performances and theatre, a baby area, fire performances, an acoustic music session tent, and more.

An early bird adult ticket is priced at £85 and a young persons (aged 12-16 years) early bird ticket is priced at £60. A Thursday camping ticket is priced at £10, a child (aged 6-11 years) ticket is priced at £25, and a child under 5 ticket is free, but they still need a ticket.

To buy tickets, click here.


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