Solfest
Coordinates: 54°48′46″N 3°22′22″W / 54.81278°N 3.37278°W / 54.81278; -3.37278
Solfest is a Cumbrian arts organisation which runs an annual music festival held at Tarns, near to Silloth in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is held at Tarnside Farm on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Solway Festival
The Solfest organisation was initially formed in September 2003 when a team of enthusiastic West Cumbrian festival goers got together and made initial plans to create a festival of their very own a little nearer to home. They were quickly joined by other interested parties and Solfest was run by a structured committee of sixteen permanent members until 2010 when the management structure changed. Solfest is now run by a smaller management team.
While Solway Festival Ltd is a registered company, the organisation operates as a Social Enterprise whereby all surplus income is reinvested into the organisation. Solfest is constituted in such a way that it does not allow any members of the Solfest committee to make any financial gain from the festival.