Solfest: early-bird tickets on sale NOW from new website!

[elfweirdigan]

The website's up (I'm guessing it'll be tweaked and more content added but the basics are there...)

www.solfest.org.uk

Early bird tickets £80 adults, £55 teens.

See you on a Cumbrian hillside if not before

Edited February 1, 2011 by elfweirdigan

[elfweirdigan]

Here's the blurb

Solfest 2011: 26-29 August.

Early Bird tickets (£80 for a full weekend adult camping ticket) are now on sale for a limited time only via www.solfest.org.uk

This particularly family-friendly event, held over August Bank Holiday Weekend and located on the edge of the Lake District, is one of the more wonderful music and arts festivals nestled in the north of the country, 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 flailing melodies that Solfest hope will be accessible for their entire audience.

This beautiful setting has been the host for the last seven years to an eclectic mix of well-established and emerging artists from all over the world, as well as an interesting array of walkabout acts and local talent.

This year’s line-up will be announced in the Spring. Previous acts to appear include The Charlatans, James, The Wonderstuff, Supergrass, The Proclaimers, The Orb, Sham 69, The Bees, Buzzcocks, The Levellers, Utah Saints, The Magic Numbers, Alabama 3 and The Damned.

Solfest is run almost entirely by a group of volunteers with the aim of creating a festival where all ages can relax and find entertainment together. It's not unusual to see three generations of the same family at Solfest and a third of the festival site is devoted to the children’s area. It’s a festival that a family can uncover together, or split off and have individual journeys in dance, discovery and play.

There will be a whole program of activities away from the music to keep people’s minds a million miles away from the normality of their day-to-days. Whether that be dropping into one of the many session tents around the site or visiting one of Solfest’s healers for a massage – there really is a way for everyone to escape.

“The relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere at Solfest is what the festival goers bring to the event”, say organisers. This summer Solfest would like to repay its audience by introducing some new elements to the gathering. “You’ll find an interesting and exciting mix of music and acts as well as some changes to the arena field, aiming to make your journey through the site like never before”.

Solfest have managed to keep ticket prices fixed at 2010 prices. At a time when everything seems to be increasing in price it was important to Solfest to keep their tickets at an affordable level.

To buy tickets:

Walk up ticket sales are available from all branches of the Cumberland Building Society and The Carnegie Theatre in Workington.

Tickets can be bought over the phone via the Carnegie Theatre on 01900 602122.

Tickets are also available via the new website at www.solfest.org.uk

Further information will be released in the coming weeks regarding line-up and acts...

[elfweirdigan]

The website's up (I'm guessing it'll be tweaked and more content added but the basics are there...)

www.solfest.org.uk

Early bird tickets £80 adults, £55 teens.

See you on a Cumbrian hillside if not before

[debidoodah]

i got two tickets last night and there were only ten left then. By the way i did have to pay a £1.50 booking fee

[elfweirdigan]

Online early-bird tickets now sold out but may be still available by phone from the Carnegie Theatre (01900 602 122) or by walking into a branch of the Cumberland Building Society... hurry!

Edited February 21, 2011 by elfweirdigan

[drareg]

Just to reply .. Solfest does not charge a booking fee.. the £1.50 added to tickets bought online or by telephone is to cover postage. We are working hard to keep prices the same and offer earlybird savings too..we felt the small postage charge was justified. It is £1.50 per order too, not per individual ticket.

The earlybird tickets at the Carnegie have now sold out too. Just normal price tickets now ( but they are same price as last year)