The company behind GuilFest has gone into insolvency, with some artists left unpaid.

Get Surrey reports that an insolvency meeting is due to be held, as suppliers and staff as well as artists remain unpaid more than seven weeks after the music festival took place in Guildford’s Stoke Park.

Guildford Borough Council only gave Trowfest Ltd permission to organise the festival in January this year. Festival head Tony Scott suggested that the short timeframe played some part in the event’s ...