There are over three hundred folk and roots music festivals in the UK during the year, they all vary in size, shape and content, which is a wonderful thing. They reflect the likes and dislikes and aspirations of their organisers. I have visited many and thoroughly enjoyed most, there are a few I will never go to again. Everyone has this freedom of choice.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival will be the same size next year; it will have the same venues, the same quality of choice, the same sound engineers. I will invite some of the bigger names from the folk world to perform and they will undoubtedly bring their own sound engineers. I will always deliver high quality alternative concerts with lower sound levels. But you know what to expect from the main marquee, if that isn't to your liking and you can see no worth in the rest of the event the Shrewsbury Folk Festival is not for you.

Mr Red you are a man of many talents one minute expert sound engineer next minute public health expert. Does your vanity know no end?
Stop worrying about the buzzing in your ears and consider the voices in your head.
The Shrewsbury Folk Festival is definitely not for you … now you read the signs.