Can you please make this clearer to those less informed? Did Saltburn (either in its earlier incarnation at Redcar or at the time of the move) set their date to be the same weekend as Whitby, so that some individuals had to make the choice between them? Or were they merely adjacent? Close?

My preference is for concerts rather than participation too, but I'll still be at Saltburn. Mainly for personal reasons, but an annual injection of The Wilsons also has a lot to do with it! That's no put-down of Pickering - I might even consider a dash down to catch Bella Hardy, depending on timings, but I'd probably miss too much.

I do think that there is a bit of a difference between a week-long festival and a weekend one.

One other point - is the Pickering festival intended as a one-off or an annual event?