In a separate thread about Frome Fetsival's cancellation, Howard Jones says, apropos of how festivals have changed over the years: "You used to have the chance to meet the artists around the festival, maybe even play with them in a session but now this doesn't seem to happen very often".
If it is indeed the case that it doesn't happen often nowadys, that seems a terrible pity. Is that people's general opinion? I remember taking my guitar along to Cambridge folk festival, probably 1965 or 66, and in one day sitting down one-to-one with both Blind Gary Davies and Spider John Koerner and playing tunes together. The first in a corner of the bar, the second in a little conveniently empty marquee.A fantastic experience for a youngster. My feeling is that this still does happen, but maybe I am wrong. Any experiences one way or the other?