"no formal festival next year", says the reply to that. Which suggests two interesting questions:

1 - how many will trek down to Sidmouth next year for an all-fringe festival with singarounds, dancing on the prom and music sessions everywhere? (a bit like the midwinter MBS and Radway reunions which are becoming a tradition in their own right)

2 - once the majority have gone festivalling elsewhere in 2005, maybe trying out Broadstairs or Whitby for the first time, or going to lots of weekend festivals instead, how many will come back to Sidmouth, under new and inexperienced management?

Anahata