I have just talked to my son who is the festival and he says Sidmouth will happen with the fringe events so the rumours going around yesterday.The MBS will still go on i dont know much about the Radway and what they are doing.But the MBS reunion is going ahead as usual in February.
Your question 2 well in the 80's EFDSS gave the festival to Mrs Caseys music and its survived under new management before so it could survive again and be run in the lines of EFDSS ran it in the 80's.I am sure there would be people interested to come back and try out the new management as much as we all did the time before.I think we need to give them a chance to see what comes out of this new management.