In the last year or two I've made a conscious effort to write more tunes, and to play more. I'm thinking about trying to do a cd in the next while, and then get into playing a bit more regularly (maybe a small tour by next summer?). In the meantime, I have been fortunate enough to be booked for a small weekend festival this coming August, which will be a handy way to find out if it's something I want to do more of.

Now, while I've played single sets many times, and multiple set shows a couple of times locally, i've yet to play a festival where I'm there all weekend. I'm very much looking forward to it, but I'm wondering if there's anything I ought to keep in mind either in terms of preparation or mind set or maybe even staying healthy? Seems there are plenty of very experienced folks out there who might be able to give me some friendly advice?

I guess I am kind of intimidated by some of the people I see on the bill. I think I'm normally a fairly confident performer, so it's not a stage fright thing as much as fear of the unknown and the new kind of dynamic that a festival like this will introduce me to. So any advice from you "catters? Q