Cost could be a factor.
For a family to attend can be pretty expensive.

My daughters who are 10 and 14 love Ceilidhs. They also love Flossie.

Compare the cost of a folk festival against say a visit to a theme park such as Alton Towers. Ask youngsters what they would rather do.

I know my children would go for the theme park everytime.

Put Gwen Staffani on in one room and the best Folk Singer on in another and I wonder who the youngsters would go to see.

Just a few thoughts came to mind