I think Trisha has got it just about right.

There will always be a Sidmouth so long as enough singers, musicians and dancers come along and support it but it will never be the great International Festival that it was in the 1990s.

In future it will be a smaller, more intimate affair based on pubs, function rooms and small performance venues rather than large marquees and huge outdoor arenas.

Thos who want the big-name stars can go elsewhere.

Those of who enjoy meeting friends for a session in a rather quaint little Victorian seaside town will still head to Sidmouth.