Festivals like Sidmouth afford one the opportunity to sample and experience the whole range of emotions. For example ,one could listen to George Papadopoulous singing some of his wonderful,deep,thought- provoking compositions,then go to the Ham,possibly and sit through an achingly,side-splitting Sid Kipper concert. This tends not to happen in clubs,in my experience, as they are either very serious,finger -in -ear EFDSS- type bastions of tradition, or else somewhere that features an'in- your- face',all-girl,lesbian ,punk-type electric band, as I saw once in Bracknell---and very good they were ,too !! ( if you like that sort of thing !! )