I spoke with George Krawiec this morning.

There doesn't seem any chance whatsoever.

To buy and renovate the building would seemingly cost in the region of 2/3 million.

Seemingly the permission was granted for private accommodation 2 years ago and there was no protest at the time.
They did try to list it, but that didn't work.

Anyway, his answer to next year was that a huge area will be created between Pleasure Island and the railway which will be an open air arena, which he refers to as the Arena, and should be ready by October this year. He thinks that would be suitable for next year. The basis would be to have marquees. The committee of the CFF know about this.

Anyway he is a folkie and loves folk music but there wasn't much point in pursuing the discussion.