As I have tried to point out to you - conveniently ignored - the Shepley Fringe Festival has a fringe.

Remarkably, they have done their best to hide it by putting it under "Fringe" on their website. Go look.

This is a post of yours:

Too many festival organisers choose to ignore this at their peril and then wonder why their green field site festival struggles to be welcomed and accepted by the the local community the following year,when they only remember the inconvenience of lots of extra traffic,noise and litter

Well what the festival organisers of Shepley did was meet with the local community and ask them how they would feel about a folk festival before finalising their plans.

Then they have organised events with the community's involvement which include their children working with the artists for the festival to produce a showcase concert on the Saturday. They also include a community choir which has been rehearsing for a while.

That's what they have done to be accepted by the local community.

What a shame you feel it necessary to denigrate this involvement.

So let me try this again - there is a fringe at Shepley Spring Festival. It involves local pubs welcoming folk musicians. Sorry Soldier Boy but I thought that is what you wanted.

There is an involvement with the local community and the local community has been involved in its planning together with the festival. Forgive me for repetition but I thought that is what you were recommending.

There isn't cheap camping for those not buying season tickets.

I'd say you have got two out of three. Live with it.