The Monday night session in the Victoria was not part of the festival - The Victoria pub were asked if they would like to be a part of the Maritime Weekend but balked at paying whatever the going rate was for a spot in the programme. They tagged themselves onto the festival by inviting the Bay Radio to come down over the weekend and (as I see here) by having a Monday night session - I know for a fact that the other businesses at Glasson (especially the very supportive Dalton Arms and Stork Hotel) were extremely angry about their behaviour which was seen by many as being underhand and unfair.

The lack of posters locally was a result of the organisers being given direct instruction NOT to promote the festival in the last few weeks running up to Easter and having been refused permission to spend any of their budget on local advertising.