Well nutty, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I'm all for community involvement too. How do you know they haven't planned any? There's still nearly 4 months to go. For what it's worth, my opinion of a quality festival has to be Towersey. Again, great value for money and always a cracking line-up.

And theleveller, I agree with your comments. If it's value for money you want then I think Pickering is the place to be. It's a lot cheaper than Cambridge with a line-up that's (in my opinion) just as good. Cambridge appear to have cut down on their performance budget this year. I too say, let's give it a chance. I expect they'll have the usual teething problems. No-one EVER got it right first time. Good luck Pickering!