Yes, the pubs do pay the festival for acts that are put into the pubs - quite rightly IMO. That helps enable the festival to up its profile by putting things on at the bandstand for free - or at least only for collections.

I don't know what the situation was with The Albion, but I doubt for the reason I said that it was 'trying to cash in without outley', and La Joules was as stated above.

Sorry if I sounded p....d off, but that's how I'm feeling about the moaners - not you specifically. :-)

Barbara