Glad you enjoyed it Mr Van.
Yes, there are plenty of opportunities to sing and play in the various pubs around town.
But the delight always was for me, that so many different forms of entertainment, both organised and otherwise, rub along quite happily together, uniting the whole town for 1 weekend.
I'm not knocking other town Folk Festivals, but, it has always struck me that these seem to be much more Folk Focussed (sorry, pun alert),
And I'm sure that most of the local populace of say...Warwick (First name that popped into my head, no offense meant), wouldn't even know that anything was going on!

Fav is always well supported by the locals, and the local shops, with Hop bines hanging all over the place. Not to mention the local Brewer Shepherd Neame.

Oh, and it's completely free!!!
How good is that.

Mind you, Fav doesn't do much in the way of advertising. It's usually rammed with people anyway.

Hope this year was as good as past ones. Wish I could have been there.

Toodle Pip Ralphie