All Blacked Up Bedlam Boka Halat Bursledon Village Band Committee Band Geckoes Horsley Band (do passble French also) Juice Steamchicken Stomp The Gloworms The Watch Tickled Pink Trinculo Woodpecker Band
Then I reckon Steve H would have had a list of bands he preferred and it would have looked like this:
The Oyster Ceilidh Band The Old Swan Band Whapweasel Hekety Glorystrokes Random Climax The Outlandish Knights Toothless Mary Spinach for Norman Meridian Dalla Poisson Rouge The Dartmoor Pixie Band
I would have thought whoever chooses artists for Sidmouth (because it is such a big festival with a huge variety of needs) is bound to upset some people. Surely what an artistic director has to do is balance nationally known names, local names, up-and-coming bands etc. and all within a budget and I'd say she has done a damn good job.