The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #123247   Message #2712588
Posted By: vectis
30-Aug-09 - 09:52 PM
Thread Name: WHITBY Folk Week - the small print
Subject: RE: WHITBY Folk Week - the small print
Brilliant week but there were problems when venues were changed because you needed a Wailer in order to know about said changes and I never saw one for sale during the whole week.

I went to a concert because it had Strawhead and other artists, I paid for my ticket and waited, and waited, and waited. No Strawhead. No one told me they weren't appearing the concert merely ended and they still hadn't appeared.
It would have been good if the steward had told me when I bought my ticket. I would still, probably, have paid and stayed but I wouldn't have felt slightly cheated at the end of the evening. A lot of ticket holders left at half time, I wonder if they were disappointed too.

I appreciate the workload thet the organisers are under and on the whole things went well despite some turnip heads deciding to run the regatta being during Folk Week.

The problem of ensuring people (including non-season holders) get to find out about last minute changes when most don't have computers with them is one that needs to be addressed. Possibly posters in the windows of some shops, pubs etc put up every day with additions, cancellations and venue changes would work and be a fairly cheap option.