We've tried to make it good value ........ our fundraiser has done an amazing job getting sponsorship and advertising revenue from local businesses, they all seem fully behind it. She even managed to get a little help from the town council and a couple of its offshoots.

The local Chamber of Trade chairwoman has joined the committee ...... I think we might even be managing to turn her into a folkie!

We do need support in the form of people buying tickets but mainly to give us a secure base to plan next year. As we are using existing venues (we want it to be part of the town), none of them are very big (150 max) which does limit ticket revenue.

Apparently sponsorship is harder to come by after year one. We'll see .......