It's not just you selby but in a similar recent thread there seemed to be an attitude that those people who turn up at festivals to play in pubs are freeloading on the festival and should be ashamed of themselves for so doing. You yourself mentioned, with apparent disapprobation, seeing session players not putting money in collection buckets and uncomfortable as it might make me feel I would probably not put money in myself. If I want to watch an event or workshop I will pay. If the festival does not want me, (and not selling camping tickets without also selling concert tickets is telling me that) I will not go. There is quite a few of them. That is why I'm pleased to see the session festivals develop.