Marj Stanley did a good job.
The problem lies with festival such as Pickering and Beverley, that took and have taken money from customers, and have not refunded. that is immoral.
I understand Alcesters problem with venues, The Festival that I organise has lost a venue resulting in reduced sponsorship, that i had not anticipated, however IF NECESSARY i will have to cover that myself.    2017 Alcester was charging 55.00, 2018 Beverley was over 100.
Has there been any statement regarding refunding., from Alcester.
In my experience as an organiser the major up front payments are Festival insurance.