I dont know anything whatsoever about Beverley Folk Festival's politics so i'll stay out of that(I'm a musician, I need bookings). What I doknow is that Middlewich Folk and Boat Festivalwas cancelled last year due to footnmouth (as were a lot of festivals). But theinteresting thing is that it just happened anyway, there were lots of people, music in all the pubs, loads of boats came etc etc. And a great time was had by all. So i would say to anyone who liked beverley folk festival, go anyway, and lo and behold there will be afolk festival. There's no organising committee in a beehive, but they seem to get the old honey together somehow.