dropping in on this discussion, what you're talking about is what happened in Middlewich Landlords quickly picked up on the buzz that people were coming anyway, so booked various local folkies for odd nights, and deals were being struck with arriving musicians as to wherethey would play and for what, more or less as they arrived. The sessions developed in the usual way in the pubs without acts, or in the gaps between acts, and hey presto its a folk festival. no insurance, no marquees,no stewards, no committees,no budget, no regional arts boards,...just a festival, really. remember the 60's?