I found this discussion after hearing from someone on the barge project that there was a festival happening after all this year. After reading all the information here, I e-mailed the "official" festival web site, asking if they would put a redirect on their site, as I am sure there are many other regular visitors to the Folk Festival who would like to know that there was something happening this year. I got a very terse response from someone called Helen who said "The alternative festival is nothing to do with us". I have written back saying that I appreciate that its nothing to do with them, but that a link from their home page might be nice as the PVFF people are doing them a favour by keeping the weekend warm for them. I await a response!

In the meantime, may I suggest someone does a web search for sites advertising BERFF and e-mail them with details of PVFF. I've done this with a few, but every search engine I use comes up with a different list. So far I've had a few encouraging responses, so (most) people are happy to help.