George I know it is not sour grapes chuck! The travel costs have to be taken into account -if you are travelling from abroad your costs will be higher - and therefore you are not disadvantaging musicians from abroad by charging them the same cost as local musicians where travel costs may be arguably cheaper. I think the Ethno fest thing and I am not an expert- is different from a festival and you cannot make an exact comparison of costs.- I would imagine it to be more like folkworks - but Sam would need to confirm this Linda XX