Countess - But if I'm paying £201 pounds for a ticket and camping then I expect the ticket money to cover the cost of the event. I agree that more should be given in subsidies in an ideal world, but if you were overhauling the structure of the festival from the ground up you would make sure the revenue covered the cost of the event.

I don't think this is an impossible idea, but I do think it takes someone to be ruthless while still recognising what the "spirit of Sidmouth" is. I want someone to carefully sift the remnants of baby from the torrent of bathwater(if thats not too gory a mental picture). I think the festival should be able to stand on its own two feet if possible.

This is possible. It is I promise.