It's all very well saying 'If you don't like it leave', but if you've paid a lot of money and find it unbearable, what's the chance of getting your money back? Jim I cannot imagine anyone buying a season ticket at Sidmouth and not finding something to their taste. I am a concert-goer and my wife is a dancer. I never went to a single evening Ham concert and she never went to a single LNE and yest we had a great time. The problem for someone like that who comes is at what point did you decide you didn't like it? Before you had a chance to try everything - right at the beginning? Surely no-one is that daft. Right at the end - after you have been and seen and listened to everything? Errr.....not really. It's just the same as a pop festival - so you buy a ticket for Glastonbury and decide you don't like it. Whatever the policy is for Glastonbury, I suspect the answer will be much the same from Sidmouth. So make sure it is what you want. Get a copy of Derek Schofield's book and read it thoroughly. Talk to people who know and like Sidmouth - they will all have different views. Take no notice of those who say it has changed out of all recognition. They might be right but you'll never know so it doesn't matter. Decide if it is to your taste. Go one year and try it out by buying some individual tickets for events you think you might like. The atmosphere is free after all. I suspect you are a troll by the way.
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