One of the biggest problems of the folk scene is that a lot of younger people (and older ones including me) are fed up with the pedantry, intolerance, arrogance and huge egos of many of the older generation who run much of the scene. You just have to read a few Mudcat threads to see what I mean."
leveller
   i suggest you start running a festival yourself, I have been ruuning a festival for 7 years, i am a comparative novice compared to John Taylor 50 years and some other organisers, however i have booked the following people Martin , Rosie Stewart, Martin Carthy Andy Irvine, Tom Lewis, Jim Mageaan, Rosin White,Chris Wilson, Ann Alderson other artists including bluegrass, singer songwriters, norwegian shanty choirs.
people like the leveller who go around with the" half empty philosophy", should get off their arse and try organising themselve.,