There has been much talk on Facebook and privately about the end of the Festival, and many people have had their say. There is still much to be decided, mainly, how much money is left that was donated to the Festival by The Friends of The Festival and the newer Stan Hugill Endowment - both worthy efforts to try and fund the Festival in the future. The questions are - can this money be recovered and go toward a new Festival on some other site or not.
I believe a committee of interested parties are trying to convene to ask questions on a way forward. To my knowledge this group has not met as yet, and when things are clearer - I am sure there will be a communication to the community and some idea how to move forward.

Tim Radford