This festival is run more like festivals in the UK than your typical US festival, as it takes place in various venues throughout the city vs. a fair ground or a campus. Most everything's a 5 minute walk away, except a large tent by the waterfront, maybe a 15 minute walk. The waterfront had more of the "big name" contemporary folkies that draw larger crowds. And some family oriented events were down there too.

The Korolenkos do a great job mixing contemporary & traditional performers at the festival & on some of the stages. It was just great to see some of the new found respect that some of the contemporary & traditional performers had for each other. The split in the folk scene often has to do with the fact that they're often just not exposed to the same audiences or each other...

I had only planned to go 1 day last year & went back for a 2nd. But this year I'm pretty burnt out on musical activities, so I'll probably skip this year, even though there are some performers I'd love to see...