The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69569 Message #1189406
Posted By: s&r
20-May-04 - 05:50 AM
Thread Name: 50th and last Sidmouth festival?
Subject: RE: 50th and last Sidmouth festival?
It isn't necessarily hard to organise a festival at a distance - most bookings of artists and venues would be post/phone/email etc. During the festival, the organisers or their representatives need to be on site, as I believe they are. Out of interest, how and where was it organised in the days of EFDSS management?
The contribution of a festival to the local economy is a complex calculation, but a report outlining the benefits was produced for the AFO and can be seen here and is well worth studying.
The Fringe events IMO would die a death rapidly without the umbrella of the Festival proper.
Stu (who prefers Cambridge, but supports the need for Sidmouth to continue)