No, this is not the singles thread....

I'm wondering where the concept of the blind date at festivals came from. At most of the NZ festivals all who want to put their names in a hat when they arrive at the festival and a draw ascertains which group of 5 or 6 people you will be performing with at the end of the festival. You then spend a bit of time chasing around the campsite finding the other members of your group, 1/2 a day deciding what you are going to perform and 20 minutes practicing before you perform your number on the big stage. Does this happen elsewhere? Does anyone know who first thought of it?

Despite sounding like a trauma, it's actually a great way to get to know new people and new material, or to get creative. In some festivals we now theme it so each group also gets a theme (e.g. Style of Steeleye, Sea Shanties etc.)

I imagine it would only work at smaller festivals - our biggest is only a few thousand people.

Does anyone else have any good events they've run at festivals? Always interested to hear of new things to do.