Poppagator,

    Interesting looking festival. A bit far from Chicago for me to be able to check it out. I noted on the workshop link that there was nothing directly guitar related happening. I guess whether to bring the guitar would hinge on whether the festival also was jamming-friendly. I love going to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival in Ontario, for example. But, unless I'm there in my performer capacity, I don't bring up a guitar. The grounds where the festival is held doesn't really have a lot of space conducive to jamming. While there are after hours sessions, I find the guitar gets lost in the mush. There are some good guitarists on the bill I noticed. I like what John Doyle does with Liz Carrol. At least if you're performing at this festival, you ought to be able to stash the guitar in instrument lock up? That way you wouldn't have to lug it around all the time.