And here's a picture of the ceilidh in the ford not happening...
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Personally I loved this year's festival, and I loved last year's and all the other Sidmouths I've been to over the years. And I'm grateful to Steve Heap for many happy summer weeks, while he was running things.

I'm looking forward to see how it grows back after the pruning, and that it will be able to bring together different types of festivalgoers, enjoying different types of festivals in an inclusive way. And I hope that the international aspect,which has always been at the heart of Sidmouth will on the way and another still be at teh heart of the new Sidmouth.
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"not everyone who would be buying tickets would be die-hard fans">/I> - anyone who endured the tortuous ticket buying process with the TIC who wasn't a die-hard fan probably was at least on the edge of deciding to stay way in future.

"I liked the way it was all integrated into the town, and if you didn't go to an organised concert, you could just wander around and see what was going on." That's how I've always experienced Sidmouth - this years was no different really, except that not having a Season Ticket reduced my ability to drop in on things on the spur of the moment.