I can only echo Don T. I was an attender at Sidmouth since the late sixties and especially for the last few years. I loved all the aspects, I am a great fan of some of the fabulous foreign artists over the past few years, Boutinne Souriante, Susanna Seivane and Kepa Junkera especially. I loved the "big" concerts in the Arena - Steeleye and the Watersons in 2005 for example, Altan a year or two ago.

But I loved the sessions in the Radway, Volunteer, Anchor. Anchor Garden Ceilidhs. I could go on.

My point is not about commercialism, but that if there is to be a festival it needs a wide spectrum of appeal. And if there is a festival Someone needs to buy tickets, just a "fringe" of amateurs is not enough.

Dave