Spot on Dave. I've said it before that a fringe at a festival is like the one in a hair style: It adds value and it can be beautiful, as long as it is backed by some substance. On its own, it looks - well, you can imagine it yourself - and it constitutes no "coiffure" and no festival either. It's just a fringe.

Show me a festival in the UK (NOT the "Song and Ale" events, they are specialist and often strictly by invitation) consisting of a fringe alone, and I will eat my words.