I'm an Old Songs Regular who travels about 400 miles each way to the Festival. (Didn't make it last year because of a death in the family.) 800 miles @ 30 mpg = 27 gallons of gas. Even if the price doubles from $2/gal to $4/gal (which is an exorbitantly non-conservative projection), it's an extra $54--compared to the costs of food, accommodations en route, and festival tickets, that's not much. And I'm one who commutes a very long distance to the festival. For someone coming from New England or Western New York, the proportion of extra money spent on gas to the the fixed costs of tickets and other expenses of the weekend (food, accommodation, etc.) is even less.

--Charlie Baum