Good Intent was not tonight. There were fights and skinhead locals (sad, at the age of 40+) with djembes.

The join-in session upstairs at the Vic + Bull was pleasant if not driving. Good acoustics.

I think smart money is on the Good Intent tomorrow lunchtime while the idiot locals rest their hangovers, and contemplate evolving into humanity.

If a pub has booked in an a singaround, it should throw out people who behave like arseholes.

IMHO the Bad Intent is not suitable as a Sweeps sing venue - it is too far from the centre so reducing "drop in" passing morrismen etc.

The brochure is uninformative, incomplete, and inaccurate this year too. There seem to be fewer booked guests in the pubs I would wish to see, even though the concerts seem to be of good standard. Indeed with the reported exception of the Saturday daytime Good Intent (which I missed) I think this has been musically the weakest Sweeps I can remember. Also the number of sides seems to be down again.

Is this a festival in decline?