So why do certain festival organisers seem so intent on destroying the fringe events in a bid to make more money at the main festival (MF)?

I have attended many festivals where it's only been the fringe events (FEs) that I could a) afford to visit, not wanting to pay multiple £s for the pleasure of walking through a quagmire to see yet another rainbow windchime or rude native carving; or b) take a small child because the MF has no facilites for an active child with the attention span of a gnat. Most FEs seem to be in pubs where there is a much more relaxed atmosphere and usually a pub garden/play area. MFs are getting better at entertaining little children but now mine is at the difficult age where most Childrens' events are too young for her and the Youth activities too old. The FEs have always been, and probably always will be the thing that attracts me personally, to a festival.

LTS