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Thread #92372 Message #1764471
Posted By: Cllr
20-Jun-06 - 06:31 AM
Thread Name: What a fringe contributes to a festival
Subject: RE: What a fringe contributes to a festival
IMHO
1)fringe cant happen (by definition) without main festival occuring. -it it does, it then becomes the main festival.
2) festival organisers have to consider the finacial viabilty of the festival (unless they are very lucky)
3) to book in advance the usual, acts, toilets and other associated facilities an orgainser must know what his income streams are.
4) a lot of the wonderful benefits that FE bring to a festival are not directly financially obvious to the organiser as they are in general more qualitative than quantative.
if people go to fringe rather than mainstream this actually decreases the revenue an organiser may expect ( with the exception of thse who wouldnt go at all with out fringe events)
Roger makes a succint point say they are mutaully supportive which is as it should be but it should not be forgotten that the main festival is the environment which allows the fringe event to happen.
Cllr