I think that the best main festival/fringe arrangement happens at Whitby Moor and Coast Festival and at Hull Shanty Festival where the main festival not only provides an 'organiser' for a free pub singaround, but also sends the booked festival guests in to do 10-15 minute spots every 30 minutes or so. So not only do us impecunious fringe singers get to have a go ourselves but we get to hear quality stuff from 'proper' artists. Hopefully the artists get to sell a few extra CDs and listeners who want to hear more from particular artists may fork out for a concert featuring them.

Does this happen anywhere else?