The thread seems to have moved away a bit.

My points are less concerned with any regular events but with the sessions, singarounds and open mics - that happen as part of a festival (and more often than not involve those who will only ever make music together at these festivals).

My concern is the best way of involving all festival attendees in finding the most effective and satisfying ways of making informal music together and the best use of available venues for this. It is not to try and make a case for one being more valuable than another.

Probably the best way to do this is to first try and reach some understanding of the various and different requirements for these temporary affairs and to try and ensure that none are disadvantaged by others, mainly through a lack of knowledge of these different requirements.