I thought this was an interesting question that deserved its own thread:

Subject: RE: Philadelphia Folk Festival
From: Janie - PM
Date: 18 Aug 06 - 10:44 PM

I'm not sure folk festivals in Britain are the same kind of event that many folk festivals are in the USA. Some one familiar with both want to comment?

Janie

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I don't have experience of both, but often read festival threads from "both sides of the pond".

What was it that struck you as different from your experience, Janie? (And was it the about Philadelphia Folk Festival, or Clifftop, aka Appalachian String Band Music Festival, as mentioned in that other thread?)

~ Becky in Tucson