"There seems to be two types of Festival at the moment, one putting on this folk based Caberet and controled by a few agencys and thus we tend to get very simmilar line ups and the other run by dedicated Folkies which tend to be far more sociable and frendly yet still have superb acts."

I'm intrigued. I'd love to know which festivals you feel fall into each category. I can think of very few festivals which aren't run by people with an absolute passion for folk. God knows they're not in it for the money.