I'm really sorry to see it cancelled for 2008. We've been going for years, even before it moved to New Haven.

I have many opinions about why it was under-attended, including location, conflicts with the Getaway, fragmentation of the area folk community each with its own interests, etc. The reason stated for cancellation is "lack of sufficient personnel in key organizing-committee positions" which is certainly a good reason. It's the volunteer work of many people who put in countless hours that makes something like this work, and then the folk community needs to come out and support it!

I can only compare it to the one other indoor folk festival like it that I've attended, which is NEFFA. This one also moved last year, but before the move it was very well attended, even crowded. Last year I only went on Sunday, and attendance seemed pretty low. I'll be there on Saturday this year and will have a better idea of how it fared after the move.

If we don't support this music we love and people who work to produce events like NOMAD, there will be no more of any of it. Sad.