Thank you Guest, Winnipeg for that read on Tim's article. He reiterates what (I with little experience.)I have preached with the past festival I worked at and for the one that takes place tomorrow (Apple Hollow Music Fest.). Create a sense of community. I have been to festivals where by you can't even get to say hello to a performer because he/she is in their own little enclosed area. To this I say get out there and meet the folks. Musicians can also be very demanding. And I clarify this by saying those under agents. Thank God I haven't had to many of these. I have refused to book a particular musician because I refused to meet the contract demands.
To see the musician mingle with the folks is what make a festival successful. Plus clean outhouses.