Show of Hands, Tim van Eyken, and a pretty seaside town. What could possibly go wrong?

Maybe the UK festival scene is already saturated? Because at £30 for a two day season ticket, it wasn't too expensive.

"Headlining will be Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes plus other artists to include Lou Rhodes, Megson, Kerfuffle, 3 Daft monkeys, Tim Van Eyken... All audience areas will be under cover of marquees." says the publicity.

Maybe it's a lesson that when starting a new festival it's better to live within your means. I've been to three start up festivals in the last couple of years and they were all terrific: and have come back in following years and grown organically.

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Hamish