SharonA, I appreciate the fact that those festivals do not have the exact same purposes. Yet, it seems to me that there probably is or should be some shared goals, and perhaps even some shared {meaning, the same} performers..

Also, I appreciate the fact the subject of non-White people's attitudes towards and awareness of the folk music "scene/s" and events in the USA and probably also in European nations {and Australia? etc} is very complicated.

I suppose if we succeeded in "sussing" out the myriad reasons why there is very little non-White attendance at folk festivals, we'd also understand why there are so few African Americans and other people of color who are posting on Mudcat now, and who have ever posted on Mudcat since this forum's inception.