Rock Chick, surely the festival is more than just what goes on in the pubs, isn't it? I think the actual festival events are still as good, if not better than they have always been. From talking to locals, yes, there is something of a problem with the young rowdy elements, but that's true of most, if not all town centres these days - and in Broadstairs it's not confined to Folk Week. As far as I can tell, there are no more pub gigs in the programme than there have always been - I can't comment on the style of those as I'm working elsewhere. But, as I pointed out in an earlier post, there were at least two venues who were crying out for musicians to have their own sessions there, but I don't think it happened,