Tom, there's always room for improvement but this was a good festival, every year there will be some new kinks that arise (weather venues) & we'll get work out the following year, it just keeps getting better all the time & that's is how it should be.
Just a thought for the Press Room. If the upstairs were to be used it could easily hold the crowd that came for the music on Saturday & it would pay in drinks & food to make it worth while for the publicans to open it, even if a bit of "rent" were tossed in to boot, then those that drifted in could populate the donwstairs & not take up room from the music, it would also generate enough revenue for the wait-staff. I think that they'd believe that it would call for a least a couple of waitresses who'd do well for the afternoon. I know that there were a good few folks that turned around to eat elsewhere that weren't interested in the festival so it would generate more food servings too. Just one man's thoughts.
Another thought, Prescott Park. I did a gig there for the Gundalow when she was christened there sometime in the early 90's, it's not that far removed from the downtown area, they have a bit of a maritime museum (you'd think that they'd want to be involoved). Just another thought, if that were to happen the water is deep enough at the piers there for the gundalow to tie up there during the festivies, a thought that Barbara had mentioned to me was to involove the barge as a venue platform, I like it.
Well there's a while for more thoughts & ideas as the year goes on.

Again thanks to all
Barry