The Leveller, can I come to your parties please?

Went to a lovely little eclectic music fest this year. Lots of Eastern European Folk acts, amid the hippy techno festi music, but no native folk. The presence of such a lot of European folk, spurred me to ask the guy who's organised the show for many years if he ever puts on more native traditional folk acts? He said no, it just never happens.

With every other kind of music going there, I was more than perplexed at the complete absence of any native folk, not just that year, but *ever*. I just thought 'huh?'

As I was, and indeed still am, only a newb to folk in general, I didn't quite get if there was something up with that, or not. Of course I know there are lots of dedicated folk festivals, but I'm curious about eclectic music festivals and indeed other eclectic music venues. Does folk live in a bubble? Or is this anecdote a purely personal, isolated and unrepresentative one?