I have been following this thread for some time now and I did post a comment. I did not want to get dragged into any of the arguments, I simply made a comment. As a local to the area I did not want to camp, my son wanted to so at great expense we did. I feel that I am able to comment as I have no axe to grind at all, sadly from what I can see on this thread I certainly will not be a regular.
I thank Kev the clogs (what a strange name but then most are) for his comments, and yes I can agree with some of his points. I am not to well aquainted with the organisers of Folk Week but assume that Dilli is one of them, from the comments posted by him / her there appears to be some form of antagonism from them towards anyone making any comment about the festival.
Personal attacks from any side gain nothing I can assure you all.
There have been good genuine concerns aired by all sides and I enjoyed reading them. Sadly I left early after the night of problems so am not able to make any comment on the after effects. Apart from being very scarred by it.
However I did find it hard to find a suitable venue relating to good honest folk music, i now understand that the pubs have their own agenda, so ok dont go to them, easy, but surely as the festival seems to take over the town for a week, the organsisers could input some comments to the local public houses and other venues. The amount of money generated by the festival must affect the town. I wish we had something like it where I live we need the funds in the town.
Please everyone especially Dilli and Kev stop this nasty talk and put your energies into creating a better run festival. If I have assumed too much about people I say publicly, sorry I am not used to these sites and do not feel comfortable with it. My son sees it as a laugh his comments are that on this thread people need to get into the real world and take their heads out of their collective ---- you can guess the rest, he is 18 and full of it, if you know what I mean. I wish you all well with this years festival and may well just pop in now and again, but I wont be camping again, I really dont think it is value for money, I certainly wont be going down the town at night and thats for sure, its silly camping as I dont live far away. I wish you all well and will merely be watching from the sidelines, perhaps my son will come on as a member he is a great fiddle player but will not play in front of people, I despair of him sometimes. Well thats youth.