Ruth, I rather suspect that there can be _no_ English folk festival that meets WAV's rather peculiar standards and definitions . After all, Whitby, which is more traditionally based than Sidmouth in it's outlook, has already been found lacking in view of it's one fun ceilidh of the week (heaven knows what he'd think of Mr Burland and Shagpile, as I think I said). I'm pretty sure that the now sadly defunct Traditions Festival would not have come up to scratch either - good old Sid Calderbank and his Lancashire parlour concert wouldn't have met his criteria at all! (I do wonder if John Heydon's lamented National would even have hacked it).