I didn't know about the AA signs, and obviously they'd make a difference. Whitby must be the only festival anywhere that manages that, there isn't even a visible one to the Edinburgh Fringe office.

It would still be better to know exactly where. My experience in Csikszereda was about as bad as it could get: progressively worsening undiagnosed coronary artery obstruction and venues all round town, last minute changes because of the weather, and the only sure way to find out what was happening was to go to the venue and check the signboards (stopping every 100 yards to wait for the pain to go away). And Csikszereda is fairly flat. If the last of those AA signs to the Whitby office followed a walk round town and pointed up the hill to the parish church, somebody would have been scraping me off the steps. There must be quite a few punters who'd want to minimize how much walking or wheelchair-pushing they did.


I found the pdf and I thought it a good idea, though it was not a lot of use to me personally as I am more interested in the participation events

Me too - I wouldn't want a lot of detail, and these are the events most likely to change at the last minute, but it would be nice to know what goes on, in general terms.


Whitby Folk Festival is ALWAYS the week running up to the August Bank Holiday, so you can work out next year's dates right now!

If you're in England. We don't have it in Scotland, and the first I knew about it was when the post didn't arrive this morning (posties work to the English holiday calendar). But okay, maybe that'll be in my calendar next year along with the king's birthday in Bhutan.


The Edinburgh Twinge seems like a good model for informing people about last-minute changes. People who can't easily get at Twitter will usually be only a few yards away from someone who can. It's the sort of task that can easily be delegated to an enthusiast.