I dunno their names, but they're the folks who keep booking the same ol' acts, Dave

Well I have been to the previous three Gate to Southwell festivals and and the previous three Shepley Festivals. They are handy for where I live. And they have both had different headline acts each year.

Organisers book who they think will sell tickets, commensurate with availability, price and size of festival.

The same person will be a headline act at a small festival and a lesser act at a large festival.

Lizzie now you have told us that you don't know the names of the "The Folk Network" of which you spoke in the first post, perhaps you would be good enough to tell us which festivals you have been to this year and who were the headline acts at each one?

It will enable people to judge what evidence your opinion is based on.