Cllr-- I wish you could stay also.

Charley-- This year seems to be an anomaly. I think the festival organizers make a particular effort to bring in folks who might not otherwise make it to Chicago, but there usually also are local performers other than Tom Kastle & Chris Kastle. In past years they've had David H.B. Drake, Lee Murdock, Bounding Main (who aren't coming this year because they will be performing at the Shanties Festival in Poland that same weekend), Lanialoha Lee, etc.