Like others above I would strongly recommend that Max comes over to the UK for the full week of the 'Whitby Folk Week' festival from Sat 21 to Fri 27 August 2010.
It's a busy time in the UK folk calendar so I feel certain that there will be other events occuring before and after Whitby that could link up well.

Whitby is a beautiful old seaside resort on the Yorkshire coast which attracts many mudcatters to it's festival and has a very strong "fringe" element in the local pubs and clubs with many musician sessions and singarounds where anything goes. So it is bound to be a hit with Max.

If I know that Max will definately be coming to Whitby Folk Week I could start a thread to announce this to ensure we get the max amount of mudcatters to come to meet up with Max in Whitby at a mudcatter gathering and at various locations/sessions in the town throughout the week.

It would be more than a real pleasure for me and many UK Mudcatters to meet Max because I feel that so many of us owe Max so much. So many of our festivals and events are broadcast on Mudcat and so many meet-ups and gatherings of old friends occur year after year thanks to Mudcat. In fact it is difficult now to imagine how we could do without it. So me and tons of other folkies in the UK owe him big time and will show him much appreciation and a very warm welcome indeed!

Whitby Folk Week is a stunning festival where you are spoilt for choice of what to do and where to go during the week and is my personal favourite out of all the festivals in the UK.

I will also PM you with details of a friend and fellow Mudcatter who lives in Whitby and who is a brilliant organiser and has more Mudcatter contacts than me.

Very best regards.

Chris