Quite right Lizzie. Whatever your idea might be of what constitutes a festival - big mainstage concerts or cosy informal sessions (or both- a festival doesn't happen without a hell of a lot of work by a few people who are often over-criticised and under-appreciated. I know what you mean by by 'sowing the seeds': long hours of boring committee work, endless telephone calls and e-mails and sheer hard slog.
Without those few people doing often unacknowledged work, festivals just plain don't happen.