Lemme see. At Whitby there are about four Irish sessions going on simultaneously every night, and the Middle Earth has people doing anything from country to calypso to klezmer. Not an ideal place for a Little Englander. Heck, last year they even had Martin Wyndham-Read doing Australian stuff most of the week.

So does the North-East have any ethnically pure festivals that would meet WAV's requirements? If so please let me know so I can avoid them.

(BTW I think Whitby oughta book Jani Lang's band. It's not too far for them to come, Hungarian dance is easy to pick up, and their caller is terrific).