Chester Folk Festival.

The sessions are free so, no, you wouldn't have to buy a ticket unless you wanted to go into the concert or folk club or ceilidh.

There will be a session tent (one of the two beer tents but who's counting) as well as sessions at the Farmer's Arms pub and I don't know where else. Presumably someone in the office would know what's going on if you asked.

We are much more likely to be at the ceilidhs than sessions in the evenings but will no doubt be sessioning a lot during the day between workshops and so on. In previous years it has always been possible to find at least 3 or 4 sessions going on at any one time (and often many more) so I do think you would be certain to find something.

It is quite a long way to travel, I'll grant you, but Chester is a great festival so probably worth the journey.