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Thread #143453   Message #3312761
Posted By: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
24-Feb-12 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: Frome Folk festival
Subject: RE: Frome Folk festival
For the past 5 or 6 years now relatively nearby Burnham on sea
has been hosting an extremely well organised and successful local FREE Autumn community 'folkfest';
with venue staging, PA equipment and sound mixing being of an applaudable consistent good 'pro' quality.

Yet this excellent festival, first weekend in September, is barely known outside of their own town,
existing quietly unnoticed off the national festival circuit radar,
because B.O.S 'Folkfest' organisers can't overstretch the budget for well known high profile media darling performers;
and seem disinclined to engage in trendy middle class media marketing and promotion.

It's an interesting & valuable contrast to expensive, exclusive, inaccessible Priddy;
and now this new Frome event which seems to be clumsily emulating the more upper high end market demographic festivals
whilst lacking the experience and expertise of Burnham's local home grown reliable well skilled event management team.