I've seen it work on the continent but generally it was only one brand beer being served which was always good - but as others will point out - no choice. True it cuts down queues - with no money changing hands.
Over here, I fear that that there are a few issues. OK - to cut down queues , but primarily for accounting purposes i.e. to stop Bar Tenders fiddling / handling money. There's also a bonus of people being half pissed and waking up next morning with beer tickets left in their pockets . They also register as sales as there is no opportunity to return them after the event , however I believe there was opportunity to exchange tokens for cash on leaving the event.
The prices Johnadams and Steve Harris talked about £3.80 are disgusting and they are right to bring them to our attention - let's do our homework before buying tickets to such events !!!!
On THAT Subject Ray Padgett wrote quite rightly about drink prices in Whitby. A month ago I was charged £ 3.08 in the Elsinore for a pint of shandy - disgrace, he gave more examples. What Ray didn't point out is that Whitby ( where the Angel was )has a Wetherspoons under construction which might help things / prices, and , who knows, would Wetherspoons make an exception on Folk Week on their non-music policy? Folk could try-unlike approaching Grumpy Humphrey