I would have thought that one way to 'make things happen' rather than 'just see how they turn out' is to contact powers that be.

Chris & Tracy Rose are currently in charge of the Morris. Personally, with it being so crowded, I wondered just where anybody might perform - apart from outside the Post Office. The Phoenix is usually pretty accommodating, but isn't quite in the town centre. I heard that the Oojahs from Hastings turned up and were asked 'not to dance' which I find a little extraordinary - I don't know how true that might be. I don't know where or if Boughton performed. And it seemed amazing that Royal Liberty didn't show - not that they are quite the bikers they used to be! The Fezheads have now evolved so that a portable unit of musicians (of which I was one) is no longer practical - and they had been told NOT to perform outside The Sun in West Street, anyway. That wasn't an issue, since the six-strong band set up their PA in the garden and turned the volume up to 11 and did the show there, having been pre-booked by the pub rather than the festival, this didn't appear as such in the programme.

So far as song/music pub sessions are concerned, if Faversham is still to be valued as a venue, then I'd have thought making personal contact with the landlord/manager before the event might be a good idea. Good festivals have a healthy fringe rather than stick to a prescribed formula. Something informal did take place in The Phoenix when I stuck my head round the door. My overall impression is that with so much street noise in the centre, a good venue would need to be sought on the town periphery.

Good luck!