""It may surprise you to hear that not all the punters were happy.""

We had a solid dose of the All Day Moaner too. I think she's only happy when she's miserable.

I gave an audience of people who are only just starting to enjoy folk as strong a cross section of acoustic music as I could, and it worked.

As they get to see more of what Folk is about in the hands of people like the Hot Rats and Larkspur, the balance will slide more to the Folk end of the spectrum. Both had them dancing their legs off.

I believe that is better than stuffing them full of what they aren't used to, and expecting them to swallow.

This was the third festival and the proportion of folk in the headline acts was 50%.

The future will follow the feedback of the majority, but Jazz and Blues will still feature, because they are popular at this venue.

Don T.