Musicport was started and is still run by husband and wife team Jim & Sue McLoughlin who also own the Porthole Music Shop on Skinner Street in Whitby. The Musicport Festival is a celebration of "roots" music from around the world, quite different from the "folk" festival, very varied and to many people very interesting. There are normally one or two bands or individuals that I enjoy but being an old stick in the mud most of it goes over my head. Nicaraguan Nose Flute players are not really my forte. However that is not to say it is a bad festival merely that I don't appreciate the variety on offer.