adding some more music to this thread!

Back in March I read the Ticket Terms & Conditions for attendance at our National Folk Festival. The festival had a new director, not a folkie, merely someone who was good at organising big events cos they needed more attendees after 2 years without festivals, & they also had new board members who wanted an different approach (ie. less folk - hmmmm)

A concern amongst folkies had been the booking a number of very big non-folk acts, also the complicated application form, obviously taken from applications for huge music festivals. And the acceptance form was 16 pages long, instead of the usual one page list of performers, instruments & camping/own arrangements.

So it was hardly surprising to see the following on the Ticket page -

https://www.folkfestival.org.au/tickets - see bag check (this page no longer exists!)

All patrons carrying bags of A4 size will be required to enter the entertainment zone through the bag check lane.

Prohibited items include:

    Glass (including food containers and bottles)

    Knives and weapons

    Alcohol and illicit substances

    Umbrellas & selfie sticks

    Fire-twirling equipment, sparklers and flares.

Not the kind of stuff normally found at the 55 year old National FF.

WEAPONS?? FLARES?? UMBRELLAS? I had a pic of a very loooong line of men, women & children awaiting the bag searches at the only entrance, when a tot under a froggie umbrella has their froggie seized in front of all these lefties - Wadda we want? Umbrellas!! When do we want them? NOW ...

People started complaining & there were no bag searches when we all arrived, but the condition is back on this year's ticket page

sandra

ps. the new director is no longer around.