As one of the organizers of The Lake County Folk Festival (N. Illinois) I can warn you that it takes a lot of work and a lot of people helping to successfully launch a new festival. I started out by talking to a lot of folks who had previously organized festivals and their unanymous advice on starting a festival was "DON'T". But we didn't take that bit of advice and are going into the 5th Annual this year. We have put together a checklist of everything that has to be done 1. Way before 2. The day before and 3. The day of the festival. I'll be glad to send you a copy of the basic list, with some of our experiences, observations and recommendations. Drop me a line at folkie@prodigy.net if you are interested.