At the National Folk Festival in Canberra over Easter, weekend ticket prices were: Adult $A130; Youth (13-17) $A65; Child (5-12 years) $A21; under 5 no charge. Camping extra, but very reasonable.

The Children's Festival programme ran from 10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m., with many of the acts from the main festival involved. Child minding was also available. There might have been a limit of four hours for leaving kids unattended?

I don't pay all that much attention, because I don't have kids, but I have never heard any complaints about how that works, and I know that on a couple of occasions my sister has taken her kids (for a day) and they have loved it.