Well. smallpiper on the point of "The fact that most people don't want to hear this kind of music" a recent report on folk Festivals(Funded by the Arts Council) states that
" UK folk festivals generate spending of over £77 million each year. There are now over 350 folk festivals in the UK. Between them they attract over 350,000 attendances from 106,000 people, each of whom attends an average of 3.3 folk festivals per year."
This of course may raise other problems as Dr Howells PEL crap will affect the fringe and pub based events and sessions etc that happen around and as an Integral part of most Festivals.