closure of festivals

Subject: closure of festivals
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 11:55 AM

Beverley has closed and Alcester has closed.
The closure of Beverley is reminiscent of the closure of Pickering a few years ago, is this the result of business entrepreneurs trying to make a quick buck?
Perhaps, the UK Folk Revival, needs to give more support and realise the importance of the enthusiast who runs the weekly guest folk club, who is running a community based operation.
And at the same time be more wary of trusting entrepreneurs who take over what had previously been an established well run Festival,I suspect many unfortunate people had been duped not realising the management had changed at Beverley Folk Festival, as there was no change of name.

Subject: RE: closure of festivals
From: Jack Campin
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 12:13 PM

I posted a reply to this which seems to have vanished.

How many festivals actually depend on any help from the local folk club? Many festivals take place in towns or villages where there isn't one, and in others, like Whitby, the organization is mainly done by people from fairly distant cities.

So, supporting a folk club will probably have no effect whatever on the chances of survival of any festival.

Subject: RE: closure of festivals
From: GUEST,Morris-ey
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 12:14 PM

A thread of the same name already exists about five threads down so why this new one is here is beyond me...

Subject: RE: closure of festivals
From: GUEST,Morris-ey
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 12:15 PM

Sorry 17 threads down...

Subject: RE: closure of festivals
From: GUEST,Morris-ey
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 12:18 PM

But is called the closure of FOLK festivals started by the very Dick Miles who started the first thread.

Why would he start another, I wonder? And why would that be allowed?

Subject: RE: closure of festivals
From: The Sandman
Date: 25 Apr 18 - 12:22 PM

MORRISSEY, Ihave been away from the computer and have had internet broadband connection problems I was not aware that the previous one i started had connected, i thought it had disappeared, as so many posts do, my apologies.