Sidmouth Folk Week tickets - 2011 - all change again?

Last year I suggested some substantial changes to the Sidmouth FolkWeek ticket structure. I suggested stripping out the cost of the Bulverton - and making the basic week season ticket cheaper to help overcome the perception amongst many would-be attendees that Sidmouth is 'just too expensive'. It didn't go down well with Joan Crump!

Here is one of Joan Crump's postings from the mudcat website:

Steve Wozniak's "Newcomer's Guide" - and indeed his entire festival website - should be viewed as the highly subjective document that it is, and taken with a grain of salt. Steve Wozniak does not speak for FolkWeek and is not party to any internal discussions or planning. Like the other 500 stewards who volunteer their time during the festival, his time is obviously valued but this position does not give him any special insight into the festival's planning or challenges. The ticketing guide Mr Wozniak has produced, for example, may well not reflect this year's (2011) system, as we are currently reviewing the whole ticketing structure.

There are no plans whatsoever to get rid of the Bulverton or to remove it from the season ticket. It is growing in popularity year on year with a wide age range of attenders (sic). Sound control at the venue is the best it has ever been and we did not have a single complaint from residents this year that I'm aware of.

It was actually not long ago that Joan Crump was admitting on Mudcat that the Bulverton was in a 'make or break' financial position. Maybe she didn't want to risk exposing just how little support it has - if judged by how much money people would pay to attend!