Rachel Story,
We agree with your point about short performance slots. But is this not something that the organisers could easily rectify? Also, we weren't blaming festival organisers for the lack of alcohol. It's highly likely they were forbidden from allowing alcohol on the site by the powers that be. But Ditan Folk Festival has become a highly popular, long-running regular event now. Perhaps festival-goers should be allowed to expect some consistency at this point. Maybe it's time they built on the great success of the event to iron out the smaller problems.
We did have a good time at Ditan. Just not as good as we felt we could have.
But thanks for your comments. We encourage readers to let us know if they had a different experience at this year's festivals.