There have certainly been plenty of cancellations this summer, fuelling the suggestion that this long-buoyant part of the music industry was now in trouble itself, brought down to earth by the tough economy and a possible fickle audience.

But the Association of Independent Festivals refreshingly paints a somewhat different picture with all 33 of the events under its umbrella having gone ahead this year - or they are about to - with three of them having run out of tickets ...