Re: there are other factors at play

 

This year, more than 40 festivals have already been canceled,
according to one count.
...
Some blame the spate of cancellations on changing tastes; others point
to the lack of curiosity from younger generations (why pay to see a
bunch of acts you haven't heard of?). And, of course, there's a
general belt tightening overall.

There's also an increasing number of tragedies at large public
gatherings. Personally I'm less inclined to go to a festival/large
event just because it seems there's an increasing chance some idiot
with a car will drive through it trying to kill people, on some
perceived grievance.