My posting on 5th June about the Ball and funding of other events seems to have caused a misconception that we deliberately over-price the tickets to raise money for other events.
The Ball tickets are priced at cost. They only cover the catering, the music and any other entertainment. It is any surplus from the bar, the prize draw and the Pound-a-Pop that goes towards such things as the infrastructure of the festival (marquee, toilets etc).