Complex sentence: The festival ran at Port Eliot from 1981-1986, beginning with a small crowd of some 1,500 visitors over four days, and featured a mix of music, theatre and visual arts.
Split into simpler sentences: The festival ran at Port Eliot from 1981-1986. The fayre began small, with a crowd of 1,500 over four days, and featured a mix of music, theatre and visual arts.