I went to the FOCS one a couple of years ago, that wasn't too bad in that respect - there were beadwork workshops and the like, but I managed to avoid those. Lots of singing, which also mostly avoided, but the talks were very good on the whole.

I'm not going to the AF conference, as it's also the GGB one this year, and I decided that at that price I would have to choose between them, and GGB won.