<?php
$args=array(
  'post_type' => 'festivals',
  'orderby' => 'title',
  'order' => 'ASC',
  'posts_per_page'=>-1,
  'caller_get_posts'=>1,
	'meta_key' => 'festival_year',
	'meta_value' => '2012',
);
$my_query = new WP_Query($args);
if( $my_query->have_posts() ) {
  echo 'Total Number of Festival Guides: ' . count($my_query->posts) . '';
  while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
    $this_char = strtoupper(substr($post->post_title,0,1));
    if ($this_char != $last_char) {
      $last_char = $this_char;
      echo '<h4>'.$last_char.'</h4>';
    } ?>

    <div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Festival">
	 	<p><a itemprop="url" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><span itemprop="name"><?php the_title(); ?></span></a> </p>
	  </div>

<?php endwhile;
} //if ($my_query)
wp_reset_query();  // Restore global post data stomped by the_post().
?>
		  </div>