Thanks,Anahata-and Barbara for further clarification.
So,even a funster can claim.Hmm...30 tunes in a session at say £0.015 ea.,2to 3 sess. per wk.then Sidmuff,Towersey and the rest non-stop(possibly ruled out per BB-are Bedford,Radway,Swan,Horseshoes et al actually part of the festival? worth including anyway).
Could be lucrative if I can be arsed to list,or even remember,them all.
I'd better belt up-if just the session 'catters did that it would swamp the PRS.Or worse they might oblige me to to do it.
That brings me onto my Fascination-thanks very much for the link,but I'm not inclined to engage them.I was once charged with assessing value for several sites-the PRS flagged up due to the high admin vs low outgoing & relevance (radio over tannoys).
They were polite but mulish-'the sky's blue-you play music that must have been made up by somebody so you pay,obvious ennit?-besides there's an Act of Parliament and our legal team won't hesitate...is that radio in the background?
So,thought I,they tie every scrap up with one of a million composers?dead likely,and...what about all the trad stuff??
They are also rumoured to use self-employed snoops to enforce their position.

Admittedly negative post-I can't put up another way of paying composers,although they might consider having a box on the return-'is any proportion of your entertainment traditional?'with appropriate reduction. FWIW I like the sound of the US situation even less.

Cheers F.(UK)