Excuse a few naive questions but -

1)What is involved in a mudcat gathering?

2)Is it open to anyone? Do a lot of people tend to come? Are there sessions or performances or what?

3)Is it a 'closed' thing with everyone knowing everyone else or are new people made welcome and able to get involved?

4) For some time the landlord of our local pub where we play has been thinking of organising a music weekend sometime in the summer. Is it possible to start up a Mudcat gathering or is that treading on people's toes as we are in North Yorkshire too?

Thanks