Starting a folk club is a worthy challenge

You need a venue - you got one

You need performers

You will need finances and I've found that this comes from all attendees

If you book guests this will help keep interest.

I started out with a weekly sing and we all paid a modest quid

after a year we set up a club and booked locals and charged 3-4quid

then we went big and charged 5-10

we are still in business.

We book BIG names

I've just set up a 2nd club to promote local and new talent again based on £3 entrance 50% to the artiste regardless.
+ raffle

I can see this going the way of our 1st club but I wont let it.

Loads of leaflets, newspaper and we have a local folk mag in Unicorn

All the best,

A name draws but requies long term planning, e.g. Vin Garbutt has a waiting list of clubs who want to book him,I'm waiting in 2005 usually 9 -12 months for others

We all pay

Good luck

j