We are going to start a new, local folk club, when we find a suitable venue. I have started and run a folk club before so have some idea of what I'm doing, but I realised when talking to a few people in the chat, what a wealth of knowledge and experience there is here on the subject, so I thought I'd request input.

So........what have you found works? What doesn't? The issues we are looking at, apart from the venue are:
Charging
Frequency of guest nights
How often to hold the club
What night
How much to pay guests
Any other advice and comments you can come up with

I know you Mudcatters now, so I'm looking forward to lots of good replies!

Love Lynne