Good comment, Big Mal.
Folk is about doing things , like singing, playing and dancing.
Concerts can be seen at any time, after all, that is why we have Guest Artistes at folk clubs.
It seems that the British public seem to have lost the will to do things for themselves, preferring to do the "easy" thing and sit on their chumps while others do the work (i.e. entertain them).
Probably we have been pushed into this attitudde under the aegis of "Health and Safety".
Colyn.