I guess that things work differently on either side of the 'pond'. In the UK, no-one in their right minds runs a folk event to make money and so the motive is usually that they like the music. I can't imagine a folk club or session organiser in the UK who didn't have any interest in the music.

In the US it might be different. I can imagine some venues being run by people with no particular interest, but this would be very much the exception.

Fiddlestix - can you give us a bit more context to your situation,like where you are from?

Gwilym