The picture from our part of Wales -

Our local club meets every Sunday night in a village pub about 15 miles from the nearest sizeable town. Fortunately we live about 4 miles from said pub. Not quite every Sunday - if it's a Bank Holiday weekend, there's no club.

(Now you need another thread about "What's a UK Bank Holiday?")

Once a month or thereabouts, from September to May, there's a guest (professional) performer who does two 40 minute concert sets, with a 15 minute interval - times can be very approximate. There may or may not be "floor spots" by local performers. There is a charge for admission.

The other weeks are "singers' nights" - no charge and much more informal. We sit in the back room, drink, chat and sing. The singing is controlled, to make sure everyone gets a chance, it's 1 song/tune/poem/whatever each, then on to the next person, then round the room again - depends how many turn up. If there's only 5 or 6 of us, it goes round LOTS of times.

We prefer the singers' nights usually.

Andrew & Carole