If this has been said earlier in the tread, I apologise, but reading the last few entries, then it's been lost in the discussion.

I don't think performers should have a problem with a low entry fee for a particular night if the club can still pay the fee they ask for, be that £100, £200 or £500. The term 'club' implies an organisation with members and if those members care to pay for three singers nights to one guest night (or however the ratio works out), then that should be their choice. Not all club members feel that being able to have more, or more expensive, guests would be an advantage, and the existence of a bigger, concert style club nearby does not mean that the small club should follow their example. For a start, the audience may be totally different and followers of one type may not care for the format of the other. It is a free country, after all, and there is nothing wrong with enjoying the company of your friends, and the pleasure of making music yourself rather than the different pleasure of listening to othe performers. And I'm sure many people like both types of club, but maybe value each and wish to have the option of attending each on separate occasions.

Where I do agree with Countess Richard (but would not choose to use her language to express the point) is that Performers should be paid a fair fee. That may mean clubs that are principally singers clubs having less frequent guests, or increasing fees a little for guest nights, or by raising money in other ways. But I don't think it is up to the performer to dictate anything other than the fee they are prepared to accept. Clubs can make their own minds up how to raise the fee.

The inevitable conclusion for me, therefore, is that Flat fees is the best arrangement. Everyone knows where they are. Performers can accept a lower fee if it fills a hole in their schedule or they particularly like the venue. Clubs can choose not to book that artist, or save up for a bit longer, or increase entry charges to cover the fee if they want. Go down the percentage path and the performer can (with good reason) resent a badly publicised venue, or a club which promises and audience of 100 and provides 20, and organisers can feel either embarrassed if their club night coincides with the world cup final, or intimidated if they are forced into charging ticket prices beyond their club members pockets.