The other thread whence this one sprang is still going along in parallel.

One point to come out of it is that the term "folk club" might have an 'image problem'.

Maybe calling a 'folk club' something else would be a good idea, if you want to attract more people in. The old stereotype of fingers-in-ears, Aran sweater clad pipe smoking sandal wearing bearded old blokes warbling their way through 78-verse Child Ballads in reverent silence is perhaps too strong to overcome.

Calling it something else might help. The question is, what? Let's have your suggestions.

That said, there are still plenty of thriving folk clubs that don't seem to be suffering from this problem, so not all clubs need to change their name, it would seem. But for the rest, it might help, and I don't think you'll get many outraged by a simple name change. Or am I wrong?