The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #106305   Message #2196849
Posted By: Linda Kelly
18-Nov-07 - 01:14 PM
Thread Name: The Future of Folk Clubs
Subject: RE: The Future of Folk Clubs
an organizer ensures that its audience gets what it wants by er talking to the audience -dispensing promo CD's for review asking them to listen to You tube, getting them to let you know what acts they have liked and what they haven't, invite people for support; I have issued questionnaires to ask what type of acts they want, have special theme nights to encourage people to participate and do different types of material - we have a great time great singers and songwriters, many of whom should be professional and we do not label ourselves a folk club -whatever we have at our club it works, but we are not large, we save like mad to afford larger groups and rely upon dedicated people to keep it going. The future of folkclubs is down to hardwork and teamwork