Fidjit

Isn't the Folk club scene a bit of a closed circuit?

Mostly booking the crowd puller and resting on singers nights to stay afoat. Very few book newcomers. They can't afford it.
Shoot me down if I'm wrong.

Perhaps we work to a different "business model" but staying afloat isn't an issue if every night finances itself. All our guests get paid from the take on the door (or from the day if it's part of our workshop series) regardless of whether they are a local star or national Big Name. We don't use cheap guests to finance the expensive ones. We try to cover the spectrum from the famous to singers nights. Last night we had Too Many Strings; I think they are all over eighteen now. They had a good turnout considering Blowzabella were over the street and The Imagined Village was in Brighton, eight miles away.