LOL not at all - although we had one group who appeared in full Civil War costumes - Confederate dress uniforms and hoop skirts for the ladies (but that went along with their theme - "Music of the Civil War" - the American Civil war, that is.

Jeans and T shirts are fine by me for a folk act, but I don't like it when the performers turn up looking like they've just got done from a hard day of working in their garden and couldn't be bothered to shower and change. The jeans and t-shirts should be clean and not a mass of wrinkles, with minimum rips and tears. Casual is good, I just don't like ratty and unkempt. In some cases I think it's nice when the performers 'dress the part' When Chance and Susette Shiver
performed at our concert series a few small touches in their wardrobe really enhanced the 'old timey' ambiance without being hokey.