I just think that the once a week club is a hard act to sustain and other choices may be a better bet.

Very true, Les. I sometimes wonder how the weekly club perpetuates itself in less urban areas. Some book a guest every fortnight and use the "singers" night take as a way of funding the guest. Some have a guest every week and some a guest occasionally. Not being a club organiser I don't know the ins and outs of the finances here. The acoustic session I run is monthly, and alternates with another monthly session in the area. Some in Brighton run weekly, but country ones - like ours - couldn't sustain a greater frequency.