Tom, can you think of one folk club organiser, who has made off with peoples money.
have those people who paid for tickets at a certain yorkshire festival been refunded their money, that is the sort of thing that produces distrust and casts a bad light on folk festivals and fbesmirches the good name of folk music,
Festivals[ IN MY EXPERIENCE] do not come under as much criticism ON THE INTERNET as folk clubs, and yet folk clubs are 98 per cent of the time run in a honest professional manner, and do much to encourage beginners to perform and have been great training grounds for many professional performers, some of whom have become popular music performers,one club[Lewes Sat] runs extremely well organised workshops.