Interesting that it's taken as read, as a given, as undisputed truth, by so many posts in this thread that folk clubs are dying.

In London I have plenty of folk clubs to attend. The Goose Is Out, Bermondsey Folk Club, Cellar Upstairs, Walthamstow, Musical Traditions, Croydon, among others... You will hear traditional folk songs at all of them. They are in general well attended.

Yes, most of the audience is 60+ but it's folk music, what do you expect... there is a smattering of younger people.