If you don't think acoustic music is noisy, I suggest you attend any orchestra or choir of your choice and get your mind changed! Even a single bloke with a trumpet is a force to be reckoned with! Sure, a guy with an acoustic guitar or a mandolin or something isn't significantly noisy, but we're not the only acoustic musicians our there.

I do agree with Dave's point though, that folk clubs should be well down the list of places needing extra regulation!

Graham.