I agree to a point.
My local folk club has an abundance of talent and have really good singers nights, but if they have a guest on I don't like, I don't go.
I have, and will continue to go to clubs who I know don't have the quality of floor singers if they have a guest on that I want to see, but I probably wouldn't go to their singers nights.
Having said all this, I think the audience also has a part to play. Even with the high praise I have for my local club, the one sticking point is that there are a few people who, even though there is somewhere else for them to go and do it, will stand at the back and constantly chatter, singers or guest nights. At times it gets intrusive and it can spoil the night.
The first time Bob Fox came to us, it certainly spoilt his.

muppitz x