Yes.

But of course if you are one of the clubs where folk music means this, and this alone......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL0qfJr9d6w

Then anyone but semi-retired geography teachers are going to be a bit thin on the ground.

At my local club we have a core of about 15 young people who started to turn up about 18 months ago after a bit of a push to get them in. They were "allowed" to play what they wanted. Guess what, 8 months later music from the cast iron definition of "trad" that some get so squirty about started to, and continues to make up some of their sets. I think that has happened because they have had the opportunity to mix with older musicians from that tradition and there has been an appreciation as a result.

Of course if the club was one of those where young people playing anything outside of some club designated take on what constitutes trad. was met by disapproving looks and snide comments? Then I assume we wouldn't still have them playing there as they would have moved on elsewhere to an open mic night or something? In turn they wouldn't have learned from the older musicians and I would be one of those posting on here bemoaning the young peoples lack if interest.