[OP is for clubs and singarounds. ... but as the title is Folk Maps & I'd already included open mic(!) I should add this]
for instrumentals The Session uses a map on the search page https://thesession.org/sessions tip : if you get no results for a town try a bigger town or the county, pick a session, then move around the "nearby sessions".
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