The following posted on uk.music folk

The landlord of The Alma Inn, Cottonstones, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorks, where we hold our monthly folk club & monthly sessions received his PRS bill recently & needed my help to sort it out. As a PRS member I was happy to do so & pointed out that most of his £631.45 bill was to cover piped music in the bar & restaurant. The bill for our folk club nights (capacity 60, but covers up to 100) is £7.27 per night & we'll pay this for him.

I checked with PRS about our monthly informal sessions, where
there's no admission charge to locals, neither are the musicians paid
PRS were definite that they do not regard this as a chargeable event.
There's been a lot of disinformation about sessions. I hope this
information clears up a few worries.

It is ironic, however, that the landlord deems piped music essential to his existing customers already on the premises & our folk club is paying a nominal PRS charge for him & bringing in new customers.
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Pete Coe