Snuffy's point is spot on...

'if sufficient singarounds (or a sympathetic venue to "do your own thing") were available, then you would not get tune sessions and Folk Club venues invaded by singarounders desperate for a quick fix of singing.'

...but...

I feel like no one read my previous post. perhaps it was too long for most to bother reading? Let me condense it some...
According to the official programme.....
Evenings in the rooms of the Old Road Tavern, with the exception of the scheduled Friday night session, were NOT timetabled in the programme for 'playing' sessions, Irish or otherwise.
The rooms were fair game for ANYONE to sing, play or ANYTHING reasonable - the very 'sympathetic venue to "do your own thing"' - that Snuffy mentions.
Why moan that someone sang (any number of songs!)?
Why STILL insist the music going on in there should have exclusively been playing only?
I just don't get it! Exasperated - HFA