"The above question is not just for Greg, btw. It is open for anyone to answer.

As a folk club organiser how am I to incorporate the requests from local artists who I know well and who are of exceptional quality to book them with the wants of the audience to get the best artists for less than £3 a night with the desires of people to see 'new' talent?

How can I book people at a couple of weeks notice and let the audience know in advance who is on? How can I manage to pay all these artists when at most I get £3 each from 30 people twice a month? How can I pay an Ethiopian dance troop £1000 for a nights entertainment when my total annual budget is not much more than £2000?

Tell me. Please!

Cheers

DtG"