At Herga Folk Club (Harrow, Middlesex) we have a "wish list".

Herga is primarily a singers club with about a dozen or so booked guests throughout the year and a sprinkling of showcase spots and theme nights as well.

All club members are invited to request whomever they want the club to book - it may be someone they have seen at a festival that they want other members to have a chance to see or someone they've heard about who they have not had the chance to see live themselves.

If enough members request the same performer then, providing finances allow, the club trys to fulfil the request.

This seems a fair way of doing things