Fiona said on the F&A board:

"One of the things that puts me off folk clubs is that they're often on weekday evenings or Sunday nights, we hardly ever go out properly during the week and are more likely just to go for a drink or have some friends in, and we don't have any little ones at home! Finding a babysitter etc is hard enough work when it's something you really want to see, much harder to justify for pot luck at your local club and that's assuming you're not required for taxi services if your little uns aren't so little.

If this is an age group you want to attract I'd say have the odd afternoon session (Sunday lunchtime say) so folks can bring kids along or having a 'junior folk club' to run alongside the main one a sort of 'musical creche' with for example simple instrument making (rattles, shakers etc). I know this works well at the Hammersmith Irish centre where they have workshops on Saturdays afternoons and their own Young Musician competition. Parents and family will always come to see their own!"

Excellent points, I think. Les, I can imagine you trying the "junior folk club" idea...