I'm not sure what the confusion was; my post described the evening as turning out to be 'a cracking session in a tightly packed, rowdy bar'. This may be difficult to fathom for those with a very narrow definition of what constitutes a Folk Club, but speaking personally I've played and sung in sessions that were more like clubs, clubs that were more like sessions, singarounds that weren't like either, acoustic nights where everyone is plugged in, singers nights where no-one sang but everyone played tunes...and so on. As I said (not at all harshly, though tone of voice is difficult in print) I really don't care about the semantics, as every setting for this kind of music seems to be unique, and often depends on who turns up on the night. Giving these events classifications is often a way of making them exclusive, ensuring that the 'right' kind of musicians turn up; nothing wrong with that, it's just that I prefer an evening where something surprises or interests me, usually when someone contributes a song or tune from a genre I'm not familiar with. A good example; Greg Stephens runs a predominantly English tunes session in Stoke; but I've heard Cajun, trad jazz, Irish and Kurdish music at that session. (Or is it a folk club?)
Apologies for sounding harsh Ged; it wasn't intended that way at all.
Tim