man about town ,since I have played most of the clubs in the area as a paid guest and DARTFORD many times as a floorsinger,I have to say you are completely out of order,Dartford caters for certain kind of folk music veering towards the contemporary,and heavily orientated towards the guitar,nothing wrong with that and they are successful at what they do,but they do not cater for all tastes.
other clubs like the two orpington clubs are very good in a different way,youare rather negative ,what makes agood club is a subjective matter.I agree with Richard Bridge.