WE have sessions in our front room (re-named the great hall of the people by Bubblyrat this easter) on a regular basis, sometimes they are planned and sometimes they just happen. we can accommodate lots and have an inglenook fireplace at each end of the room big enough to stand (or sit) in and a large oak settle, oak beams and an under the stairs bar - it is 2 cottages knocked in to one though. We call them 'at homes' as opposed to 'at the pubs' and have a bring and share bar, bring and share supper and no money exchanges hands. We do have in our tiny little village of whitstone, right on the Devon and Cornwall border, 2 harpists, 2 pipers, a melodeon player, 2 concertina players, a fiddle player a bass player, a drummer, (most of these play an assortment of other instruments as well) and a host of singers. so we are blessed, and never shorty of folk to make music with!
Cheers, lucy