Richard, again in fairness to Villan (I've started so I'll finish), he has explained that he's deliberately changed the name of his event so that neither the words folk nor club appear in it. He does not call it an open mic either, so to use Faldingworth Live as an example of a 'folk club open mic' (as defined in the opening post) which auditions, was not really fair.

You did say: "Yes. I can name a folk club that asked for auditions. I can name two, and there may have been more. THe Mucky Duck - Chester - late 60s early 70s. Its ads said ring for a floor spot. I did. They asked me to audition and said it was policy. Second, that place slightly north of London (plainly not a "folk club") that the Villan runs and Breezy attends glories in selecting floor singers."

Perhaps on reflection you can see why Villan feels a agrieved.

Posting here hoping that this will avoid any need for further escalation on both sides, because there have been some very useful comments here and it would be good if we could continue with an interesting discussion.

Love and peace

Tom