Folkiedave
If I turned up with a couple of mates at Lewes Folk Club and asked to sing it would be OK?

Yes.

If I had a guitar, a mate with an acoustic bass and another with a bodhran and and we played goth and punk that would be OK too?

Yes.

And if I then sang out of key and it was pretty obvious that the guitarist knew one chord, the bass player hadn't ever played before and the bodhran player had no sense of rhythm, (not unusual in my experience of bodhran players) that would be OK too?

Yes.

If I then said we came to the folk club because no-one else would let us play anywhere in Sussex and its environs because we were so awful - would you let us back next week?

Yes.

1) You'd only be on for a few minutes; we like to pack in as many floor spots as we can.
2) It's handy for people to have an opportunity to go to the bog/bar.
3) Exposure to the many excellent floor singers/players we have might encourage you to practice and get better. Watching new performers develop is one of the joys of being a folk club resident.

Drop in sometime, you'll be made welcome. We've got an open night this Saturday but I'll be away (Chippenham). June 2nd (Boden & Spiers) and June 9th (Tommy Peoples) are ticket only and are close to sold out. Obviously not all visitors will be able to get a floorspot those nights.