HI Jerry, happy birthday from England!
I would love to get some ideas about house concerts from you. We had a collection to pay the guest and , as I said, made a small profit towards the next concert.that was amazing as for years when we ran a folk club in a local pub we usually made a loss and had to put in the difference ourselves! The marquee in the garden worked very well and gave a festival feel but in the winter I should think we could squash 30 or so into our living room.The best thing is not having to find and pay for a venue.We invited people we knew and also put a thread on mudcat that attracted some mudcatters from Kent, about two hours drive away.I am really looking forward to the next one.
Wendy