Dave, you are right, except that folk clubs have been on a steady decline for years. But you've provided a very fine list to illustrate that folk clubs aren't all what it's about.

Anyone about to tell me that new folk clubs are forming faster than old ones are dying out? (it's possible, I don't know)

What I'm seeing is that folk music has skipped a generation and lots of young people are now taking an interest. It not mainstream, of course (it never was) but it's looking more and more like the 70's (when I first dived in) every year.

Anahata