"Chacun a son mauvais gout."

Old Chinese, Acadian proverb.

Chihuahuas can't marry goats?

I'm all in favour of the smaller venues myself. My only real comment here is that the long predicted change is finally coming to fruition.
I'm really tired of playing pubs to counter the fact that folk clubs can't afford very much and do not want to get into the "Demise of the folk festivals" either.
What I think may be going on, to put it very simply, is that the audience today is made up of the same individuals who sat in cafes and coffee houses in the sixties.
If you don't believe me, count how many men in the audience adjust there hearing aids as soon as the music starts.
I won't speculate on why the males who live longest are hard of hearing nor how they lost it.

♪
Jim