We aim to start at 8:30 (though it drifts occasionally) and then it's pretty much solid music through till about midnight. The landlord makes some nibbles for us which is kind (though uncalled for) but that tends to cause minimal disruption as we tend to sing or play through it

Very occasionally I go to the Maltings in York where they have a regular weekly session on a Tuesday or the Tap and Spile on a Friday. The tuesday one I think attracts people the Friday one is a bit of a battle against the noise of a busy pub but is at least tolerated and attracts people

I tend to agree with a comment on another thread that increasingly music is welcomed in pubs as money gets tighter, two-for-one-feed-yourself-stupid-for-£5 get two a penny and the beer price and smoking bans affect the traditional wet trade in pubs. I keep finding pubs where they have some form of entertainment on where 3 or 4 tears ago there was none.