It seems to me that the idea of a folk CLUB is that you will have members at all levels. Tolerating the weak and helping them improve (where possible!) is part of being a club.

If you just want to listen to good performers (ignoring how they became good), you want a concert.

A local club has some singaround/open mic nights, some nights with a paid performer with local support, and some nights with no floor singers just paid acts. It seems to survive pretty well on this mix. (Admission price varies accordingly)

Malcolm