"Just as an aside, Miranda Sykes is Lincolnshire born I believe?"

Not sure Miranda was born in Lincs Pete, her family are Yorkie immigrants I believe, but they have lived here a long time. However, even the inclusion of the lovely and hugely-talented Miranda, Lincs-born or not, hardly qualifies SoH as 'local' IMHO! :-)

And are artists really 'booked' for an Open-Mic or sessions? I thought the point of an 'Open-Mic' is that it's.........well, open - i.e. anyone who wants to 'ave a go can turn up and get on? Or that sessions are just random collections of like-minded players turning up to play together?

So, looking at the publicity Villan's provided links to, no sign of any local acts booked then? I can't look at the Facebook site, our IT-Control-Freak-Eejit-Nerds at work have blocked Facebook (although, unsurprisingly perhaps, they allow themselves access to it). Mmmmmm!!