Sessions are usually not provided, even partly, for entertaining an audience, which is one of the requirements for "regulated entertainment". On the contrary, an audience is usually unwelcome since they take up space which would otherwise be occupied by musicians - that's the situation at my regular local session, anyway, although we're not rude enough to tell them that.

I couldn't agree more but I have been trying to explain this to my local Licensing Authority for the last ten years - perhaps you could persuade them?

The Licensing Manager
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
North Quay
Weymouth
Dorset
DT4 8TA
www.weymouth.gov.uk