It is[IMO] more important that the artists get their fees.
How that is achieved should be open to negotiation between artist and organiser.
Vin Garbutt has every right to stipulate an entrance fee, if people like Vic Smith dont like it thats ok too, Vic doesnt book him, whats the problem?
what the folk world can do without are people like Simon Boak who organise something, take peoples money then cancel the artists, and not refund everyone.