And I think it incredibly arrogant Mrs C,to believe they can speak for any visitor who wishes to visit here or anywhere else on this planet.
You may wish to tune your folk session to whoever turns up on the night; but to impose that policy on all clubs and folk venues is the worst case of 'folk policing' (not a term I'm particularly fond of but it seems to fit perfectly here) I've come across and is not only arrogant, but downright dictatorial.
We get visitors all the year round for our music; most are happy to fit in with what happens here and sit in if they feel it appropriate; others are quite happy to listen.
The idea that anybody should leave home with the idea that they can ride roughshod over the local life of wherever they visit are putting up a good argument for them staying at home.
Nobody here has suggested that people should stay away - just that they should be aware that they share the planet with others - an alien concept for some here obviously.
Maybe somebody should have informed you that the empire is dead!
Jim Carroll