Alan, 98 per cent are professionally run, I talk from experience, I have been doing bookings since 1976.
There was an interersting discussion on MUDCAT some while ago, about a festival in Yorkshire that cancelled many artists and didnt refund most of those that paid in advance, was it discussed on Froots board too?
I dont think a folk club organiser[to my recollection] has ever done such a thing, folk club oreganisers put in alot of hard work and are honest people, and the uk folkscene is indebted to people such as vic smith, ted/ivy poole and others some of whom have organised folk clubs for over 40 years, and in some cases 50 years.
how many festivals survive that long?.