I am also involved in live literature events in my region; I am a poet as well as singer and storyteller. We have quite a thriving poetry scene and we have people of all ages. We have some who are young. A local librarian recently started an event called Folklines, which is folk or acoustic plus spoken word. Our last event was very successful, and we did have some young people in. It is not a folk club but some folk songs are sung there. Perhaps poetry is more popular at the moment than folk music?