"I want it to be able to continue as a form of involving community music that is available to all-comers. "

Couldn't agree more Vic but if some folkies are good enough and popular enough in the 'mainstream' shouldn't they have a chance to make a decent living? Yes I know they will get exploited and misrepresented but that seems to happen to a lot of musicians anyway.

Folk events are not always managed or promoted very well, check the number of folk websites that are either dead or wildly out of date. Musicians who depend on the folkie world must live in trepidation

Best wishes

Les