Just back from a folk club, where in common with many it seems, people sometimes seem less willing to come out for a guest night than for the intervening singaround/session nights. Tonight's guest night was well attended, but we have also had some pretty thin nights. Tonight's guests themselves made the same comment about guest nights at a club that they run. Part of it seems to be having less chance of active participation, but sometimes it's "never heard of him/her/them so I won't bother going", which could be a bit of a blinkered view.
As for Julie Felix, I wonder just how well-known she is these days particularly among the "younger generation" - which could include anyone who wasn't into the folk scene back in the 60s/70s? Although I enjoyed her singing back then and still have one of her LPs, she sort of vanished off my radar for years until about 3 or 4 yeras ago when she came to another club I go to. While she put in a warm and spirited performance, I'm afraid her voice is not what it used to be (unless she had a sore throat that day!): it was very croaky and harsh, not very easy on the ear at all. (Sorry!)