Thanks Jack yes the idea was not to turn it into a venue for booked acts but just to re-establish the number of booked acts we had previously. Only 4 per annum and we meet every week at two different venues so it is only a small number of gigs. Actually we've even bent further than that in that the guest nights are now going to be on a Sunday evening so not eating in to the normal Friday nights at all. We had the first several weeks back, the American duo Hungrytown, which went off well.

We put the bottle round during the Cobbles session and part of that money goes to funding the guest nights. Members of the club, and by that we mean anyone who regularly attends and contributes to the bottle whether players or listeners, then get into the gig free. Bringing music to a small community whilst in our own small way helping professional musicians make a living. Can't see the problem.