I'm afraid Folk Clubs are in a descending spiral, their day is done. Speaking personally when I've had a few beers I don't particularly want to be serious, so deep and meaning just doesn't cut it.

The problem as I see it is that everyone wants to perform, some just about ok but far too many poor, to say the least. Strum a chord or two and your up there. Trouble is there is little or no entertainment value so what we get are singers, singing to singers, with no real core audience. The music is still there but its going to have to find a different outlet, festivals is obviously one, Open Mic's another, maybe open pub sessions, but the days of a quiet attentive audience are gone.