National if you want to make them showbiz, of course
The grassroots nature of the clubs was always their strongest feature and when that went, so did the clubs.
Leand, read and inwardly digest if you value the music over the personalities Dave - the future of the music lies in developing local talent, not shipping it in from elsewhere
I suggest people look at the Irish Inishowen, Goilín (Dublin), Wexford (Aileen Lambert and Mick Fortune) and Clare projects for their models.
Guests should never be anything more than an occasional break from what normally happens.
Jim Carroll