Well Sandman I'm far from sure I'm typical but I haven't been to a more formal type of folk club in years. I've limited opportunities and my own preferences are firstly towards tune sessions and then towards the less formal, perhaps mixed events and always with some participation element.

So yes, I'd be less interested in being entertained by others but I don't believe that affects my own comments on the Prom.

As for the publicity angle, I'm not sure how much I care any more and I guess I should also say that apart from knowing where my preferences are I can often struggle to work out where I am with folk. But I would even lend out my most expensive instrument short term (an OME tenor banjo that I could not afford to replace) to someone I trusted who was interested in seeing if (say) tenor banjo would be a good choice for them so I'm not against trying to offer bits of help and hope I'm not discouraging to others in anything I might get to. But I perhaps think differently to some others and do reserve the rights to have my own likes and dislikes within the broad world of folk music.