Why not just to the facts odf diminishing number status and future and most importantly You can no longer go to a folk club and be garanteed a folk song during the course of the evening - in fact , in some I have been in, you are guaranteed not to hear one.
Once you have robbed the punter of the right to hear what he has paid for you have robbed him/her of their choice
THat is why the clubs are in the mess they are
"Yes, the old folk club is dying. "
and has been replaced by what - certainly not folk music
If that's what you want from a folk club the scene deserves to die
The very name claims to represent folk music - it the clubs aren't doing that they are operating a con
Jim