my experience has been that many folk clubs are not held in dingy backrooms that are clique ridden
firstly, many dingy back rooms are no longer available to folk club organisers any more , yet more evidence that dave the gnome does not know what he is talking about .perhaps he should get out more and visit more folk clubs he will find out that these days they are in many different places that they are well lit and friendly,
two i visted recently were in well lit ex churches, norwich and hadleigh,two were in upstairs rooms that were well lit and pleasantly decorated, ryburn and the wilsons club