I know Dave - I really should give up!

Thanks Vic that's an interesting report from Sussex. You inspired me to have a look in a recent edition of Tykes News, the folk magazine for West Yorkshire and some of the southern part of North Yorkshire. That revealed that there are around 200 folk song and dance clubs and sessions in that area alone and I believe that there are a few sessions missing from the list.

Without doing a more detailed analysis I can't say how many of these are folk clubs and how frequently they run but it is clear that the 129 clubs nationally is a vast underestimate.

Add to this the number of folk events in other venues eg Arts Centres, theatres, the Early Music Centre and The Crescent here in York, for example, then I think there is justification in the relatively positive view many of us have.

Yes many clubs have gone but to be honest some (not all) of those aren't really missed

Like you I'd be interested to hear from touring musicians