The options seem to be:

1) Try to persuade Steve that the Volunteer sessions should move to a venue other than the Theatre Bar - seems unlikely to work if moving them to the Theatre Bar was Steve's game plan in the first place and the change of landlord at the Volunteer merely reinforced it. Also requires effort on the part of the organisers to find another and suitable venue.

2) Find another venue for the ex-Theatre Bar singarounds - preferably without requiring too much effort on the part of the organiseers, or interfering with other events. Trouble is, it needs someone local or officially involved with the festival to check what venues are available and would welcome that sort of singaround.

Kitty