I too got the standard reply posted above.

Has anyone pointed out to the council that they are enforcing, apparently for no good reason, an INTERPRETATION of the rules, which I understand has not been tested in the courts.

Having no precedents on the definition of performer, nor of the actual meaning of the two-in-a-bar rule, they are NOT forced to interpret the law in this way. So they must have some other motive in choosing the most draconian interpretation and bullying local publicans.

I wouldn't have been going anyway, but (speaking as an ex-Morris dancer) I certainly won't now or in the future.