Fear not! The kids are out there and they are playing and listening to folk music. When I was in Ventura California last month I met a young lady who loves to finger pick Irish music on her baby Taylor. Our local coffeehouse regualrly features younger performers AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS. Concert audiences include younger members too.

I'd say you need to look at what the competition is doing. If you have a folk club performances competing with live modern rock you might see fewer young audience members. This doesn't mean that the youngsters don't like folk music. It just means they like to hang out with members of their own age group.