Lots of posts covered the liability.
wrt copy infringement, live music won't have issue with performance
copyright, but not all music
played for dances will be public domain "traditional". My
non-lawyerly guess is that more an issue for the band,
since they are the ones choosing their material.
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:38 PM, John W Gintell via Organizers
<organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
What about ASCAP copy infringement suits? Have there been any of these?