Hospitality as an aspirational value (Higgins & Bartleet, 2018), and as a way of considering the community within community music (Higgins, 2012), has been significant for the field. In this presentation, I consider hospitality alongside its enactment in contemporary UK community music practice. Central to hospitality is the community musicians’ welcome which serves to work towards visions of equity and diversity by opening the door to participants and possibility. Activated by the participants’ call, the welcome is understood as a responsive, and therefore ethical, gesture. However, for much UK practice whilst the participant may activate the process with their call by walking through the workshop door, what they are walking into already contains some fixity with regards to predetermined outcomes which serve as motivations for, sources of growth, and drivers of, much interventionist practice. Through this presentation I consider that fixity. I offer examples of music co-creation with diverse groups and communities carried out for my PhD research, to reflect on the arrangements that afford the call and welcome. I also seek conversation through this session and across the pre-conference seminar to explore the possibilities, problematics and alternatives to hospitality from diverse international perspectives and contexts.