By the mid 60’s a network of clubs, coffeehouses, house concerts, and the occasional impresario offered folk musicians performance opportunities in many centers, large and small. These venues supported touring artists and offered local performers the opportunity to hone their skills. They also offered a haven to a generation of young people looking for cultural, social, and political alternatives to the mainstream. In a sense, these clubs were the inheritors of the left-wing youth organizations of the previous decade- offering an environment of likeminded souls. A survey of major, and some minor, Canadian cities tells us much about how folk music developed in this period and its resonance among the first wave of the baby boomers.