Chemin Chez Nous was incorporated as a not-for-profit arts organization in February of 2007. Our mandate is to expand the performance infrastructure for folk music including the development of house concert circuits, urban folk clubs, travelling folk shows and the animation of new folk festivals.Our first priority has been the establishment of house concerts circuits and we are pleased to report that during the last season, we have grown to fourteen circuits (12 Anglophone, 2 Francophone and 1 Classical), which welcomed over 23,000 audience members.The methodology applied is based on the recruitment of brand new presenters mostly in smaller communities thereby creating new opportunities both for the musicians and for the rural audience by increasing access and quantity of professional performances. Home Routes/Chemin Chez Nous was initiated by the founders of the Winnipeg Folk Festival and the West End Cultural Centre, Mitch Podolak and Ava Kobrinsky in total collaboration with Tim Osm more... See more text