Two Way Street Coffee House is Chicagoland’s most beloved folk and acoustic music venue, presenting weekly concerts and community events for over 50 years! 

On Friday, January 17, 2025 Two Way Street Coffee House Friday Night Concert Series presents Ernie Henrickson.

For Ernie Hendrickson, the process of writing and recording his new album, Roll On, has been bound up in the changes he’s gone through as an acclaimed musician who is a perceptive chronicler of life in America, as a husband and father, and as an artist who remains open to the challenges and rewards that living this ever-so-complex American life can bring. What Roll On does so superbly well is bring life-affirming humor, wisdom, and even doubt, to the stories Ernie tells throughout the record’s thirteen songs.

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Upcoming Events

5th Saturdays - Clawhammer Banjo with Ken Perlman!

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Welcome to 5th Saturdays at the Two Way Street Coffee House!  Saturdays are special!  An Welcome to 5th Saturdays at the Two Way Street Coffee House!  An extra Saturday in a month comes around only a few times a year, so we decided to commemorate each one with a special event.  5th Saturdays in 2025 occur in March, June, August and November.

For our March event, Two Way Street Coffee House, in partnership with the Plank Road Folk Music Society, is pleased to present two clawhammer banjo workshops with Ken Perlman on March 29, 2025.  The basic clawhammer workshop runs from 11am – 1pm and the intermediate clawhammer workshop runs from 2pm – 4pm CT.

This event will be in-person or virtual attendance.  The admission price is $25 per participant and will be limited to 25 in-person attendees for each workshop.

The registration deadline is March 25, 2025.  

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