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!  The show starts at 8pm (CDT) and the doors open at 7:30pm. (Suggested donation $10).  We will also host this concert virtually.  You may access the livestream on www.twowaystreet.org, on our Facebook page, or on our YouTube channel.

On Friday, April 18, 2025 Two Way Street Coffee House Friday Night Concert Series presents Chris Farrell.

For over 40 years Chris Farrell has been a mainstay of Chicago’s famed singer-songwriter scene. Learning his craft while sharing the stage with legendary acts of the ’70s and ’80s, he has emerged with his own brand of songwriting and showmanship to carry on this proud tradition. Chris’ work is the genuine item from those days and has grown with the times to hit a bull’s eye with relevance for today.

Chris easily flows from ballads to satire, from comic songs to social commentary while always finding room for the sweet tunes you’ll hum on the way home. Presenting his finely crafted songs with solid clear finger picking, beautiful melodies and rich vocals, he adds stories and humor to offer a well-paced show and first-rate command of the stage that only decades of experience can produce.

Chris arrived in Chicago in early 1975. His blue collar roots in the coal mining towns of Pennsylvania fit right in with the city’s heritage of folk songs and, straight talk writers and journalists. Within that first year he found a home at The Old Town School of Folk Music and continued for forty-two years as one of the most respected

faculty members in the school’s sixty year history.

He has toured all over the U. S. and abroad with memorable shows at Nashville’s Blue Bird Cafe, New York’s

Folk City, and even Rick’sCafe in Casablanca, Morocco.

If you can’t join us in person, you can still tune in virtually to catch the show!  To make your donation to Chris HERE or for more information visit www.twowaystreet.org.