July 17, 2026 - Patty & Craig
WELCOME TO THE TWO WAY STREET COFFEE HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES!
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 (CT) 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, July 17, 2026 Two Way Street Coffee House Friday Night Concert Series presents Patty & Craig.
FEATURED ARTIST
Patty & Craig are the kind of folk performers who remind us why people fall in love with this music in the first place. Their beautifully blended voices, thoughtful songwriting, and decades-long musical partnership create an evening filled with warmth, authenticity, and the timeless spirit of folk tradition.
ARTIST BIO
Described as genuinely talented with classic folk voices, Patty & Craig (Patty Stevenson and Craig Siemsen) are fresh off the success of their most recent recording, Look to the Moon, that landed as the #3 top album for the September 2025 FAI international folk DJ charts. The featured song, Love, Surround Me, also hit #3, and Patty & Craig were at the #4 top artist spot for that month. Though released in September, Look to the Moon was in the top 50 most played folk recordings around the world for all of 2025.
Patty and Craig were individually ‘out there’ enjoying their music, when, in the mid – 1980s, they met while performing at a folk music festival. For many years, the couple maintained solo careers, even after they married. Eventually, with the prodding of wise friends, they agreed to perform one show as a duo. The rest, as they say, is history. Today, they continue to create and record original songs as well as their own variations on timeless pieces that often span the ages of creativity in sound.
Patty & Craig tour the Midwest and beyond, including an upcoming appearance at the Woodstock Folk Festival, Black Hawk Folk Festival, and the Shawano Folk Festival this summer, and a fall east coast tour. Their work includes four solo and three duo recordings, as well as guest appearances on others’ projects.
Enjoy the celebration of life and love with veteran song masters Patty Stevenson and Craig Siemsen.
