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 live stream on www.twowaystreet.org, on our Facebook page, or on our YouTube channel.

On Friday, March 15, 2024, Two Way Street Coffee House Friday Night Concert Series presents Joe Jencks.

Joe Jencks is an international touring musician, award-winning songwriter, and celebrated vocalist known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration. A 25-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, Jencks has released 15 CDs in that time. Merging conservatory training with his Irish roots and working-class upbringing, Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, Jencks serves it all up with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel.

Joe’s most recent solo CD – The Coming of the Years – released August 1 2022 – is an album centered around songs Joe Jencks wrote while on tour in Ireland over a 12-year period.  This album emerges as a synergistic blend of Jencks’ Irish and Celtic heritage with themes of immigration spanning multiple generations.  As a dual U.S./Irish citizen, Jencks has been swimming in these waters musically and personally for decades.  The Coming of the Years is a deep musical exploration of identity and place, carried forward by beautiful melodies, expressive vocals and rich lyric narrative.

If you can’t join us in person, you can still tune in virtually to catch the show!  Make your donation HERE to Joe.  Visit www.twowaystreet.org for more information.