# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Friday Night Concert Series - Rory Makem
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am
- **Event Description**: Two Way Street Coffee House is Chicagoland’s most beloved folk and acoustic music venue, presenting weekly concerts and community events for over 55 years!  The show starts at 8pm (CT) and the doors open at 7:30pm. (Suggested donation $10, cash or Paypal).  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, March 6, 2026 Two Way Street Coffee House Friday Night Concert Series presents Rory Makem.

A seasoned performer with over 35 years on the road, Rory has toured extensively with The Makem Brothers, and the Makem and Spain Brothers and for 17 years played guitar with his father, Tommy Makem. He has played sold-out venues, festivals, and theaters throughout the United States, Canada, England, Scotland and Ireland. At his best on stage, Rory captivates his audiences with charisma, passion for the songs, poetry, history, humor and skilled musicianship.

The love of song runs deep in the family. Continuing a legacy handed down from his Grandmother, the legendary source singer Sarah Makem, Rory pulls the songs of the worker, the sailor, the lovers, the fighters and the land from the pages of history and breathes life into them. An adept interpreter of folk songs, he masterfully accompanies himself on guitar, banjo, mandolin or bouzouki.

Not limiting himself to the stage, Rory has played on movie soundtracks including A Fool and His Money, and The Lightkeeper. His compositions can be heard as the backdrop for PBS series as diverse as Tommy Tang’s Modern Thai Cuisine to It’s an Age Thing, to Simply Painting.

Learning from those that came before you is the essence of folk music and Rory has had the great honor to learn from the best. Of course there were the many years at his father’s side… absorbing the master at his craft. He has also recorded with some luminaries of modern folk music; Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Bill Staines, Eric Weissberg, Roger McGuinn, Dave Mallett, Gordon Bok, Jonathan Edwards, Rick and Ron Shaw, and Schooner Fare.

Through more than a quarter century of plying his craft, Rory has established himself as one of the leading forces in the song tradition of Irish music… and so… the tradition continues.

If you can’t join us in person, you can still tune in virtually to catch the show! Visit www.twowaystreet.org for more information.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/downers-grove-illinois/friday-night-concert-series-rory-makem/200029669517728
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art, festivals, performances, workshops, food-drinks, fine-arts, literary-art, nonprofit, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029669517728?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=downers+grove%2C+illinois-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Downers Grove, Illinois
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove, IL 60515-4607, United States, Downers Grove, Illinois

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Two Way Street Coffee House live music venue (https://allevents.in/org/two-way-street-coffee-house-live-music-venue/1789859)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 1047 Curtiss St, Downers Grove, IL 60515-4607, United States, Downers Grove, Illinois
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Two Way Street Coffee House live music venue
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, art, festivals, performances, workshops, food-drinks, fine-arts, literary-art, nonprofit, virtual
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Friday Night Concert Series - Rory Makem ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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