The 34th Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival Entertainment Schedule
*Schedule subject to change
subject to change
DA – Dubliner Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, BPS – Bunratty Meade Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, CW – Celtic Wellness
4:00 pm Weekend at Blarney’s (CSS)
4:30 pm Mike Flaherty (BPS)
5:15 pm Donnie Irish (CSS)
5:30 pm Bealtaine (DA)
Celtic Land Legends, The Giants – Ben Anderson (HS)
5:45 pm RickPatrick Trio (BPS)
6:00 pm The Third Traveler: An Epic Tale of Three Generations of an Irish Family – Stephen Graf (HS)
6:30 pm The Low Kings (CSS)
Ireland: The Early History – Ice Age to St. Patrick – Bill Hartnett (HS)
6:45 pm Mark Guiser (BPS)
7:00 pm Screaming Orphans (DA)
In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (HS)
7:30 pm Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (HS)
7:45 pm Elias Alexander (CSS)
8:00 pm Ceili Dancing with the Pittsburgh Irish Festival Ceili Band (BPS)
8:30 pm The Drowsy Lads (DA)
9:15 pm Ally the Piper (CSS)
10:00 pm Bastard Bearded Irishmen (DA)
Program Subject to Change
subject to change
DA – Dubliner Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, BPS – Bunratty Meade Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, CW – Celtic Wellness
11:30 am The Traditional Irish Arts Academy (CSS)
11:45 am Mike Flaherty (BPS)
12:00 pm Pittsburgh Ceili Club (CSS)
Abbots Cross (DA)
The “Troubles” – Bill Hartnett (HS)
12:30 pm Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance PGH (CSS)
Understanding Your Irish Name and That It Wasn’t Changed at Ellis Island – Rebecca Kichta Miller (HS)
12:45 pm Dennis Doyle (BPS)
1:00 pm Tales of the Wild Women of Ireland – Alan Irvine (HS)
Bell School of Irish Dance (CSS)
1:15 pm Devilish Merry (DA)
1:30 pm Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (CSS)
In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (HS)
1:45 pm Conor Coleman, Garrett Coleman, Samuel Barton, Drew Bayura, & Griff Bear (BPS)
2:00 pm The History of the Fairies – Bill Hartnett (HS)
2:30 pm Corned Beef & Curry Band (DA)
Screaming Orphans (CSS)
Mark Guiser (BPS)
2:45 pm An Gorta Mór: Music & Songs Tied to the Irish Famine – Colin Harte (HS)
3:15 pm Introduction to the Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
3:30 pm Irish Shortbread Toffee Bars, Addie Rennebeck (FF)
3:45 pm The Fitzgeralds (DA)
The Drowsy Lads (CSS)
Irish Ghanaian Fusion (BPS)
Intro to the Bodhrán – Kip Ruefle (HS)
4:15 pm Pittsburgh Pennywhistle Project – Alex Brown and L.E. McCullough (HS)
4:45 pm Dennis Doyle (BPS)
5:00 pm Bodhrán Blitz – Featuring musicians from various festival bands (CSS)
The Low Kings (DA)
The Third Traveler: An Epic Tale of Three Generations of an Irish Family – Stephen Graf (HS)
5:30 pm Tales of the Wild Women of Ireland – Alan Irvine (HS)
5:45 pm Mike Flaherty (BPS)
6:00 pm The Brigideens (CSS)
Making the Most of the Top Free Irish Genealogy Resources – Rebecca Kichta Miller (HS)
6:15 pm Screaming Orphans (DA)
6:30 pm An Gorta Mór: Music & Songs Tied to the Irish Famine – Colin Harte (HS)
7:00 pm A Pint of Plain (BPS)
7:30 pm Elias Alexander (CSS)
Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (HS)
7:45 pm Ally the Piper (DA)
8:00 pm Ceili Dancing with the Pittsburgh Irish Festival Ceili Band (BPS)
8:45 pm The Drowsy Lads (CSS)
9:30 pm Gaelic Storm (DA)
10:00 pm The Low Kings (CSS)
Program Subject to Change
subject to change
DA – Dubliner Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, BPS – Bunratty Meade Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, CW – Celtic Wellness
10:00 am Irish Mass (CSS)
11:15 am Sean Patrick Regan, Bagpiper (CSS)
11:30 am Jim Lamb (BPS)
11:45 am Places in Pittsburgh Having Irish Names – Sean Webber (HS)
12:15 pm County Mayo (CSS)
The Fitzgeralds (DA)
“The Troubles” – Bill Harnett (HS)
12:30 pm Macdonald Pipe Band Mini Band (BPS)
12:45 pm Great Irish Authors – Bill Hartnett (HS)
1:15 pm Dennis Doyle (BPS)
Irish Names, Their Origins & Meaning – Sean Webber (HS)
1:30 pm Screaming Orphans (CSS)
1:45 pm Ally the Piper (DA)
In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (HS)
2:15 pm Irish Ghanaian Fusion (BPS)
Anam Rince – Garrett Coleman, Celtic Ritual Movement Artist (HS)
2:45 pm The Third Traveler: An Epic Tale of Three Generations of an Irish Family – Stephen Graf (HS)
3:00 pm The Brigideens (CSS)
3:30 pm Gaelic Storm (DA)
Program Subject to Change
