The 31st Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival Entertainment Schedule COMING SOON
*Schedule subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage
4:00 pm MacDonald Pipe Band (CSS)
The Low Kings (MPS)
4:45 pm Devilish Merry (CSS)
5:00 pm Screaming Orphans (JA)
5:30 pm Weekend at Blarney’s (MPS)
6:00 pm Brother Angus (CSS)
6:15 pm The Bow Tides (JA)
6:45 pm Mike Gallagher (MPS)
7:00 pm Basics of Playing Irish Tin Whistle and Flute – L.E. McCullough (HS)
7:30 pm Eileen Ivers (JA)
Donnie Irish (CSS)
8:00 pm Pittsburgh Irish Festival Ceili Band with Jim Guay (MPS)
Sean Finnerty – Irish Comedian* (HS)
8:30 pm David Nihill – Irish Comedian* (HS)
8:45 pm Bastard Bearded Irishmen (CSS)
9:15 pm Gaelic Storm (JA)
10:45 pm Five Farms Fireworks by Zambelli featuring music by Eileen Ivers
(*Parental Advisory)
Program Subject to Change
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage
11:30 am Abbots Cross (CSS)
12:15 pm County Mayo (JA)
Dennis Doyle (MPS)
12:30 pm Irish Names: Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
1:00 pm Tales of Irish Magic – Alan Irvine (HS)
1:15 pm Bell School of Irish Dance (CSS)
1:30 pm Enda Reilly (MPS)
Songs of Sarah Makem – Rory Makem (HS)
1:45 pm Brother Angus (JA)
2:00 pm Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (CSS)
Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
2:30 pm Mike Gallagher (MPS)
Fiddle Workshop – The Bow Tides (Katie Grennan, Ellery Klein, Jessie Burns) (HS)
2:45 pm Rory Makem (JA)
3:00 pm The Rivermen (CSS)
Irish Children’s Songs – Marie Young (HS)
3:30 pm Dennis Doyle (MPS)
Celtic Thin Places – A discussion of the notion of “Thin Places” – Ben Anderson
(author) (HS)
4:00 pm The Bow Tides (JA)
The Poetry of W.B. Yeats Sung by Enda Reilly (HS)
4:15 pm Abbots Cross (CSS)
4:30 pm Skills and History of Irish Hurling – Pittsburgh Hurling Club (HS)
5:00 pm Devilish Merry (MPS)
Tales of Irish Magic – Alan Irvine (HS)
5:15 pm Rory Makem (JA)
5:30 pm Enda Reilly (CSS)
6:00 pm Making the Hay and Other Irish Harvest Celebrations – Peggy Dague-Mannion
(HS)
6:30 pm Screaming Orphans (JA)
The Low Kings (MPS)
Bodhran – Head, Hands, and Heart – Kip Ruefle (HS)
7:00 pm Brother Angus (CSS)
Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (HS)
7:45 pm Eileen Ivers (JA)
8:00 pm Pittsburgh Irish Festival Ceili Band with Jim Guay (MPS)
8:15 pm Sean Finnerty – Irish Comedian* (HS)
8:30 pm Corned Beef and Curry (CSS)
8:45 pm David Nihill – Irish Comedian* (HS)
9:30 pm Gaelic Storm (JA)
10:00 pm The Wild Geese (CSS)
(*Parental Advisory)
Program Subject to Change
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, MPS – Magners Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage
10:00 am Irish Mass with Father Sean Hogan, C.S.Sp. (CSS)
Columba, the first copyright lawsuit, and the Loch Ness Monster – Ben Anderson
(author) (HS)