The 32nd Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival Entertainment Schedule
*Schedule subject to change
*subject to change
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, SPS – Sullivan’s Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, YJSL – Ya Jagoff! Sports Lounge
4:30 pm Weekend at Blarney’s (CSS)
5:00 pm Irish Potato Candy with Five Farms Irish Cream – Mary McAnallen of Mary Mac Bakehouse (FF)
5:30 pm Bealtaine (JA)
Mike Gallagher (SPS)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
5:45 pm Colcannon, Aunt Norinne Fitchwell (FF)
6:00 pm Donnie Irish (CSS)
Tales of Irish Magic – Alan Irvine, Storyteller (HS)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
6:30 pm Ally the Piper (JA)
Ryan Young (SPS)
Irish Brown Bread with Five Farms Irish Cream Glaze, Meghann Walsh (FF)
Steeltown Instrument Experience Preview, Steel Clover (HS)
7:00 pm Sullivan’s: The Unique History and Rebirth of Ireland’s Oldest Commercial Brewery, Michael Meade,
Sullivan’s CEO (HS)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
7:15 pm Five Farms Irish Cream Custom Cocktails and Desserts Demo (FF)
7:30 pm The Bow Tides (CSS)
*Irish Comedy Hour with Sean Finnerty and Mick Thomas (SPS)
Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine, Storyteller (HS)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
7:45 pm Screaming Orphans (JA)
9:00 pm The Low Kings (CSS)
9:30 pm Gaelic Storm (JA)
(*Parental Advisory)
Program Subject to Change
*subject to change
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, SPS – Sullivan’s Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, YJSL – Ya Jagoff! Sports Lounge
11:00 am Devilish Merry (CSS)
11:30 am Mike Flaherty (SPS)
12:00 pm Rust Town Rounders (JA)
Enda Reilly (CSS)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
12:30 pm Irish Names, Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
Irish Coffee Cake with Five Farms Irish Cream – Mary McAnallen of Mary Mac Bakehouse (FF)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
12:45 pm Dennis Doyle (SPS)
1:00 pm Tales of Irish Magic – Alan Irvine, Storyteller (HS)
1:15 pm County Mayo (JA)
1:30 pm Screaming Orphans (CSS)
What You’re Not Going to Find in Your DNA Test – Rebecca Kichta Miller (HS)
Bread Pudding with Five Farms Irish Cream – Tom Petrone of Mairin’s Irish Kitchen (FF)
1:45 pm Ryan Young (SPS)
2:00 pm Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
2:15 pm Desserts by Five Farms Irish Cream (FF)
2:30 pm Abbots Cross (JA)
Steeltown Instrument Experience Preview, Steel Clover (HS)
2:45 pm Ally the Piper (SPS)
3:00 pm The Brigideens (CSS)
Rocky Road to Dublin – A journey through the Emerald Isle’s geologic past with Enda Reilly. Enda shares insights and unravels the mysteries of Ireland’s Rocks – Enda Reilly (HS)
Irish Potato Candy with Five Farms Irish Cream, Mary McAnallen of Mary Mac Bakehouse (FF)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
3:30 pm Basic Irish Tin Whistle – L.E. McCullough, All participants in this session to receive a FREE Irish Tin
Whistle from the Online Academy of Irish Music (HS)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
3:45 pm Mike Gallagher (SPS)
The Bow Tides (JA)
4:00 pm Bodhran Basics – Heads, Hands, and Heart – Kip Ruefle (HS)
Shepherd’s Pie, Aunt Norinne Fitchwell (FF)
4:15 pm Bell School of Irish Dance (CSS)
4:30 pm Sullivan’s: The Unique History and Rebirth of Ireland’s Oldest Commercial Brewery – Michael Meade,
Sullivan’s CEO (HS)
4:45 pm Mark Guiser (SPS)
5:00 pm Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (CSS)
Tales of Irish Magic – Alan Irvine, Storyteller (HS)
Irish Tiramisu, Mary McAnallen of Mary Mac Bakehouse (FF)
5:15 pm Ally the Piper (JA)
5:30 pm From Dublin to Pittsburgh – Lehua Pagett from Dubliner Irish Whiskey and Desmond O’Connor from
Pub on Wheels (HS)
6:00 pm ***RUNA (CSS)
Ceili Dancing with the Pittsburgh Irish Festival Ceili Band (SPS)
Irish Brown Bread with Five Farms Irish Cream Glaze, Meghann Walsh (FF)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
Steeltown Instrument Experience Preview, Steel Clover (HS)
6:15 pm Screaming Orphans (JA)
6:30 pm Gaelic Football (YJSL)
Folk Tales and Magic – Suni Dague-Mannion (HS)
7:00 pm Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine, Storyteller (HS)
Five Farms Irish Cream Custom Cocktails and Dessert Demo (FF)
7:30 pm *Irish Comedy Hour with Sean Finnerty and Mick Thomas (SPS)
Donnie Irish (CSS)
7:45 pm Eileen Ivers (JA)
9:00 pm Bastard Bearded Irishmen (CSS)
9:30 pm Gaelic Storm (JA)
(*Parental Advisory)
Program Subject to Change
***RUNA will be collecting socks at the entertainer merchandise tent during their performances in support of the RUNA‘s Rockin’ Sock Collection. All of the collected socks go to local shelters and organizations supporting families and individuals with housing insecurities and financial difficulties.
*subject to change
JA – Jameson Amphitheatre, CS – Celtic Spirit Stage, SPS – Sullivan’s Pub Stage, HS – Cultural Hedge School Stage, FF – Five Farms Celtic Kitchen, YJSL – Ya Jagoff! Sports Lounge
10:00 am Irish Mass with Father Sean Hogan, C.S.Sp. and Fr. Bill Cleary C.S.Sp. (CSS)
11:30 am Eileen Ivers (JA)
11:45 am Ryan Young (SPS)
12:00 pm Piper Sean Patrick Regan (HS)
Pittsburgh Ceili Club (CSS)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
12:30 pm Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance PGH (CSS)
Places in Pittsburgh Having Irish Names – Sean Webber (HS)
Irish Brown Bread with Five Farms Irish Cream Glaze, Meghann Walsh (FF)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
12:45 pm Dennis Doyle (SPS)
1:00 pm Ally the Piper (JA)
Where Did the Mac and the O Go? – Rebecca Kichta Miller (HS)
Shortbread with Shannon Lambert-Ryan of RUNA (FF)
1:15 pm Cahal Dunne (CSS)
1:30 pm Hurling Basics with Sean Stayduhar (HS)
1:45 pm Mike Flaherty (SPS)
2:00 pm Screaming Orphans (JA)
Irish Stew with Chef Tom (FF)
2:25 pm The Bow Tides (CSS)
2:30 pm Steeltown Instrument Experience Preview, Steel Clover (HS)
2:45 pm Five Farms Irish Cream Custom Cocktails and Dessert Demo (FF)
3:00 pm Macdonald Pipe Band (SPS)
The Magic of Ireland is the People of Ireland, Past and Present – Cahal Dunne (HS)
Hurling and Camogie (YJSL)
3:30 pm Gaelic Storm (JA)
Gaelic Football (YJSL)
3:35 pm RUNA (CSS)***
Program Subject to Change
***RUNA will be collecting socks at the entertainer merchandise tent during their performances in support of the RUNA’s Rockin’ Sock Collection. All of the collected socks go to local shelters and organizations supporting families and individuals with housing insecurities and financial difficulties.
