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  • Friday, September 5, 2025

  • Saturday, September 6, 2025

  • Sunday, September 8, 2024

  • Friday, September 5, 2025

Friday September 5, 2025        
Main Stage – riverside

(TBD name)

Main Stage – front gate (Celtic Spirit Stage) Pub Stage Hedge School FF Celtic Kitchen
4:00 House Music 4:00 Wknd @ Blarneys (45 min) 4:00 House Music 4:00 4:00
4:15 4:15 4:15 4:15 4:15
4:30 4:30 4:30 Mike Flaherty (45 min. set) 4:30 4:30
4:45 4:45 Changeover (30 min 4:45 4:45 4:45
5:00 5:00 5:00 5:00 5:00
5:15 5:15 Donnie Irish (45 min) 5:15 Changeover (30 min.) 5:15 5:15
5:30 Bealtaine (60 min. set) 5:30 5:30 5:30 Celtic Land Legends – The Giants – Ben Anderson (30 mins) 5:30
5:45 5:45 5:45 RichPatrick Trio (45 min) 5:45 5:45
6:00 6:00 Changeover (30 min.) 6:00 6:00 The Third Traveler: An epic tale of three generations of an Irish family – Stephen Graf (30 mins) 6:00
6:15 6:15 6:15 6:15 6:15
6:30 Changeover (30 min.) 6:30 Low Kings (45 min. set) 6:30 Changeover (15 min.) 6:30 Ireland: the Early History-Ice age to St. Patrick – Bill Harnett (30 min) 6:30
6:45 6:45 6:45 Mark Guiser (45 min) 6:45 6:45
7:00 Screaming Orphans (60 min. set) 7:00 7:00 7:00 In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (30 min) 7:00
7:15 7:15 Changeover (30 min.) 7:15 7:15 7:15
7:30 7:30 7:30 Changeover (30 min.) 7:30 Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (30 min) 7:30
7:45 7:45 Elias Alexander (60 min. set) 7:45 7:45 7:45
8:00 Changeover (30 min.) 8:00 8:00 Ceili dancing (60 min) 8:00 Stage closes 8:00
8:15 8:15 8:15 8:15 8:15
8:30 Drowsy Lads (60 min. set) 8:30 8:30 8:30 8:30
8:45 8:45 Changeover (30 min.) 8:45 8:45 8:45
9:00 9:00 9:00 Stage closes 9:00 9:00
9:15 9:15 Ally the Piper (60 min. set) 9:15 9:15
9:30 Changeover (45 min.) 9:30 9:30 9:30
9:45 9:45 9:45 9:45
10:00 BBI (60 min. set) 10:00 10:00 10:00
10:15 10:15 Stage closes 10:15 10:15
10:30 10:30 10:30 10:30
10:45 10:45 10:45
11:00 Stage closes 11:00 11:00
  • Saturday, September 6, 2025

Sat. September 6, 2025        
Main Stage – riverside

(JAMESON)

Main Stage – front gate (Celtic Spirit) Pub Stage Hedge School FF Celtic Kitchen
11:00 House Music 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00
11:15 11:15 11:15 11:15 11:15
11:30 11:30 TIAA (25 min. set) 11:30 11:30 11:30
11:45 11:45 11:45 Mike Flaherty (45 min. set) 11:45 11:45
12:00 Abbots Cross (45 min. set) 12:00 Ceili Club (25 min. set) 12:00 12:00 The Troubles – Bill Harnett (30 min) 12:00
12:15 12:15 12:15 12:15 12:15
12:30 12:30 Fitzpatrick (25 min. set) 12:30 Changeover (15 min.) 12:30 Understanding Your Irish Name and That It Wasn’t Changed at Ellis Island – Rebecca Kichta Miller (30 mins) 12:30
12:45 Changeover (30 min.) 12:45 12:45 Dennis Doyle (45 min. set) 12:45 12:45
1:00 1:00 Bell (25 min. set) 1:00 1:00 1:00
1:15 Devilish Merry (45 min. set) 1:15 1:15 1:15 1:15
1:30 1:30 Shovlin (25 min. set) 1:30 Changeover (15 min.) 1:30 In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (30 min) 1:30
1:45 1:45 1:45 Coleman Bros (30 min) 1:45 1:45
2:00 Changeover (30 min.) 2:00 Changeover (30 min.) 2:00 2:00 The History of the Fairies – Bill Hartnett (30 min) 2:00
2:15 2:15 2:15 Changeover (15 min.) 2:15 2:15
2:30 Corned Beef (45 min set) 2:30 Screaming Orphans (45 min. set) 2:30 Mark Guiser (45 min. set) 2:30 2:30
2:45 2:45 2:45 2:45 An Gorta Mór: Music & Songs tied to the Irish Famine – Colin Harte (30 min) 2:45
3:00 3:00 3:00 3:00 3:00
3:15 Changeover (30 min.) 3:15 Changeover (30 min.) 3:15 Changeover (30 min.) 3:15 Introduction to the Irish Language – Marie Young (30 mins) 3:15
3:30 3:30 3:30 3:30 3:30
3:45 Fitzgeralds (45 min. set) 3:45 Drowsy Lads (45 min. set) 3:45 Irish Ghanaian Fusion (45 min) 3:45 Intro to Bodhrán – Kip Ruefle (30 mins) 3:45
4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00 4:00
4:15 4:15 4:15 4:15 Pittsburgh Pennywhistle Project with Alex Brown and L.E. McCullough (45 mins) 4:15
4:30 Changeover (30 min.) 4:30 Changeover (30 min.) 4:30 Changeover (15 min.) 4:30 4:30
4:45 4:45 4:45 Dennis Doyle (45 min. set) 4:45 4:45
5:00 Low Kings (45 min) 5:00 Bodhrán Blitz (30 min) 5:00 5:00 The Third Traveler: An epic tale of three generations of an Irish family – Stephen Graf (30 mins) 5:00
5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15 5:15
5:30 5:30 Changeover (30 min.) 5:30 Changeover (15 min.) 5:30 5:30
5:45 Changeover (30 min.) 5:45 5:45 Mike Flaherty (45 min) 5:45 5:45
6:00 6:00 Brigideens (60 min. set) 6:00 6:00 Making the Most of the Top Free Irish Genealogy Resources – Rebecca Kichta Miller (30 mins) 6:00
 

6:15

Screaming Orphans (60 min. set) 6:15 6:15 6:15 6:15
6:30 6:30 6:30 Changeover (30 min.) 6:30 An Gorta Mór: Music & Songs tied to the Irish Famine – Colin Harte (30 min) 6:30
6:45 6:45 6:45 6:45 6:45
7:00 7:00 Changeover (30 min.) 7:00 Pint of Plain (45 min. set) 7:00 7:00
7:15 Changeover (30 min.) 7:15 7:15 7:15 7:15
7:30 7:30 Elias Alexander (45 min. set) 7:30 7:30 Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (30 min) 7:30
7:45 Ally the Piper Band (60 min. set) 7:45 7:45 Changeover (15 min.) 7:45 7:45
8:00 8:00 8:00 Ceili dancing (60 min) 8:00 8:00
8:15 8:15 Changeover (30 min.) 8:15 8:15 8:15
8:30 8:30 8:30 8:30 8:30
8:45 Changeover (45 min.) 8:45 Drowsy Lads (45 min. set) 8:45 8:45 8:45
9:00 9:00 9:00 Stage closes 9:00 9:00
9:15 9:15 9:15 9:15
9:30 Gaelic Storm (90 min. set) 9:30 Changeover (30 min.) 9:30 9:30
9:45 9:45 9:45 9:45
10:00 10:00 Low Kings (45 min. set) 10:00 10:00
10:15 10:15 10:15 10:15
10:30 10:30 10:30 10:30
10:45 10:45 Stage closes 10:45 10:45
11:00 Stage closes 11:00 11:00
  • Sunday, September 8, 2024

Sunday September 8, 2024                
  Main Stage – riverside

(JAMESON)

  Main Stage – front gate (Celtic Spirit)   Pub Stage   Hedge School   FF Celtic Kitchen
9:00 Stage closed during Mass 9:00   9:00   9:00   9:00  
9:15 9:15   9:15   9:15   9:15  
9:30 9:30   9:30   9:30   9:30  
9:45 9:45   9:45   9:45   9:45  
10:00 10:00 Irish Mass 10:00   10:00   10:00  
10:15 10:15 10:15   10:15   10:15  
10:30 10:30 10:30   10:30   10:30  
10:45 10:45 10:45   10:45   10:45  
11:00 11:00 Changeover (15 min.) 11:00   11:00   11:00  
11:15 11:15 Sean Regan (30 min. set) 11:15 Macdonald Pipe Band Mini Band (30 min. set) 11:15   11:15  
11:30   11:30 11:30 11:30   11:30  
11:45   11:45 Changeover (30 min.) 11:45 Changeover (15 min.) 11:45 Places in Pittsburgh Having Irish Names – Sean Webber (30 min) 11:45  
12:00   12:00 12:00 Jim Lamb (45 min) 12:00 12:00  
12:15 Fitzgeralds (60 min. set) 12:15 County Mayo (45 min. set) 12:15 12:15 The Troubles – Bill Hartnett (30 min) 12:15  
12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30  
12:45 12:45 12:45 Changeover (15 min.) 12:45 Great Irish Authors – Bill Harnett (30 min) 12:45  
1:00 1:00 Changeover (30 min.) 1:00 Dennis Doyle (45 min. set) 1:00 1:00  
1:15 Changeover (30 min.) 1:15 1:15 1:15 Irish Names – Their Origin & Meaning – Sean Webber (30 min) 1:15  
1:30 1:30 Screaming Orphans (60 min set) 1:30 1:30 1:30  
1:45 Ally the Piper Band (60 min. set) 1:45 1:45 Changeover (30 min.)

 

1:45 In Search of Giants: The Quest to Find the Genetic Giants of Northern Ireland – Colleen Snyder (30 min) 1:45  
2:00 2:00 2:00 2:00 2:00  
2:15 2:15 2:15 Irish Ghanaian Fusion (45 min) 2:15 ANAM RINCE – Garrett Coleman (30 min) 2:15  
2:30 2:30 Changeover (30 min.) 2:30 2:30 2:30  
2:45 Changeover (45 min.) 2:45 2:45 2:45 The Third Traveler: An epic tale of three generations of an Irish family – Stephen Graf (30 mins) 2:45  
3:00 3:00 Brigideens (60 min. set) 3:00 Stage closes 3:00 3:00  
3:15 3:15     3:15   3:15  
3:30 Gaelic Storm (90 min. set 3:30     3:30   3:30  
3:45 3:45     3:45   3:45  
4:00 4:00 Stage closes     4:00   4:00  
4:15         4:15   4:15  
5:00 Stage closes         5:00   5:00  

FESTIVAL INFORMATION

2025 FESTIVAL DATES:
Friday, September 5 (4pm – 11pm)
Saturday, September 6 (11am – 11pm)
Sunday, September 7 (9am – 5pm)

FESTIVAL LOCATION:
Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark
801 Carrie Furnace Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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2025 HOST HOTEL

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