PITTSBURGH IRISH FESTIVAL
*2013 Schedule Coming Soon!*
EA - Emerald Ampitheatre, CS - Celtic Spirit Stage, IP - Irish Pub Stage, HS - Hedge School
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
4:15 pm - Terry Griffith (IP)
Macdonald Pipe Band of Pittsburgh (EA)
4:30 pm - Mark Dignam (CS)
5:00 pm - Liam O'Toole (EA)
5:15 pm - Homeland (IP)
5:45 pm - Beltaine (EA)
6:00 pm - Evans & Doherty (CS)
6:30 pm - Mike Gallagher (IP)
7:00 pm - Screaming Orphans (EA)
7:15 pm - Two2Many (CS)
7:30 pm - Tom Sweeney (IP)
8:15 pm - Skerryvore (EA)
8:30 pm - Red Hand Paddy (CS)
8:45 pm - Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (IP)
9:30 pm - Gaelic Storm (EA)
9:45 pm - B. Bearded Irishmen (CS)
**Program Subject to Change
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
11:00 am - Liam O'Toole - Strolling
11:15 am - Children's Irish Dance Matinee (CS)
11:30 am - Dennis Doyle (IP)
Irish Names – Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
12:00 pm - Irish Dog Workshop (HS)
12:15 pm - Two2Many (EA)
12:30 pm - Irish Immigration to Pittsburgh Region – Peggy Dague-Mannion (HS)
12:45 pm - Evans & Doherty (IP)
1:00 pm - Tom Sweeney (CS)
Ireland's Wild Women – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
1:30 pm - Matthew Craig and the Kerry Tipper (EA)
Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
2:00 pm - David Kincaid (IP)
Fiddle Workshop - "Not Your Father's Fiddlin'" – Ric Smith (HS)
2:30 pm - Burke-Conroy School of Irish Dance (EA)
Screaming Orphans (CS)
At Each End of the Rifle – John O'Brien (author)
3:00 pm - Dennis Doyle (IP)
More Tales of Ireland's Wild Women – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
3:30 pm - Ballad Combo: Tom Sweeney, Evans & Doherty, Makem & Spain Bros. (EA)
Irish Brigade of American Civil War - David Kincaid (HS)
4:00 pm - Girsa (CS)
Uilleann Pipes – Songs and Stories – Michael Vignoles (HS)
4:15 pm - Two2Many (IP)
4:30 pm - Irish Brick Walls (genealogy) – Rebecca Miller (HS)
4:45 pm - Skerryvore (EA)
5:00 pm - History of Irish Cattle - Richard Grossman (HS)
5:15 pm - Bell School of Irish Dance (CS)
5:30 pm - David Kincaid (IP)
6:00 pm - Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (EA)
Galician Bagpipes – Jan Galczewski (HS)
6:15 pm - Corned Beef & Curry (CS)
6:30 pm - Homeland (IP)
Basics of Kerry Style Bodhran Playing – John McBride (HS)
7:00 pm - Makem and Spain Brothers (EA)
Irish Ghost Stories – Alan Irvine (storyteller) (HS)
7:30 pm - Screaming Orphans (CS)
8:00 pm - Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (IP)
8:15 pm - Beltaine (EA)
9:00 pm - Girsa (CS)
9:30 pm - Gaelic Storm (EA)
**Program Subject to Change
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
10:00 am - Mass in the Irish language (CS)
11:30 am - Patrick Regan (bagpiper) (CS)
Slua (EA)
Irish Brick Walls (genealogy) - Rebecca Miller (HS)
11:45 am - Dennis Doyle (IP)
12:00 pm - Irish Names – Their Origins and Meanings – Sean Webber (HS)
12:30 pm - Cahal Dunne (CS)
Beginning Irish Language – Marie Young (HS)
1:00 pm - Pittsburgh Irish Reelers (EA)
Pittsburgh Police Pipes and Drums (IP)
1:30 pm - Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh (EA)
Irish Bouzouki Workshop – Jan Galczewski (HS)
1:45 pm - Pittsburgh Ceili Club (EA)
David Kincaid (IP)
2:00 pm - Evans & Doherty (CS)
At Each End of the Rifle – John O'Brien (author) (HS)
2:30 pm - Tom Sweeney (CS)
History of the Irish Harp – Dennis Doyle (HS)
3:00 pm - Beltaine (EA)
Makem and Spain Brothers (CS)
Irish Pipes vs. Highland Pipes vs. Galician Pipes (HS)
3:15 pm - Two2Many (IP)
3:30 pm - Tom Sweeney, Makem and Spain Brothers, and Evans & Doherty (CS)
History of Irish Cattle - Richard Grossman (HS)
4:00 pm - Beginning Bodhran Workshop – Michael Vignoles (HS)
4:15 pm - Skerryvore (EA)
4:30 pm - Callán (IP)
4:45 pm - Homeland (CS)
**Program Subject to Change
**PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE