PITTSBURGH IRISH FESTIVAL

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE

> Friday, September 9, 2011
> Saturday, September 10, 2011
> Sunday, September 11, 2011

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

4:00 pm  Terry Griffith (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                na Gaels (Celtic Spirit Stage)
4:15 pm  Terry Griffith (Irish Pub Stage)
5:00 pm  Guaranteed Irish (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                BBI (Irish Pub Stage)
5:30 pm  Cueball (Irish Pub Stage)     
6:30 pm  Searson (Celtic Spirit Stage)
              Terry Griffith (Irish Pub Stage)
7:00 pm  Colin Grant Band (Emerald Amphitheatre)
7:30 pm  Tom Sweeney (Irish Pub Stage)
7:40 pm  Bell School of Irish Dance (Celtic Spirit Stage)
8:15 pm  Screaming Orphans (Emerald Amphitheatre)
8:30 pm  Red Hand Paddy (Celtic Spirit Stage)
8:45 pm  Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (Irish Pub Stage)
9:30 pm  Gaelic Storm (Emerald Amphitheatre)
9:45 pm  Michael Murphy and the Shannon River Band (Celtic Spirit Stage)

**Program Subject to Change

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

11:00 am  Devilish Merry with Mark Dignam (Emerald Amphitheatre)
11:15 am  Children’s Irish Dance Matinee (Celtic Spirit Stage)
11:30 am  Dennis Doyle (Irish Pub Stage)
                  Celtic Symbol Drawing with Sean Webber (Hedge School)
12:00 pm  Irish Dog Workshop (Hedge School)
12:30 pm  Intro to the Ceili - Three Rivers Crossroads Ceili Studio (Irish Pub Stage)
                  Colin Grant Band (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                  Historical Irish Women - Peggy Dague-Mannion (Hedge School)
12:45 pm  Tom Sweeney (Celtic Spirit Stage)
1:00 pm   Tales of Irish Saints - Alan Irvine (storytelling) (Hedge School)
1:30 pm   David Kincaid (Irish Pub Stage)
                 Beginning Irish Language - Marie Young (Hedge School)
2:00 pm   Makem and Spain Brothers (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                  Matthew Craig and Kerry Tipper (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                  What Color is Your Irish... The Poets Know Best - John O'Brien (Author) (Hedge School)
2:30 pm  Dennis Doyle (Irish Pub Stage)
                History of the Kerry Bog Pony - Jo Lynn (Hedge School)
3:00 pm  More Tales of Irish Saints - Alan Irvine (storytelling) (Hedge School) 
3:15 pm  Gaelic Storm (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                 Goitse (Celtic Spirit Stage)
3:30 pm  Mark Guiser (Irish Pub Stage)
                The Irish Brigade of American Civil War - David Kincaid (Hedge School)
4:00 pm  Cape Breton Fiddle - Colin Grant (Hedge School)
4:30 pm  Screaming Orphans (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                 Carbon Leaf unplugged (Irish Pub Stage)
                 Uilleann Pipes Workshop - Michael Vignoles (Hedge School)
4:55 pm  Burke-Conroy School of Irish Dance (Emerald Amphitheatre)
5:00 pm  Tracing Your Roots - Renecca Miller (Hedge School)
5:30 pm  Colin Grant Band (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                 David Kincaid (Irish Pub Stage)
                 Fear Not the Storm - Cathal Liam (author) (Hedge School)
5:45 pm  Corned Beef and Curry (Celtic Spirit Stage)
6:00 pm  Currach 101 - Patrick Clark (Hedge School) 
6:30 pm  Tom Sweeney (Irish Pub Stage)
                 Bodhran Workshop - Michael Vignoles (Hedge School)
6:40 pm  Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance (Celtic Spirit Stage)
6:45 pm  Makem and Spain Brothers (Emerald Amphitheatre)
7:00 pm  Irish Ghost Stories - Alan Irvine (storytelling) (Hedge School)
7:30 pm  Goitse (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                   Understanding Gaelic Football - John Young (Hedge School)
8:00 pm  Carbon Leaf (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                   Hooley and Ceili Dancing with Liz Shovlin (Irish Pub Stage)
9:00 pm  Screaming Orphans (Celtic Spirit Stage)
9:30 pm  Gaelic Storm (Emerald Amphitheatre)

**Program Subject to Change

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

10:00 am  Mass in the Irish language (Celtic Spirit Stage)
11:30 am  Patrick Regan (bagpiper) (Celtic Spirit Stage)
11:45 am  Dennis Doyle (Irish Pub Stage)
12:00 pm  Cueball (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                  Celtic Symbol Drawing with Sean Webber (Hedge School)
12:30 pm  Cahal Dunne (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                  Beginning Irish Language - Marie Young (Hedge School)
1:00 pm   Pittsburgh Irish Reelers (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                  Pittsburgh Police Pipes and Drums (Irish Pub Stage)
                  Tracing Your Irish roots - Rebecca Miller (Hedge School)
1:30 pm   Ballet Academy of Pittsburgh (Emerald Amphitheatre)
1:45 pm   Pittsburgh Ceili Club (Emerald Amphitheatre)
                  David Kincaid (Irish Pub Stage)
2:00 pm  Tom Sweeney (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                   What Color is Your Irish ... The Poets Know Best - John O'Brien (Author) (Hedge School)
2:45 pm  Mike Gallagher (Emerald Amphitheatre)
3:00 pm  Mandolin Workshop - Darren MacMullen (Hedge School)
3:15 pm  Makem and Spain Brothers (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                  Burns, Foley, Getchell, and Shelow (Irish Pub Stage)
3:30 pm  Bodrhan Workshop - Michael Vignoles (Hedge School)
4:00 pm  History of the Kerry Bog Pony - Jo Lynn (Hedge School)
4:30 pm  Colin Grant Band (Celtic Spirit Stage)
                  Fear Not the Storm - Cathal Liam (Author) (Hedge School)
4:45 pm  Callán (Irish Pub Stage)
5:00 pm  Goitse (Emerald Amphitheatre)

**Program Subject to Change

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**PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE