Pittsburgh Irish Festival

We have a few tickets left in our raffle for a free trip to Ireland from Vagabond & Driftwood Small Group Tours of Ireland!

The prize includes two places on a 7 Day Vagabond World Tour of Ireland! The winner can choose any scheduled departure date between March and October 2025, subject to availability. Flights and hotels in Dublin before and/or after the tour are not included in the prize. A full list of what’s included in the tour is available on our website.

Prize value is approximately $4,000.

100% of the proceeds from the raffle go to the non-profit 501c3 Pittsburgh Irish Festival's mission to preserve, promote, and celebrate the Irish culture.

Enter here:

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Thank you so much for an absolutely incredible weekend at the 33rd Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival! The event would not be possible without the support of our guests, staff, vendors, entertainers, sponsors, and volunteers!

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A beautiful jam-packed Irish Fest Saturday in the books! Visitors tried their athleticism with stone-lifting and Gaelic sports, petted Irish dogs, got their shirts signed, and jammed out to Celtic tunes of all kinds. ☘️🇮🇪

A huge thanks to our talented world-renowned performers, our vendors, and our partners & sponsors!

Core memories in the making ✨☘️ We love seeing the little ones dance along!

Dance a reel yourself today and don’t miss world-renowned professional Riverdance performer Morgan Bullock today at 1:45pm and 6:30pm along with Ally the Piper, and at 3pm with The Brigideens!

We also look forward to today’s Shovlin Academy Irish dancers and Ceili dancing with the Pittsburgh Festival Irish Festival Ceili Band!

Kicking off Day 2 with a few highlights from our talented performers yesterday including Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Donnie Irish, Reverie Road, Morgan Bullock, County Mayo, and Gaelic Storm! 🎤☘️

Today’s performance line-up includes Ally the Piper, The Brigideens, Screaming Orphans, Gaelic Storm, Mike Flaherty, Abbotts Cross, Reverie Road, Riverdance professional Irish dancer Morgan Bullock, Celtic harpist Dennis Doyle, Irish-American folk band The Drowsy Lads, Celtic music duo Colm & Laura Keegan, Shane Cook & The Woodchippers, Abbots Cross, Mark Guiser, Mike Gallagher, and The Low Kings!

Check out the full schedule: https://pghirishfest.org/entertainment-schedule/

The 2024 Pittsburgh Irish Festival is TODAY! ☘️🇮🇪✨ Break out the kilt and your favorite Celtic band tee, grab a Guinness, and join us at 4pm to kick off the festivities. To give you a taste of what’s to come, here’s a few highlights from our 2023 festival!

The Ohio-based band appears in Pittsburgh for the first time to deliver a rousing set of traditional Irish music. 🎻

https://www.pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertainment/the-drowsy-lads-brings-big-happy-musical-family-reunion-to-the-pittsburgh-irish-festival-26622334

The 2024 Pittsburgh Irish Festival is THIS WEEKEND!! Which bands are you most excited to see?! What foods and drinks have you been craving since last year?! Planning to get some early Christmas shopping done?! We can't wait to see you all so soon!

Returning as a sponsor this year is James Lanigan as the Irish Festival’s real estate expert. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, James has been helping families find homes all over Western Pennsylvania and beyond. Be sure to stop by his booth this year to see him and Jerry Pounds from Citizens Bank to ask any questions about current rates and the real estate market. Pick up a free tote bag while you’re there and try your luck on their prize wheel! ☘️

We’re so excited to have S&T Bank as a first time sponsor of the ! Please join us in welcoming them!

We are SO excited to feature Ciderboys at this year's ! We will be serving their original First Press, Pear Naked, Caramel Apple, and Ciderboys Breeze Black Cherry! All are gluten free!

Huge thanks to Dubliner Whiskey for sponsoring this year's ! The Official Irish Whiskey of the Steelers, will be featuring the “Pittsburgh Dub” Dubliner Bourbon Cask with Ginger Ale and “Sweet Like Honey” Dubliner Honeycomb with Apple Cider!

Only one more week to grab discounted advanced tickets to this year's ! Get yours at pghirishfest.org/tickets

It is not too late to join our incredible team of volunteers and receive free admission, parking, t-shirt, and more at this year's ! We need you! Sign up at the link below!

Volunteer The 33rd Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival, September 6-7-8, 2024 at Carrie Furnace - 801 Carrie Furnace Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15218 Volunteer Registration Sign up to Volunteer! REMEMBER - SIGN UP EARLY TO GET YOUR FAVORITE SHIFT(S)! Download Application Waiver (PDF) Volunteer Incentives Include (shi...

Music, Music, fun with negative social media feedback, and more music! Listen to/watch this week's YaJagoff Late Night here--> https://www.yajagoff.com/yajagoff-late-night-episode-43-presented-by-rohrich-automotive-2/

Thanks to Ed from Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh, Janis Burley of August Wilson African American Cultural Center and Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, Mairin Petrone of Pittsburgh Irish Festival and Channing from Made in PGH

Rohrich Honda

Our wonderful hosts, Rivers of Steel, will once again be offering mini tours of the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark during the Fest! Sign up for your tour near the Fest entrance!

Huge thanks to our friends at MyWay Mobile Storage for being the perfect home for all of our supplies throughout the year!

Guests who commit to being a Designated Driver at the will receive two free non-alcoholic beverages, courtesy of Casey P. Mullen Law. Sign up at the fest entrance!

Thanks to Goodrich and Geist for their continued support of the !

We're so excited to have KingView Mead back as the official mead sponsor for the 2024 !

Thanks to Five Farms Irish Cream for being our official Irish Cream sponsoring! Enjoy it on the rocks, in our Chocolate Truffle Martini, as an Irish Toast, on Bread Pudding, get a free sample, and more at this year's !

Thank you so much to Central Catholic High School, Oakland Catholic High School, Duquesne University, and Sacred Heart Elementary School for sponsoring our annual Irish Mass! Join us on Sunday, September 8 at 10 am to celebrate with us!

Come to Picklesburgh this weekend to conquer the Meat Monster! Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership