Last Minute Irish Christmas Shopping!

Still searching for the perfect gift for the Irish and Irish-at-heart in your life?! We've got you covered!

• Visit us at the Peoples Gas Holiday Market in Downtown Pittsburgh. Details below! We've got something for everyone!
• Give the gift of live Irish music and gift tickets to see BRIGID, Screaming Orphans, and/or Talisk! Details below.
• Visit our friends at the Irish Design Center and Shop Small this holiday season!

BRIGID, Saturday, February 4, 2023 at Carlow University

The team at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival, is pleased to announce a brand-new event coming in 2023, BRIGID, a musical celebration of Brigid, Celtic Goddess and Patron Saint of Ireland. BRIGID will occur on Saturday, February 4 at the Rosemary Heyl Theatre in Antonian Hall at Carlow University.

The event will celebrate Brigid the Saint, Brigid the Goddess, be a celebration of Irish and Celtic Women, of light and Springtime, and it is a celebration of Irish and Celtic culture including its history, its present, and its future.

Featured performers include:

• The Grammy®-Awarded and Emmy-Nominated, Eileen Ivers, who will performing with her Universal Roots Band, and a powerhouse all-female band created especially for this event, The Brigideens.
• The Brigideens featuring Eileen Ivers, Caitlin Maloney, Hilary Hawke, Shannon Heaton, Anna Colliton, Colin Forhan.
• The Bow Tides, a Pittsburgh Irish Festival favorite band led by three female fiddle players, including Pittsburgher, Katie Grennan.
• Female-fronted, RUNA, who preserves traditional Celtic-American Roots while also pushing the boundaries of Irish folk music in the modern age.
• TikTok and Instagram famous, Ally Crowley-Duncan (aka PiperAlly), a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a specialty in bagpipes. Ally is the most followed bagpiper on social media.
• Bell School of Irish Dance
• Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance

Tickets for BRIGID are on sale at brigidpgh.com. The event is expected to sell-out, so we recommend getting your tickets early. In the spirit of St. Brigid, a portion of the event proceeds will support the Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Irish Festival Celtic Gift Shoppe

Visit our Celtic Gift Shoppe in Market Square, Downtown Pittsburgh, from now through December 24 for all your last minute shopping needs!

The booth has something for everyone on your shopping list this year - sweaters, scarves, jewelry, made in Ireland snacks and foods, children's items, decor, jerseys, hats, gloves, socks, glassware, ornaments, and more! And new this year to help keep you warm while you shop - hot Irish tea, coffee, and scones!

Any purchase of $50 or more at our booth will get you a FREE ticket to the 2023 Pittsburgh Irish Festival!

Get more information about the Market here. We hope to see you there!

#ShopSmall at the Irish Design Center

Support our friends at the Irish Design Center and #ShopSmall this holiday season! They have something for everyone on your list!

They're open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm! And Sundays 12 - 4 pm until Christmas.

Irish Design Center

303 S. Craig Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

irishdesigncenter.com

Talisk at Crafthouse on February 13

Don't miss Talisk on Monday, February 13 at Crafthouse!

Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling… it’s little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to emerge from Scotland in the last decade and more.

Mohsen Amini (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards’ Musician of the Year), Graeme Armstrong and Benedict Morris (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year) fuse concertina, guitar and fiddle to produce a ground-breaking, multi-layered signature that has captivated audiences around the globe. At its core, three seemingly acoustic instruments – but in the hands of three master craftsmen; one unmistakable, bold sound and captivating live show.

Get your tickets here!

Screaming Orphans at Crafthouse on March 16

See Pittsburgh Irish Festival favorite, Screaming Orphans, on Thursday, March 16 at Crafthouse! Get your tickets here before the event sells out!

Thank you to our 31st Annual

Pittsburgh Irish Festival Sponsors!