Category Archives: Music

Blues for Food

6 action packed hours of Blues music – Just $10 and a can of food.  Great event to benfit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.

Here is the line up:

  • The Rhythm Hawks
  • The Lids
  • The Bootleg Brothers
  • Johnny B. & the Accelerators
  • Eugene & the Nightcrawlers
  • The Jimmy Adler Blues Band

Blues for Food
Sunday, February 10, 1-7pm
Domenico’s Ristorante, Rt. 19 North Cranberry
More Info: http://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/Details.aspx?RecId=112&type=Calendar

The Wolfe Tones Fundraiser At Finnigan's Wake

The Pittsburgh Banshees are a Gaelic (Irish) Football team. They are teaming up with The Pittsburgh Celtics and the LAOH Division 11 to bring The Wolfe Tones to Pittsburgh!

Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
Time: 7pm
Where: Finnigan’s Wake 20 General Robinson St. Pgh, PA 15212
Cost: $25

The proceeds of ticket sales go to help fund our football teams in our upcoming season. We compete against teams all across the county while promoting Irish culture and heritage.

The concert sold out quickly last year, so buy your tickets in advance by emailing pittsburghbanshees@yahoo.com or calling 412-398-0197

Mardi Gras Celebration!

I was getting a little worried that Pittsburgh had more Groundhog Daymardigras.jpg celebrations than Mardi Gras celebrations. Penn Brewery to the rescue. I was lucky enough to visit a fellow Pittsburgher in New Orleans for Mardi Gras a few years ago, before the flooding. It was definitely the biggest party I have ever attended. Mardi Gras, like Groundhog Day are holidays that need to be celebrated. So head on over to Penn Brewery for bead, beer and good music. I love the Boilermaker Jazz Band (check out the picture of the band performing in New Orleans) and I can only say good things about Dixie Doc and the Pittsburgh Dixieland All-stars. Continue reading

Alternative Souper Bowl

WYEPThe 9th annual WYEP Alternative Souper Bowl is a great way to spend super bowl afternoon.  Join WYEP for a concert with 3 local artist at Borders in East Liberty.

WYEP will be collecting non-perishable food items for HEARTH – a shelter for homeless mothers and children.

9th Annual WYEP Souper Bowl
Sunday, February , 12-3pm
Borders Books, 5986 Penn Circle South, Pittsburgh, PA 15206

Austin Band with a Hometown Connection

The Asylum Street Spankers, an Austin, Texas based Band with a Pittsburgh connection (one of the band members is married to a local gal) will be preforming at Diesel on Saturday night – doors open at 6pm.

Founded thirteen years ago at a booze and hallucinogen-fueled party at the Dabbs Hotel along the river in Llano, Texas, the Asylum Street Spankers stand as one of America’s most distinctive groups. Defiantly acoustic, fiercely independent and absurdly good, the Spankers have been led by founders Christina Marrs and Wammo from being a country-blues revival act playing happy hours in Austin, through nearly 40 musicians, endless touring and constant evolution to being an internationally reknowned underground institution. Fueled by an ethos born of their punk roots, Marrs and Wammo have built their lives around making unique music that surprises and entertains.

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