Pittsburgh Music
1) Veteran actress Sally Struthers (of “All in the Family” TV show fame) is not the only star at the CLO this week. Johanna Loughran is lighting up the Benedum stage as “Little Orphan Annie” in the CLO’s production of Annie. Loughran, 12-years-old, attends St. Bede Elementary School in Point Breeze and also a student of the CLO Academy. Last…
1) Some people go “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs,” in Pittsburgh we go “hilly-dilly” for fireworks. One of America’s ten biggest fireworks displays is blasting off over the confluence of the Three Rivers at Point State Park for the EQT Three Rivers Regatta “Flashes of Freedom” Fireworks Fantasia. Check them out from your favorite perch or porch. 9:35…
1) EQT Three Rivers Regatta continues today with many interesting activities and events including Beaverland Must Skis, a nationally acclaimed high precision water ski troupe. Water ski performances are: 3:30, 5:30 and 8 p.m. Also catch Beach boys tribute band, Beach Party Boys, main stage Point State Park, 8 p.m. Free. 2) Two tribute bands…
1) If you’re loing for fun, wet kids activities, kids face and body painting, musical entertainment and dance, a Frisbee catching dog show, a bike stunt show, skating, sandsational sculptures, P-1 Superstock Powerboat Racing and a Lasertainment show, then the EQT Three Rivers Regatta is the place for you! Point State Park and North Shore.…
1) People will be partying in the parking lot and on boats with their boots on before country music superstar, Kenny Chesney takes the field for a Heinz Field concert. Chesney’s the headr of the “Brother’s of the Sun Tour” with other great performers: Tim McGraw, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and Jake Owen. Event starts at 4:30…
1) If you see “fins to left and fins to the right” you are either out in the ocean or at a Jimmy Buffet Concert. The later is happening tonight as Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band sail their Lounging at the Lagoon Tour 2012 into town. Flocks of Parrotheads are migrating south to First…
1) Watershed, a high energy rock band from our neighbors to the west, Columbus, Ohio, rocks out Club Cafe. Special guests are Erica Blinn. 8 pm show, South Side. 2) “Captain America : The First Avenger” is running free in Schenley Park. The movie starts at 8pm with a live pre-show concert from The Schrader Steel…
1) Rising musician, Brandi Carlile, plays her hit song It Wasn’t Me and others at the Carnegie Library of Homestead Music Hall. Munhall, Show starts at 7:30 p.m. 2) Citiparks Farmers Market in East Liberty features icious fresh vegetables, fruits (check out their beautiful strawberries on our Home Page), honey, sweets and snacks. 3:30 to 7:30 pm. Penn Circle West.…
Went Phishing and said “Hi” to the Clarks. On the way to the Meadows to see Paul, encountered Cinderella and a Spector. No, this isn’t lost verses from Don McLean’s American Pie recording; with so many interesting names of the great entertainers in Pittsburgh tonight I couldn’t help putting them in a little verse. 1) Phish jams out First Niagara Pavilion in Burgettstown.…
1) A really cool free music event happens this evening, the 15th Annual WYEP Summer Music Festival. Concert highlights include on-the-rise national acts. The event begins with established local talent Donora at 6 pm, Great Lake Swimmers at 7:10 pm, Sharon Van Etten, 8:25 pm, and finishes with Dr. Dog at 9:45 pm. Dr. Dog has a hot song out now…