Photo: BarSmartFor a city of our size, Pittsburgh is blessed to have a relatively large and very strong Irish community. From the suburbs to the city Pittsburgh has a good selection of pubs of a Celtic bent, but the heart of it all is in the strip district, of course, at Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle. Mullaney’s offers a good bill of Irish music twelve months a year, but this Saturday and next Tuesday, that bill includes the best our city has to offer.
For those who haven’t experienced the Harp at St. Pat’s before, it's well worth the minor hassle and a reasonable cover charge to experience the joy that fills it every year. A tent goes up in the back parking lot, the bar stays as is, and you can move back and forth as freely as the crowd will allow. Between the two spaces, the live music never stops, with the tent providing folkier acts to balance out the modernized sounds found inside.
Saturday’s headliners are two staples of Pittsburgh’s music scene: Guaranteed Irish--including Bruce Foley, who played with Tommy Sands last weekend--and the always rocking Red Hand Paddy. Before them, the afternoon will be carried through by Hooley in the tent with Michael Murphy and the Shannon River Band in the bar. (And if you can't make it over the weekend, Tuesday brings back the same great lineup.)
So, if you're not in the mood to tread through collegiate puke in Market Square or to subject yourself to Hizzoner Luke in action at a parade, fret not; you have plenty of options:
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle
Mark Guiser, Michael Murphy & The Shannon River Band, Hooley, Guaranteed Irish, Red Hand Paddy
Claddagh
Hooley, Rivermen, Devilish Merry, Molly in the Crowd, Do it for Johnny, Bon Journey (not Irish, but definitely hilarious)
Molly Brannigan’s
Irish Dancers, Bagpipes, Gramsci Melodic
Finnegan’s Wake
Nothing listed on the outdated website, but it’s probably safe to assume they have something going on.
For those who haven’t experienced the Harp at St. Pat’s before, it's well worth the minor hassle and a reasonable cover charge to experience the joy that fills it every year. A tent goes up in the back parking lot, the bar stays as is, and you can move back and forth as freely as the crowd will allow. Between the two spaces, the live music never stops, with the tent providing folkier acts to balance out the modernized sounds found inside.
Saturday’s headliners are two staples of Pittsburgh’s music scene: Guaranteed Irish--including Bruce Foley, who played with Tommy Sands last weekend--and the always rocking Red Hand Paddy. Before them, the afternoon will be carried through by Hooley in the tent with Michael Murphy and the Shannon River Band in the bar. (And if you can't make it over the weekend, Tuesday brings back the same great lineup.)
So, if you're not in the mood to tread through collegiate puke in Market Square or to subject yourself to Hizzoner Luke in action at a parade, fret not; you have plenty of options:
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle
Mark Guiser, Michael Murphy & The Shannon River Band, Hooley, Guaranteed Irish, Red Hand Paddy
Claddagh
Hooley, Rivermen, Devilish Merry, Molly in the Crowd, Do it for Johnny, Bon Journey (not Irish, but definitely hilarious)
Molly Brannigan’s
Irish Dancers, Bagpipes, Gramsci Melodic
Finnegan’s Wake
Nothing listed on the outdated website, but it’s probably safe to assume they have something going on.
McFadden's
Girls Gone Green Jello Wrestling Competition (most likely to a soundtrack of GnR and hiphop)
Download:
Red Hand Paddy – “Fisherman’s Blues” (Mediafire link)
Download:
Red Hand Paddy – “Fisherman’s Blues” (Mediafire link)
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