Loading Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Past Events

July 2019

July 9, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Ave PA 15260

Calliope is pleased to once again present free music under the tent in Schenley Plaza this summer!

Find out more »

August 2019

August 13, 2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Ave PA 15260

Calliope is pleased to once again present free music under the tent in Schenley Plaza this summer!

Find out more »

October 2019

October 12, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

“Putting the songs to work.”

Buffy Sainte-Marie doesn’t sugarcoat the truth, nor does she shy away from hard realities, but her album Medicine Songs is never overwhelming or oppressive. Rather than making us feel smaller, sadder or more cynical, Buffy Sainte-Marie makes us feel stronger and more capable of seeing the world around us clearly.

Find out more »
October 24, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
The Roots Cellar, 6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

“Richly talented singer and songwriter…” | Pete Seeger

Singer, songwriter and social activist Tommy Sands has achieved something akin to legendary status in his own lifetime. From pioneering days with the highly influential Sands Family, bringing Irish music to New York’s Carnegie Hall and Moscow’s Olympic Stadium, he has developed into one of the most powerful songwriters and enchanting solo performers in Ireland today.

 

Find out more »

November 2019

November 3, 2019 @ 5:00 pm
The Roots Cellar, 6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

“Together, Molsky’s Mountain Drifters are a force to be reckoned with and are creating some of the most soul stirring music out there.” | Sarah Jarosz

Introducing Bruce Molsky’s brand new trio with Allison de Groot and Stash Wyslouch – Tradition steeped in possibility.

Find out more »
November 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

“That’s my Wonderboy, the Wunderkind. Jontavious is a great new voice of the 21st century in the acoustic blues.” | Taj Mahal

“Jontavious Willis brings back the true soul of country blues music. A newspaper headline once called him a “70-year-old bluesman in a 20-year-old body.”

Although still in his 20s, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920s and making them wish they could stay there for good. Blind Boy Paxton may be one of the greatest multi-instrumentalists that you have not heard of. Yet.

Find out more »

December 2019

December 6, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
The Penn Hebron Garden Club (The Barn), 237 Jefferson Road
Penn Hills, PA 15235

Join Calliope and the Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle for an evening of music featuring dozens of area songwriters!

 

**PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE HAS CHANGED TO 237 JEFFERSON ROAD PENN HILLS 15237**

Find out more »
December 14, 2019 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

“The Klezmatics are wonderful… ‘Gonna get Through This World’ is a piece of genius.” | Pete Seeger

The Klezmatics are globally-renowned world music superstars — and the only klezmer band to win a Grammy award.

Your ticket includes a workshop from the stage with The Klezmatics prior to this evening’s concert starting at 6:30.  Concert to begin at 7:30.

Find out more »

January 2020

January 18, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Musician and human rights defender Ramy Essam was one of the galvanizing voices of the Egyptian revolution of 2011-2013. His music — which he performed live during the protests in Tahrir Square, channeled the energy and passion of spontaneous street chants into popular songs that embodied the peaceful, creative side of the uprising.

Your ticket includes a talk from the stage with Ramy Essam prior to this evening’s concert starting at 6:30.  Concert to begin at 7:30.

Find out more »

February 2020

February 15, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

“She plays the mandolin with a degree of refined elegance and freedom that few have achieved … and now her vocals and songwriting have matured to the level of her virtuosity.” | Bela Fleck

 “I think she’s endless. I don’t see any boundaries. Talent like hers is so rare, and I don’t think it stops. It’s round.” | Alison Krauss

 

Find out more »
February 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
The Roots Cellar, 6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

“the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement” | Rolling Stone

“Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his songs.” | Boston Globe

LIMITED QUANTITIES OF TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR TONIGHT.

Find out more »

March 2020

March 7, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

“Most striking is Chavez’s ease as she moves between social and love songs, between North American and Latin genres, and even between languages: When she passes mid-song from English to Spanish and back, it’s the most natural thing in the world.“   | The Boston Globe

Your ticket includes a workshop from the stage with Gina Chavez prior to this evening’s concert starting at 6:30. Concert to begin at 7:30.

Find out more »
March 13, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
The Roots Cellar, 6300 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

**DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING EFFORTS BASED ON COVID-19, THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**

Karan Casey has long been recognized as one of the most innovative, provocative and imitated voices in Irish traditional and folk music.

Find out more »

May 2020

12:30 - 2 PM
Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Ave PA 15260

Calliope is pleased to once again present free music under the tent in Schenley Plaza this summer!

 

Find out more »

July 2020

July 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for a live streaming performance by John McCutcheon!

Find out more »

August 2020

August 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - May 30, 2021 @ 8:30 pm

Join us for our RootsCellar@Home Online Concert Series!

Find out more »
August 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Up next on our new, online series! Paul Rishell & Annie Raines!

 

Find out more »

September 2020

September 17, 2020 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for the next installment of our RootsCellar@Home series featuring Scott Ainslie!

Stay tuned for a Q & A afterwards!

Find out more »

October 2020

October 16, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for the next installment of our RootsCellar@Home series featuring Robert Johnson and Matt Watroba: Common Chords!

Stay tuned for a Q & A afterwards!

Find out more »

November 2020

November 12, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Featuring button accordion, guitar and fiddle, the band’s sound is defined by the hurdy-gurdy, which adds an earthy, rough-hewn flavor to even the most buoyant dance tunes.”  | Boston Herald

The award-winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement.  The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences.

 

Find out more »

December 2020

December 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for the next installment of our RootsCellar@Home series featuring Eliza Gilkyson

Stay tuned for a Q & A afterward!

Find out more »
December 12, 2020 @ 7:30 pm
Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

THIS CONCERT IS TO BE RESCHEDULED. NEW DATE TBA.

With special guests, The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers

“…the band actually emerged fully formed, possessing a certain savvy that assures their ability to stand apart in a crowded field of nu-grass contenders. It also assumes that while The Way Down Wanderers may have only just begun their musical journey, they’ve come quite far already.” | Lee Zimmerman, Relix Magazine

#1 of 10 New Artists You Need To Know – Rolling Stone Country Winter 2019

 

 

Find out more »
+ Export Events