Here’s the great performance lineup for this year!
12:15 Pandemic Pete
Starting the day, Pete will be playing world dance music. Pete’s regular events include Pandemic’s monthly dance party at Brillobox, Fridays at Bayardstown Social Club, and Weather Permitting.
2:15 ViraSamba
This ensemble will get everyone dancing! ViraSamba includes some members of Timbeleza.
3:15 Olivia Kissel
Olivia was a founding member and co-director of Zafira dance troupe and has taught and performed around the U.S. and abroad. Olivia also makes jewelry and will be selling her pieces at the festival. Learn more about Olivia’s work here.
4:30 Gangwish
Gangwish was originally Sam Pace’s solo project to experiment with abstract drum and synth. It’s turned into a collective vision of expansive and experimental pop music. The performance at the festival will include members of Midnight Snake/KMFD/Acid FathersTemple. Sam also promises surprises — we don’t know what kind of surprises.
5:30 The Polish Hillbillies
A band-about-town in the late 1990s, then the members went their separate ways. They’re back together with a reformed lineup which includes three original members. It’s great to welcome this neighborhood band with their alt-country sounds back to Polish Hill.
6:30 Geña y Peña
Geña is from Puerto Rico and moved to Pittsburgh in 197. She duets regularly with Carlos Peña, in a project called “Geña y Peña” and they perform boleros corta-venas all over Pittsburgh.
7:30 Jaguar Mountain Rundown
From Uniontown, Jaguar Mountain Rundown describe themselves as “alternative/cowpunk/rock”.
8:30 – onwards Timbeleza
Timbeleza is a batucada — an African influenced Brazilian percussive style. Returning to perform at the festival for the sixth year, Timbeleza is a big favorite here and one of the bands that people ask us to bring back each year.
Here they are performing at Pittatonkatonk Brass Festival in May:
And the energy won’t stop between bands — Pete from Pandemic will be on hand all day playing great world dance music between sets.
