The Northside Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh on July 18-20 featuring dozens of bands, art vendors and food trucks. The annual event, in its third year, features musicians from Pittsburgh and around the region, including many heard on WYEP.
Benjamin Soltesz, organizer of the Northside Music Festival, said the family-friendly festival gives attendees the chance to explore Pittsburgh’s North Side.
“It's not all in the street, we're also in a park and we're in a few indoor venues. But really when it gets down to it, it is just a summer weekend street party,” Soltesz said. “Northsiders are proud of the Northside. The immediate neighborhood is very supportive of the event and everybody kind of just thinks that it's great to kind of have something in our little part of the city over here.”
Venues range from roughly Cedar Avenue at the Allegheny Elks Lodge to food trucks on Foreland over to stages along East Street, including The Government Center. And, of course, there’s a WYEP stage at Allegheny City Brewing!
Each day offers a different experience for guests, with Sunday, July 20 featuring gospel musicians.
“I’m very appreciative of all the musicians and artists that want to continue, want to do it every year,” Soltesz says.
Here are some bands playing at the Northside Music Festival that you might recognize as a WYEP listener (performances are all ages unless specified otherwise):
Friday, July 18:
First National Bank Stage at Foreland (Foreland and Middle Streets):
- Cisco Kid - 6 p.m.
- Bindley Hardware Co. - 7:05 p.m.
- Norside Organ Trio w/Clinton Clegg and The BGVs - 8:10 p.m.
- Mike Minda’s Be Free - 9:45 p.m.
91.3 WYEP Stage at Allegheny City Brewing (510 East Ohio Street):
- James Perry - 5 p.m.
- Calico Dogs - 6 p.m.
- Century III - 7 p.m.
- Raised By Giants - 8 p.m.
- The Gotobeds - 9 p.m.
Sheetz Shtage on James Street (James and East Ohio Streets):
- The Polkamaniacs - 6:10 p.m.
- The Sun Champs - 7:10 p.m.
- Abstract Theory - 8:10 p.m.
- Zinnia’s Garden - 9:15 p.m.
CNH Javor (805 East Street):
- Tory Silver - 6 p.m.
- Dream The Heavy - 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 19:
First National Bank Stage at Foreland (Foreland and Middle Streets):
- Caleb Kopta - 2 p.m.
- Kahone Concept - 3 p.m. - check out our Live & Direct Session
- Favorite Band - 4 p.m.
- Woodland Creatures - 5 p.m.
- Gaadge - 6 p.m.
- Colatura - 7 p.m. - a performer at the WYEP Summer Music Festival, also had a Live & Direct Session
- Anthony Vincent Jardine & Company - 8 p.m.
- The Regal Sweet - 9:05 p.m.
- Guitar Zack - 10:10 p.m.
Sheetz Shtage on James Street (James and East Ohio Streets):
- Orange Music - 2:30 p.m.
- Silver Car Crash - 3:30 p.m.
- Heading North - 4:30 p.m.
- NASH.V.ILL - 6:30 p.m.
- BBGuns - 8:30 p.m.
- Bastard Bearded Irishmen - 9:30 p.m.
- DJ Dini Daddy - 10:25 p.m.
WDVE Stage at Allegheny Elks Lodge (400 Cedar Avenue), 21+:
- The Garment District - 6:30 p.m.
- M.E.L.T. - 10:45 p.m.
The Government Center (715 East Street):
- Sad Bulldog - 5:15 p.m.
- Gina Gory - 7:30 p.m.
- Forty Winks - 8:15 p.m.
In The Street – (Corner of Foreland and James Streets)
- May Day Marching Band
- Timbeleza
Highmark/AHN Park Stage (Allegheny Commons Park East):
- Jason Gamble - 12 p.m.
- Rocket Loves Blue - 3 p.m.
- The Wolf Tones - 4 p.m.
- Chet Vincent and the Music Industry - 6 p.m.
- Jack Swing - 7:10 p.m. - a performer at the WYEP Summer Music Festival
91.3 WYEP Stage at Allegheny City Brewing (510 East Ohio Street):
- Bloomfield Pest Control - 3 p.m.
- Dewey Decibel System - 4 p.m.
- Thick Magician - 5 p.m.
- Tony From Bowling - 6 p.m.
- Red Rabbit - 7 p.m.
- Wet Pusch - 8 p.m.
- Heinous Bienfäng - 9 p.m.
CNH Javor (805 East Street):
- Mother Of Earl - 6:30 p.m.
- Animal Scream - 7:30 p.m. - WYEP’s 2023 Pittsburgh Artist of the Year
- André Costello & Tomorrow Club - 9:30 p.m.
Allegheny Center Alliance Church (Union Place)
- Morgan Erina - 1:30 p.m.
- Julianna Warner - 2:05 p.m.
- Mirabelle Skipworth - 2:40 p.m.
- Tucker Muetzel - 3:15 p.m.
- Cody Piper - 3:50 p.m.
- Brad Yoder - 4:25 p.m.
- Julia Norah - 5 p.m.
The Laundry Basket North (824 James Street):
- Halloway - 8:30 p.m.
- Cameron Warren - 9:30 p.m.
