Edited by John O’Brien
BRIGID 2023 was named “Best New Event” and 3rd Best 2023 Event Overall by the International Festival and Events Association.
Featured performers include:
· The Brigideens featuring Grammy®-Awarded and Emmy-Nominated Eileen Ivers, Caitlin Maloney, Hilary Hawke, Anna Colliton, Colin Forhan.· The Bow Tides, a Pittsburgh Irish Festival favorite band led by three female fiddle players, including Pittsburgher, Katie Grennan.· Ally the Piper, social media famous, multi-instrumentalist and singer with a specialty in bagpipes. Ally is, by far, the most followed bagpiper on social media. She was awarded 2023’s Piper of the Year.· Morgan Bullock, the first black female touring dancer of Riverdance and 2022 recipient of the Presidential Distinguished Service Award presented by Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins.· The Step Sisters, Pittsburgh’s newest Irish dance troupe.· Bell School of Irish Dance· Shovlin Academy of Irish Dan
