PITTONKATONK 2025

Friday May 9th

Saturday May 10th

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Cevapi Dinner

Friday May 9, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Cevapi Dinner and Live Music

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Global Music Festival

Saturday May 10, 1 pm – 11 pm

Free to Attend!

Event Location

Vietnam Veterans Pavilion – Schenley Park

Pittsburgh, PA 15207

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About us

Pittonkatonk is music without boundaries, creating events, performances, and actions that promote music and community. We bring acts from all over the world to Pittsburgh as well as a variety of local performers

The music festival is free and has no corporate sponsors. We rely on donations to exist. Please consider donating to keep the music festival going.

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Festival FAQ

General Details

The festival is held in the Vietnam Veterans Pavilion in Schenley Park. The event is free, donations gladly accepted. Food and drink is available for purchase. The music will start at 1 pm

Parking and Transportation

Parking around Schenley Park is free but limited. We strongly encourage Ride share, carpool, public transportation and biking. Bike racks are available, bikes must be removed by the end of the event.

What to bring

Reusable water bottle, blanket or camp chair for the lawn area, sunscreen, umbrella, raincoat, sweatshirt, ear plugs, valid ID.

Why donate?

PITTONKATONK brings real deal bands to Pittsburgh without a ticket price. Please donate what is comfortable for you. We accept payments via Venmo, Paypal, or to our Go Fund Me.

Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra at Pittonkatonk 2019

Food and Drink

The following vendors will be at the Music Festival on Saturday, May 10.

Friday’s Lineup

The fundraiser dinner on Friday, May 9 includes 3 amazing acts

Saturday’s Lineup

The music starts at 1 pm and lasts well into the night. Acts from all over the world will perform, as well as local bands. The acts will be played on the stage and on the grass. The list below is not in order of performances.

Lemon Bucket Orchestra

Lemon Bucket Orkestra are Toronto’s original guerrilla-folk-party-punks. The award-winning crew has been called frenetic, charismatic, and gloriously anarchic by the New York Times.

Undertow Brass Band

Undertow Brass Band (FKA What Cheer? Brigade) is a brass band from Providence, RI, USA. We prove that great parties need no electricity.

OKAN

Okan is a Canadian Afro-Cuban jazz group, whose core members are Cuban Canadian musicians Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne

TAKAAT

The band is called TAKAAT (meaning noise in Tamashek). TAUREG POST PUNK EXPERIMENTAL featuring the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar

Detroit Party Marching Band

ROCK YOUR FACE OFF!!!

1HOOD

We seek to establish a platform for artistic expression in efforts to further the economic and creative advancement of artists, as well the active engagement of diverse audiences.

Timbeleza

Timbeleza is a community group that is a Brazilian batucada based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Eagleburger Band

Colonel Eagleburger’s Highstepping Goodtime Band

May Day Marching Band

We are a community-based band that welcomes members of all skill levels. We like playing fun and funky music at parades, rallies, protests, picnics, fiestas and other events. We also love to show up random places and surprise ya!

The KRUNK Movement

The KRUNK Movement is a year-round youth production program designed for students in
grades 8 through 12, focusing on the elements of hip-hop, including but not limited to
songwriting, production, art, and technology.

Testimonials

Here what participants are saying

Pittonkatonk is more than just the annual picnic; it also does educational outreach year-round in the Sto-Rox school district and elsewhere. But the picnic is its keynote event, last year drawing a crowd estimated at about 3,000.

Bill O'Discoll

WESA 90.5 FM

Authentic and grassroots, Pittonkatonk erases boundaries between performers and attendees, which means there are no stages, green rooms, tickets or corporate sponsors. Sounds representing West Africa, Chicago, Providence and more will fill the pavilion and spill into the park actively engaging listeners in live performance. It’s uplifting to see, hear, and be a part of.

Jennifer Baron

NEXT Pittsburgh