— Pittsburgh May Day Brass BBQ
PITTON
KA
TONK
SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023
VIETNAM VETERANS PAVILION
PITTSBURGH, PA
Pittonkatonk is music without boundaries. Since 2014, Pittonkatonk is music in public spaces that belong to everyone, with no stage, no doors, and no right way to express yourself.
We’ve been a Green Festival since 2019!
— Pittsburgh May Day Brass BBQ
PITTON
KA
TONK
SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023
VIETNAM VETERANS PAVILION
PITTSBURGH, PA
Pittonkatonk is music without boundaries. Since 2014, Pittonkatonk is music in public spaces that belong to everyone, with no stage, no doors, and no right way to express yourself.
We’ve been a Green Festival since 2019!
Balkan Brass, Cumbia,
Hip-Hop, Big Bands
SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023
A one of a kind musical festival, free and open to all, connecting the dots between community, organizers, and euphoric musical experiences.
REVIEWS
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
“You’re part of something bigger, something magical. You’re part of something where everyone values you for who you are. And in that moment, you can totally let loose and be free.”
Meg Fair
Pittsburgh City Paper
The focus of Pittonkatonk is on community. It’s about bringing together people who might otherwise never convene, and blurring the line between performer and spectator.
Caralyn Green
Pittsburgh City Paper
PITTONKATONK 2023 is coming!
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TIME: PITTONKATONK KICKS OFF AT 1pm
DATE : SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023
WHERE: VIETNAM VETERANS PAVILION (Schenley Park)
NEED TO KNOWS
- Festival begins at 1pm
- Parking around the park is limited so we strongly encourage
- ride share
- biking,
- public transportation
- uber/lyft
- BIKE PARKING is available thanks to BikePgh (Bikes must be removed by the end of the event)
WHAT TO BRING
- Reusable water bottle
- blanket for the grass
- sunscreen, umbrella, sweatshirt
- earplugs
- money for the bands, potluck, and vendors (most accept cards)
- your I.D. (state id, passport, other form of valid identification)
POTLUCK INFO
1pm -5pm join us for a community potluck.
Bring a family size dish of food to share.
How it works
- Label your container with your name and cell number
- Please list ingredients including any allergens and dietary
- Please do not bring single use containers unless they 100% recyclable or compostable (we are aiming to be a zero waste event)
Items NOT to bring:
- Chips, pretzels, other junk food
- Bottled Water
- items that need to be reheated
Items that we encourage
- Pasta salads
- fruit salads
- fresh veggies (washed and prepped)
- homemade breads or deserts
- couscous
- quinoa salads
- fresh garden salads
AFTER THE POTLUCK
FOOD VENDORS
- Shado Beni – vegan food from Trinidad
- Spirit Pizza – Pizza
- Kilimanjaro Flavor – African cuisine
- Mr Bulgogi – Korean
- Pure Grub – vegan Caribbean Food
- Millies – Ice Cream
BEVERAGES
- EAST END BREWING,
- BARMY SODA
- GOODLANDER COCKTAILS
PITTONK IS GOING GREEN!!!
Pittonkatonk has gone Zero Waste! Since 2019!!!
- We have partnered with the PA Resources Council to reduce waste and divert it from the landfill through recycling and compost.
- In 2021, the festival diverted 83% of its waste – the most diversion yet– and in 2022 we aim to be a recognized Zero Waste Event by diverting 90%+ from the landfill! We need your help to get there!
Here’s how you can help:
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- Reduce the landfill items you bring into the festival:
- When packing for the potluck, choose reusable trays that you can bring home with you, or use aluminum foil trays – we can clean and recycle these.
- Bring your own reusable utensils, refillable water bottle, Tupperware container and cloth napkin to the festival – take it home with at the end of the potluck.
- Pittonkatonk will provide compostable plates, utensils, and cups for the potluck, so no need to bring your own single use plates/utensils/cups!
- Avoid landfill items like vinyl tablecloths or other decorations
- Use PRC’s Zero Waste Stations, located throughout the festival:
- Compost
- All potluck materials can go in the compost! Food, plain paper plates, paper napkins, wooden utensils, and BPI-certified compostable cups can go in the compost.
- Late night food vendor packaging is also compostable!
- Cups from East End are compostable!
- Recycling
- Aluminum cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles (please empty before throwing them in!)
- Cardboard and paper
- NO other plastic (cups, containers, clamshells, plastic utensils)
- Landfill
- Everything else! Zip ties, plastic clingwrap, etc
- NO food, liquids, or compostable or recyclable items
- Compost
- Reduce the landfill items you bring into the festival:
- For more Zero Waste tips, visit www.prc.org/programs/zwpa/
RULES
- RESPECT THE PARK!
- RESPECT THE PEOPLE!
- RESPECT YOURSELF!
We encourage visitors to bring their own water bottle, blankets, camping chairs.
Clean up after yourself and your neighbor.
The bands!
OUR 2023 LINEUP
BABA COMMANDANT & THE MANDINGO BAND (Burkina Faso)
TAMIKREST (Morocco/France)
KIZABA (Congo)
BALAKLAVA BLUES (Ukraine/Canada)
UNDERTOW BRASS BAND
(formerly What Cheer? Brigade)
DETROIT PARTY MARCHING BAND
MAI KHOI AND THE DISSEDENTS
COL EAGLEBURGER BAND
HUGO CRUZ AND CAMINOS
1HOOD MEDIA
TIMBELEZA
MAY DAY MARCHING BAND
Baba Commandant and The Mandingo Band
A contemporary group from Burkina Faso. Coming from Bobo-Dioulasso, the group is steeped in the Mandingue musical traditions of their ancestral legacy. The enigmatic lead singer Baba Commandant (Mamadou Sanou) is an original and eccentric character who is well respected in the Burkinabé musical community. A sort of punk Faso Dan Fani activist for traditional Mandingo music, Baba continues to redefine the boundaries between traditional and modern. In 1981, he joined the Koule Dafourou troupe as a dancer. Later, he embarked on his current musical direction as a singer first in Dounia and then in the Afromandingo Band.
Balaklava Blues
Folk-noir trench-fighters on the cultural front of Ukraine’s battle for democracy and freedom. They mix thousand year-old polyphonic traditions with personal stories and sounds of revolution and war and stunning visuals that blend folk motifs with contemporary expressions of power, vulnerability and trauma. Think Dakha Brakha remixed by A Tribe Called Red and then played live by Thom Yorke fronting Portishead. Timely and emotional, their multimedia live show builds empathy and understanding when we need it most and speaks to universal themes of identity crisis, displacement and oppression through deeply personal and specific Ukrainian experiences and music.
Detroit Party Marching Band
An ever-evolving collective of Detroit area musicians devoted to unanticipated revelry, driving jams, and the power of the un-amplified horn blast. DPMB blurs the line between performance space and public space, bringing the Party to the audience with aggressive intimacy and an in-your-face attitude.
Undertow Brass Band
Undertow Brass Band (fwa What Cheer? Brigade) is a 20-piece brass band from Providence, RI, USA. We prove that great parties need no electricity. A Pittonkatonk staple are returning in 2022
Tamikrest
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.
Mai Khoi and the Dissidents
Mai Khoi is a Vietnamese celebrity, singer and musician. She has been playing music since she was 12 when she was the pianist in a wedding band with her father, a music teacher, in the coastal city of Nha Trang. Drawing on a wide variety of influences, from traditional Vietnamese folk to blues, soul and rock, Mai Khoi seamlessly blends disparate styles, melodies and rhythms. In 2010, Mai Khoi won Vietnam Television song and album of the year awards, the highest awards for song writing in the country. She has toured the US (2016/2014), Europe (2016) and Australia (2015/2017).
Hugo Cruz and Caminos
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!
come visit & participate in the activist greenhouse.
A community resource tent of Social and Environmental Justice Organizations. Presented in collaboration with New Sun Rising
Pittonkatonk is commissioning new music about justice to world premiere on May 11, 2019, featuring collaborations with:
May Day Marching Band & Casa San Jose SOY
Immigration & Equality
Afro Yaqui Music Collective & 1Hood & Sio-Rox Marching Band
Water Quality
Lemon Bucket Orkestra and Sto Rox Marching Band
Cultural Exchange
Hugo Cruz and Caminos
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