This week in Pittsburgh, you can get the Night Sweats, you can get Shook and you can Ramble.
Monday
The Town Pants (The Original Pittsburgh Winery): The Winery has a national act for St. Paddy’s Day. The Celtic roots-rock band from Vancouver with six studio albums and two live albums to its credit. The Town Pants, which has performed in more than a dozen countries, describes its sound as "West Coast Celtic,” incorporating Irish traditional, folk-rock and roots-Americana. 8 p.m. $29; pittsburghwinery.com.
More Irish music: Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle in the Strip keeps the beer flowing and the party going with Mark Guiser (noon), Whiskey Limerick (4 p.m.) and Live Irish Music (8 p.m.) inside and Guaranteed Irish (2-7 p.m.). $10; harpandfiddle.com.
City Winery Pittsburgh in the Strip, presents Abbots Cross, the Celtic duo of Celtic music duo featuring Alan Booth on vocals and guitar and Mike Clancy, at 7 p.m. ($20); pittsburgh.citywinery.com.
Wednesday
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (Petersen Events Center): After a decade of touring, the Americana-soul band led by the charismatic 46-year-old singer is on its first arena tour. It backs fourth album “South of Here,” which sent two singles, “Heartless” and “Call Me (Whatever You Like),” to the top of the adult alternative chart. The Teskey Brothers open. $29; ticketmaster.com.
Friday
Ian Munsick (Roxian Theatre): You can’t just say “country” with this rising star from Wyoming. You have to go with the full country-western, because it goes all the way back to the roots and sounds like nothing else on the radio. He hits McKees Rocks a month in advance of “Eagle Feather” (April 18), his third album and the followup to “White Buffalo.” 8 p.m. $47; roxiantheatre.com.
Randall Baumann’s Ramble (The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls): The latest all-star jam led by the WDVE morning show host features a double shot of The Commonheart (with singer Clinton Clegg and guitarist Mike Minda), plus Paul Luc (and his band), Chet Vincent, Andre Costello, Rob James, Jenn Wertz, Gibson Musisko, Addi Twigg, Morgan Erina, Mark Dignam, Cassie Prentiss and Anne Celedonia. They’ll go heavy on The Band, Dylan and their fellow travelers. 8 p.m. $15/$20; mrsmalls.com.
Saturday
Rufus Wainwright (City Winery Pittsburgh): The singer-songwriter whose sound was identified as “popera” when he debuted in the late ‘90s will play two shows in the Strip. Wainwright, the son of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and older brother of Martha Wainwright, displayed his range on his last two projects, going from folk (“Folkocracy”) to classical “Dream Requiem.” On this tour, he’s playing the favorites from his catalog. 6 and 9 p.m. $85; pittsburgh.citywinery.com.
Poppy (Roxian Theatre): Moriah Pereira, the artist known as Poppy, comes to McKees Rocks touring behind “Negative Spaces,” her sixth album that plunges hard into Nine Inch Nails territory. SPIN has called Poppy “a creative chameleon” for her ventures into ska, electropop, pop-punk and metalcore. The opening act is Kumo. 8 p.m. $53; roxiantheatre.com.
Beasts of the 'Burgh 3 (Mr. Smalls) Chip Dominick has assembled this lineup of bands “from all corners of the Pittsburgh rock scene” representing metal, alt-rock and punk. His own Chip and the Charge Ups headlines with Never Say Die, Griffen Handshake and Xander Demos Band. 8 p.m. $12/$15; mrsmalls.com.
Steve and the Millers (Rooted in Sound): The Steve is flutist Steve Sciulli (Carsickness, Plougman’s Lunch, Life in Balance) joined by harpist Stephanie Miller and hammer dulcimer player and percussionist Robert Miller. The ambient ethereal trio will create “a drifting textual sound environment” at Rooted in Sound, Aspinwall, to celebrate the release of new album “Care” on SSK Records, the label founded by Steven Machat (ELO, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Leonard Cohen). 7 p.m. $25; Preregistration is encouraged on Facebook.
Sunday
Spyro Gyra (The Oaks Theatre): The pioneering jazz-fusion band formed in Buffalo celebrated its 50th anniversary last year with the collection “Jubilee” and with a tour stopping in Oakmont. Saxophonist and founder Jay Beckenstein will lead the group — Julio Fernandez (guitar), Chris Fischer (keyboards), Scott Ambush (bass), and Lionel Cordew (drums) — in its blend of jazz, R&B, Latin and world music. 8 p.m. $45; etix.com.
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers (Thunderbird Cafe and Music Hall): Shook (they/them) lays the twang on thick fronting this rollicking Southern Gothic/alt-country trio touring behind the acclaimed new album “Revelations.” With Olivia Ellen Lloyd. 8 p.m. $20; thunderbirdmusichall.com.
Also this week
Monday
Selwyn Birchwood at Jergel’s
Tuesday
The Altons/Thee Sinseers at Thunderbird Music Hall
Thursday
MercyMe/Zach Williams/Sam Wesley at Petersen Events Center
Spafford at Mr. Smalls Theatre
Saturday
The Vindys/Big Blitz at Thunderbird Music Hall
Sunday
Paul Thorn Band at City Winery Pittsburgh
Weekend Show List
Baja Bar & Grill, Fox Chapel: Ruff House at 8 p.m. Saturday (free); bajabargrill.com.
Bottlerocket Social Hall, Allentown: Acoustic-Pitt Show w/ Porch Dog, Pitter Patter, Judge Russo, Michaela Doorjamb, Rodd and Cid, Twin Lakes, The Smith, Trailing Iris, and Wavespy at 8 p.m. Thursday ($10); Pocketboy Solid/TV's Norm/Dewey Decibel System at 8 p.m. Sunday ($12/$15) bottlerocketpgh.com.
Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall: The Rush Tribute Project at 8 p.m. Friday ($30); librarymusichall.com
City Winery, Strip: JigJam at 7:30 p.m. Thursday ($25); Joe Pug at 7:30 p.m. Friday ($25); Rufus Wainwright at 6 and 9 p.m. Saturday ($85); Paul Thorn Band with Tony MaGee at 7 p.m. Sunday ($40); pittsburgh.citywinery.com.
Con Alma, Downtown: Jevon Rushton Trio at 7 p.m. Thursday; Jared Sims Organ Trio at 7 p.m. Friday; Tony Grey Trio at 7 p.m. Saturday; Colter Harper Trio at 5 p.m. Sunday; $10; conalmapgh.com.
Crafthouse Stage & Grill, Whitehall: Ally the Piper/David Michael Frank at 7:30 p.m. Thursday ($30/$35); The Mazeroskis at 8 p.m. Friday ($8); The Alt Rocks at 8 p.m. Saturday ($8); crafthousepgh.com.
The Government Center, North Side: Tough Pill #44 at 8 p.m. Thursday ($10); No Culture/Threaded/Mother Elizabeth Thorne at 8 p.m. Friday ($10); Any Two Words/Main Street Detour/Crash Nebula/Pummeled at 8 p.m. Saturday ($10); Twice Dark/Hypnagogia/Hemlock For Socrates at 7:30 p.m. Sunday ($10); thegovernmentcenter.com.
Jergel’s, Marshall: Rumours ATL – A Fleetwood Mac Tribute at 8 p.m. Thursday ($25/$30); Dancing Queen at 8 p.m. Friday ($10); BB Steal - 80s Live at 8 p.m. Saturday ($10); Streets: U2 Tribute at 7 p.m. Sunday ($10/$12); jergels.com.
Kingfly Spirits, Strip: Rich Zabinski & Friends at 7 p.m. Thursday ($5); Joel Lindsey/Jim Kurasch at 4 p.m. Sunday ($5); kingflyspirits.com.
Mr. Smalls, Millvale: Spafford/The Jauntee at 8 p.m. Thursday ($25/$30); Aliquid Novi album release/Travis Dodge/Thick Magician at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Funhouse ($12/$15); Randall Baumann’s Ramble at 8 p.m. Friday ($15/$20); Neal Francis/Improvement Movement at 8 p.m. Friday ($25/$30); Mixtape Madness #8 w/ Garage League, Glass Caps, Z-Nemo and the Big Slime, Catatoneya, Slobberknockers, The Redlines, Giddyup, and Panic Landing at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Funhouse ($10/$12); Chip and the Charge-Ups/Never Say Die/Griffen Handshake/XBD: Xander Demos Band at 8 p.m. Saturday ($12/$15); mrsmalls.com.
Moondog’s, Blawnox: Open Stage at 8 p.m. Thursday (free); Stealing Time at 7:30 p.m. Saturday ($5); moondogs.us.
The Oaks Theater, Oakmont: Say Ahh Tribute to Poison at 7:30 p.m. Friday ($15); The Prince Project at 8 p.m. Saturday ($22/$25); Spyro Gyra at 8 p.m. Sunday ($45); theoakstheater.com.
The Original Pittsburgh Winery, Strip: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday ($45); Reuben's Painted Mandolin - A Tribute to Jerry Garcia Band at 8 p.m. Saturday ($15/$20); Small Hours Trio at 1:30 p.m. Sunday ($15/$20); pittsburghwinery.com.
Poetry Lounge, Millvale: Lesser Care/Take Me With You/My Manifesto at 8 p.m. Thursday ($10/$12); O’Shea The Wicked/Dereos Roads/Kid Courtesy/John Adams at 8:30 Friday ($10); Makeshift Urn/Susurrant Void/ Terminal Intensity/Extortion Cellar Symington Reed and the Musical Block Party at 8 p.m. Saturday ($10); Bummer Camp/Natural Rat/The Fever Haze/Brake Run at 8 p.m. Saturday ($10); Funky Lamp/Mister Strawberry/Carini at 6 p.m. Sunday ($10); poetrymillvale.com.
Rivers Casino, North Shore: Totally 80s at 9 p.m. Friday (free); riverscasino.com.
Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks: Ian Munsick/Jake Worthington/Max Alan at 8 p.m. Friday ($47); Poppy/kumo 99 at 8 p.m. Saturday ($53); roxiantheatre.com.
Spirit, Lawrenceville: Cameron Whitcomb/Ben Cottrill at 8 p.m. Friday (sold out); spiritpgh.com.
Stage AE, North Shore: Crankdat/YDG/CELO (7 p.m. doors; $29.50); axs.com.
Thunderbird Music Hall, Lawrenceville: Slappers N Bangers at 10 p.m. Friday ($10/$20); The Vindys/Big Blitz at 8 p.m. Saturday ($20/$25); Sarah Shook and the Disarmers/Olivia Ellen Lloyd at 8 p.m. Sunday ($22/$27); thunderbirdmusichall.com.
First Published: March 17, 2025, 9:30 a.m.
