Three Rivers Arts Festival

Three Rivers Arts Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Three Rivers Arts Festival


caption = Chris Hillman performing at the Three Rivers Arts Festival on June 16, 2004.
location = flagicon|USA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
years_active = 1959-Present
founders = The Women's Committee of the Carnegie Museum of Art in cooperation with a cross section of Pittsburgh business and cultural leaders.
dates = June
genre = all types
website = [http://www.artsfestival.net/ Three Rivers Arts Festival homepage]

Three Rivers Arts Festival is a large outdoor festival of the visual and performing arts held every summer throughout downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The festival has been held annually, in June, since 1959.

As well as featuring art and live music, there are also artist vendors of various types who set up booths and sell their wares during the festival.

Over the years, many well-known musicians in various musical genres have performed at the festival, including Tom Paxton, Dr. John, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Chick Corea and Touchstone, Arturo Sandoval, Richard Thompson, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen, Norah Jones, Nanci Griffith, Rosanne Cash, Gillian Welch, Angélique Kidjo, Cowboy Junkies, Rickie Lee Jones, Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Aimee Mann, Susan Werner, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Wilco, Donna the Buffalo, Indigo Girls, Raul Malo, Madeleine Peyroux, Phoebe Snow, Alejandro Escovedo, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Psychedelic Furs, moe., Lizz Wright, Ernie Hawkins, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, New York Dolls, Drive-By Truckers, and many others.

The Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, located at 937 Liberty Avenue, is a year-round extension of the Three Rivers Arts Festival.

External links

* [http://www.artsfestival.net/ Three Rivers Arts Festival homepage]


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