Weekend calendar
local “Tap City – On Tour” will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. It is sponsored in part by The Producers Unit. “Tony Waag’s Tap City” showcases the best of the New York City Tap Festival, founded in 2001 by Waag and the late Gregory Hines and produced by the American Tap Dance Foundation. The show features an international cast of legendary tap veterans, cutting-edge ensembles and up-and-coming hoofers backed by a live jazz combo. Tickets are available by calling the State Theatre box office at 724-439-1360 or toll free at 800-397-2554.Celebrate the St. Patrick’s Day holiday with the live music of Mike Gallagher at the Christian W. Klay Winery in Chalk Hill from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. The event will feature complimentary tastings of the winery’s award-winning wines. Gallagher, a Pittsburgh native, is known primarily for performing Irish and Scottish folks, but he also specializes in contemporary acoustic and performs a number of original selections. His latest release “Saints & Scholars” is a masterful collection of original, contemporary and traditional Irish tunes. For more information, visit his Web site at www.mike-gallagher.com. Advance, pre-paid reservations are required. Tickets are available. To make a reservation, call the winery directly at 724-439-3424.
A Bluegrass Gospel Benefit Concert will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Indian Head Church of God in Indian Head, located at the intersection of routes 711 and 381 between Donegal and Normalville. The event will feature the Savage Family and the Springtime Hill Barn Band. Proceeds from the event will go to the Indian Creek Valley Food Bank. This event is open to the public. There will be no admission charge. Donations will be accepted for the food bank. Those attending are asked to bring a canned good. For more information, call Greg Grimm at 724-455-2452.
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The 11th annual Brendan Foley Memorial Concert titled “Irish Night” will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at Central Catholic High School’s beautifully restore McGonigle Theater. There will be performances by Guaranteed Irish, Hooley, the Pittsburgh Irish Reelers, Central Catholic’s Chamber Singers and Marching Band and the special guest, Tommy Sands. There is a small charge. Reserved seating is available at the Shops of Station Square; The Irish Design Center, 303 S. Craig St., Oakland; Acoustic Music Works, 2142 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill; Mullaney’s Harp & Fieele, 2329 Penn Ave. in the Strip; or by calling Arlene Miller at 412-621-9339 or e-mailing her at arlenej.miller@gmail.com.
Country music will be presented Saturday at the Sagebrush Round-Up, located on Bunner Ridge near Fairmont, W.Va., six miles east of Interstate 79 at Exit 139. The open stage will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. with The Round-Up Band. The regular show starts at 7 p.m. with The Round-Up Band, Eileen Smith, Rob Country & the Memory Makes, Granny Blosser, Gospel Beacons and The Harrisons.
There is a donation for adults. Children under 12 accompanied by an adult will be admitted free. For more information, call Jim at 304-292-5854, Dave at 304-986-2158, Paul at 304-363-4864 or Bill at 301-334-8629.