“Broke all performance attendance records.” Allegheny Portage Railroad National Park
Oliver Browne on stage with Altan
Hooley’s fiddler Oliver Browne with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, and other members
of Altan, during the band’s finale late Sunday afternoon on the 2004 Pittsburgh
Irish Festival Chevrolet Amphitheatre main stage
Photo by Christopher Fetter

A few places Hooley has played

Concerts
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Cresson, Pennsylvania
(An all-time attendance record our first year at Portage with 500+, increasing to 900+ our fourth year.)
Borders Books & Music, Monroeville/North Hills/South Hills, Pennsylvania
Bottleworks Ethnic Arts Center, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
The Bruderhof, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Carlow University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(At the time, a Carnegie Museum summer concert series attendance record, as you can see in this published calendar photo.)
Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Central Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Grand Hall at The Priory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lakeview Performing Arts Series, Cortland, Ohio
The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Cathedral Hall, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Public Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sixth Presbyterian Church concert series, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Synod Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Festivals
AOH Irish Day, South Park, Pennsylvania
First Night, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fort Ligonier Days, Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Friendship Flower & Folk Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
George Westinghouse Days Festival, Wilmerding, Pennyslvania
Hoodlebug Summerfest, Homer City, Pennsylvania
Irish Centre of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Johnstown FolkFest, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Multicultural Festival, Parkersburg, West Virginia
National Road Show Festival, Washington, Pennsylvania
Nationality Days Festival, Ambridge, Pennsylvania
New Growth Arts Festival, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Oil Heritage Festival, Oil City, Pennsylvania
Penn’s Colony, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(A memory we cherish is the year we performed at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival with special guest Cathal McConnell of Boys of the Lough fame.)
Pumpkin Festival, Shelocta, Pennsylvania
Rootz Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saint Bede Ice Cream Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Slavic Food Festival, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Slow Food Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Smoky City Folk Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvnia
Somerfest, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tartan Day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Treehouse Festival, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Western Pennsyvlania Fairie Festival, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Wheeling Celtic Celebration, Wheeling, West Virginia

Private clubs
Chartiers Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Edgewood Country Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Franklin Club, Franklin, Pennsylvania
The Mountain Club, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rolling Rock Country Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Ross Mountain Club, New Florence, Pennsylvania

Radio/television
KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WQED-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WTAE Radio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WYEP-FM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Receptions/dances
Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CityFolk Annual Céilí, Dayton, Ohio
Farmers at Firehouse Organic Farmers’ Market, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Green Gables, Jennerstown, Pennsylvania
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
North Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robert Morris University, Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennysylvania
South Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Various weddings and private receptions

Restaurants and pubs
The Claddagh Irish Pub, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Finnigan’s Wake, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Heaven, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hopper’s Brew Pub, Erie Brewing Company, Erie, Pennsylvania
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rosebud, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(We had our CD release party at Rosebud with 400+ in attendance. Not anticipating the turnout, the club ran out of beer two hours into the event.)
Saratoga Fine Food & Spirits, Lisbon, Ohio
Sieb’s Pub, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Parlour Lounge, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania
Three Rivers Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Plus, the many sessions we've played in, including some great ones with visiting musicians from Ireland and elsewhere.

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