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Address: Pittsburgh, PA

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January 2025

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BRIGID Pittsburgh

Feb 1, 2025 - Feb 1, 2025 | 12:30 pm - 7:30 pm

August Wilson African American Cultural Center
980 Liberty Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

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BRIGID, the event, is a musical celebration of Brigid the Saint, of Brigid the Goddess, of Irish and Celtic Women, of light and Springtime, and it is a celebration of Irish and Celtic culture, history, the present, and our future.

WHO IS BRIGID?

St. Brigid is one of Ireland’s three patron saints. She is celebrated annually in Ireland with a St. Brigid’s Feast Day on February 1, also referred to as Imbolc. Imbolc marks the beginning of Spring in Ireland, a movement from darkness into light.

St. Brigid is the Patron Saint of poetry, beer, midwives, newborns, Irish nuns, blacksmiths, dairymaids, boatmen, learning, healing, protection, chicken farmers, cattle, scholars, sailors, and more. Brigid was also a Celtic Goddess, a Fire Goddess, and the Goddess of spring, light, life, fertility, physicians, and many others.