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WHISKEY REBELLION FESTIVAL

JULY 11-12, 2025

Main Street, Washington, PA

Raise the flag of rebellion! The Whiskey Rebellion Festival celebrates Washington County's history as the site of the nation's first rebellion over the excise tax placed on crops like rye, wheat and corn in 1791. In addition to paying homage to America's early days through historic reenactments, period exhibits and demonstrations, the Whiskey Rebellion Festival features live music, delicious food, craft vendors, kids' activities and, of course, plenty of whiskey and other libations. 

Whiskey Rebellion Festival

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP

FRIDAY, JULY 11

8:30PM - WASHINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Washington Symphony Orchestra

 

SATURDAY, JULY 12

12:30PM - MVAA FIFE & DRUM BAND

MVAA Fife & Drum Band

MVAA Fife & Drum Band will not only be in the history march at noon, but they will take the main stage at 1 pm on Saturday, July 12th to kick off our music lineup! Mon Valley Academy for the Arts, Inc.

1:30PM - DAN BAKER

Dan Baker

Dan Baker performs unique instrumental guitar arrangements of songs ranging from John Coltrane to John Mayer. He earned a BFA in Music Performance from The New School and attended Graduate Studies at New York University. Dan is currently based out of his hometown of Washington PA which is just south of Pittsburgh. He performs as a solo guitarist and with his trio regularly at breweries, distilleries, clubs, restaurants, festivals, weddings, cooperate and private events. In addition to a busy performance schedule Dan also teaches private and group guitar lessons. Dan has also been an adjunct guitar instructor and given masterclasses at the College and University level.

2:30PM - WOLF TONES

Wolf Tones

What do you get when you combine Pittsburgh bluegrass musicians who inexplicably find themselves forming a pack united by their love of acoustic string music, heady improv, weird sonic sensibility and obscure reggae tunes? You get The Wolf Tones.  ​

Along the way — and true to our free-roaming wolf ancestors — the journey is unplanned. Sets can bounce from old-school Flatt & Scruggs to a grassed-up version of a Toots & the Maytals tune in the blink of an eye and the flick of a banjo string. The pack is always on the move, combining a repertoire of classic bluegrass with an adventurous improv spirit... and occasionally covering Ween and Davie Bowie. Or Harry Belafonte. Or a whole night of Jerry Garcia tunes. Or something a random audience member might yell out. We're wolves. We play bluegrass. It gets weird.

4:30PM - KNOB ROAD

Knob Road

​SW PA Outlaw Country/Southern Rock Music Band performs music hits from the 60, 70s, and 80s. Knob Road consist of 6 members who are Mike Triplett (lead vocals) formerly of Southern Discomfort and The Toast Band , Dave Hixon (guitar and vocals), Mark Knapp (drums) , Tom Hollowood (bass and vocals), Reese Slater (lead guitar and harmonica) and Joe Laabs who is our full time soundman. All 6 Knob Road band members are very well seasoned members each having multiple years of experience in performing with live bands. Knob Road averages 30-40 dates per year. We have performed at Rally on Main, Wheeling Island Casino, Meadows Casino, Fredericktown River Fest, California University Riverfest , Scottdale Fall Festival, Pumpkin Festival ,The Annual Toys for Tots Benefit, Westmoreland Arts Festival, Bedford Fall Festival, Derry Railroad Days, Wounded Warriors Festival in Pgh and Annual Vet Jam in additional to performing weekly club dates in Penna and W. Virginia.

6:30 - AMANDA FISH

Amanda Fish

Amanda's music has been described as "a from-the-gut vocals belting out impassioned lyrics over swampy guitar and rock-heavy drums, with a driving bassline that locks in a groove the audience can't help but dance to" and it currently has more than 220k streams on Spotify, with over 4k monthly listeners worldwide and growing. Her 2015 debut album "Down In The Dirt" won a 2016 "Sean Costello Rising Star" Blues Blast Music Award, while her 2018 album "Free" debuted at #6 on the Billboard Blues Chart and hit #4 on the iTunes Blues Album chart, and won a 2019 Blues Music Award in the category "Best Emerging Artist Album". A recent video of our band performing "Feels Like Rain" live. We've extensively toured the US and Canada as a trio, playing legendary stages like Knuckleheads (Kansas City), Chan's (Rhode Island), Ground Zero (Mississippi), Buddy Guy's Legends (Chicago), Funky Biscuit (Boca Raton, FL), The Blue Note (North Carolina), The Rhythm Room (Phoenix), Papa Turney's (Nashville), and Blues on Whyte (Edmonton, AB) just to name a few. Our live performances have received critical acclaim at a number of high-profile festivals as well such as W.C. Handy Festival in Kentucky, Brigg's Farm Blues Festival in Pennsylvania, Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival in New Jersey, Gloucester Blues Festival in Massachusetts, Big Sky Blues Festival in Montana, Blues Blast Festival in Arizona, Camping With The Blues in Florida, and more!

8:00PM - THE COMMONHEART

The Commonheart

Formed to invoke emotion through tone and energy, The Commonheart is a band configured of up and coming artists from the Pittsburgh area. Led by frontman Clinton Clegg, the 9-piece band has just released its latest album, Pressure, a both rugged and refined album showcasing raw-nerve soul musicianship, bluesy ballads, emotive vocals and melancholy redemption. 

 

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