Come celebrate with us our club events.  Each year we have the following events:

Please consult our website often for current postings of updates and dates of events.

General Membership Meetings

We have only four general membership meeting per year, generally on a Monday or Tuesday evening.   Please consult our bimonthly Zeitung (newsletter) OR this wesbite on the page COMING EVENTS / REHEARSALS to be sure of date and locations of each meeting.  We have been meeting at the Penn Brewery (Northside) since 2000. Now we may be meeting at either Penn Brewery or the Hofbräuhaus (Southside), so please check our COMING EVENTS page to see the location and date of upcoming meetings.
For directions for Hofbräuhaus, please see their website:  www.hofbrauhauspittsburgh.com
For directions for the Penn Brewery, please see their website:  www.pennbrew.com  

Gedenkgottesdienst

This annual church memorial service is held on a Saturday in November and is in honor of all deceased members of our family and friends of the German-American community.  Area German choruses participate along with local clergy.  Usually following this Memorial Mass, we have a dinner-dance.  In 2011 the Gedenkgottesdienst Memorial Mass is the  2nd Saturday in November, November 12th at 4 p.m. at St. Catherine of Sweden Church, Hampton. 


Bavarian Heimatfest

This Fest is an evening celebration of the old Heimat (homeland) with folks songs, dances and skits performed by our members.  Our Kindergruppe presents a Brüder Grimm Märchen (Fairytale), and is during the season of Fasching (Mardi Gras) usually held on a Saturday evening anytime between November up through Mardi Gras weekend, and we get some revelry in!  The 2011 Heimatfest will follow the Gedenkgottesdienst Mass on November 12th in the Church hall from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. with a German dinner, band and entertainment. 

TICKETS/INFO   Theresa  412-487-1870 

Isartaler Weihnachtsfeier

This is our annual Weihnachtsfeier (Christmas celebration) which we celebrate  the Holy Nativity of Christ‘s birth, not during the Advent season, but during the 12 days of Christmas according to the Church‘s tradition.  We enjoy delicious cuisine, Glühwein (spiced wine) and Lebkuchen (gingerbread) of the holidays and of course dancing and caroling with the most famous carol of all, “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht.“
This coming Weihnachtsfeier will be Wednesday, January 4th, 2012.

Stiftungsfest und Maifest

This Stiftungsfest is our anniversary celebration of the founding as an official Trachten club in North America in Spring 1975.  A German dinner is followed by a dance with a German band and formal dance performances by our dancers and guest clubs. This event, in conjunction with Maifest (May-fest) is usually held at the Teutonia Männerchor clubhouse on a weekend in April-May-June.    Our 37. Stiftungsfest und Maifest is Friday, 29 April 2012.

Jubiläum und Trachten Wallfahrt

Every 5 years, (1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, etc) we celebrate this special Mass in Thanksgiving of the founding of our Verein with a special religious pilgrimage (procession) from the Teutonia Männerchor up to the historic Saint Anthony Chapel in Troy Hill, not only because of its German roots, but more over it is a piligrimage site for many Christians and boasts the most relics in the world outside of the Vatican City.  Their website:  http://www.ichrusa.com/saintsalive/anthony.htm


Kräuterweihe

This festival is usually held in August (15th), which is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.   The location/date vary each year, due to securing the Church or location, priest, German band.  During this holy Mass, our Kinder bring herbs (Kräuter) forward to the altar to be blessed by the priest, and then these blessed herbs are taken home and used or put on display. 

Gaufest

This biennial Fest is a gathering of all the Vereine (clubs) in North America for a 4 day weekend convention-like festival celebrating our traditions, most especially the Einzelpreisplattln and Gruppen Preisplattln, which are the single couple and group dance competitions.  This competition is like the “Bavarian dance Olympics“ and the top 5 club place with the number one club receiving the  hand-carved trophy from the Bavarian State President Minister.  This festival is always in the Summer held sometime between Memorial Day and Labor Day and takes place in various cities, as Vereine take turns hosting this Fest. The Gaufest 2011 was in Orlando, Florida.  Please visit the website for info and recent photos www.stvmaigloeckchen.com.  The Gaufest 2013, hosted by STV Bavaria, Cleveland will be in Sandusky, Ohio at the Kalahari Resort on June 20-23th.   www.gaufest2013.org 

 

Pittsburgh Folk Festival

This annual festival has over twenty nationalities that come together to celebrate “unity in diversity“ displaying their cultures with song & dance performances, delicious ethnic cuisine and cultural display booths.  The 2012 Festival is the third weekend in May, the 18th-19th-20th at the brand new Pittsburgh-Monroeville Convention Center.  FREE PARKING!!!  Our club is honored to represent the “Germans of Pittsburgh.“  Please contact us for discounted tickets!  For more information on the Folkfestival itself, along with schedule, entertainment and dates and locations, please visit their website:  http://pghfolkfest.org/

Sommerfest

Our annual summer picnic with good food, desserts, singing and dancing, games and Gemütlichkeit, and is usually held at the Meadow Park in O‘Hara Township off of Kittaning Pike OR Woodland Park in O'Hara Township off of Dorseyville Road on the first Sunday afternoon in August starting at 2.00 p.m.
2010 Picnic is 08 August
2011 Picnic is 07 August
2012 Picnic is 06 August