to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in the city's downtown. The festival's head that year was Angela Lipchick. Fiftieth anniversary (2006) Still held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh in 2006, the Pittsburgh Folk Festival celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by inviting the participation of twenty-five different ethnic groups, five of which (Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, and Ukraine) had been represented every year since the festival's founding in 1956. The Rev. James Root chaired that year's event. Walter Kolar, a member of the festival since its founding, developed a fiftieth-anniversary display. Present day In 2016, festival organizers celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the Pittsburgh Folk Festival in conjunction with the city of Pittsburgh's bicentennial celebrations. It was held over Labor Day weekend, from September 3 to 4, in the Schenley Plaza Tent in Oakland. More than forty distinct cultures from twenty different countries were celebrated with Bhutan, Egypt, Mexico, and Venezuela represented for the first time in the event's history. Admission was free. There was no festival in 2020. Gallery References External links Pittsburgh Folk Festival, Inc. (official Facebook page). Recognition of the Pittsburgh Folk Festival by the Honorable Ron Klink, U.S. House of Representatives, May 27, 1999 (retrieved online December 28, 2022). Folk festivals in the United States Festivals in Pittsburgh Music of Pittsburgh Recurring events established in 1956 1956 establishments in Pennsylvania Performing arts in Pittsburgh Music festivals established in 1956 Dance festivals in the United States Food and drink festivals in the United States Music festivals in Pennsylvania