stˈɪl hˈɛld æt ðə dˈeɪvɪd ˈɛl. lˈɔːɹəns kənvˈɛnʃən sˈɛntɚɹ ɪn dˈaʊntaʊn pˈɪtsbɜːɡ ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɪks, ðə pˈɪtsbɜːɡ fˈoʊk fˈɛstɪvəl sˈɛləbɹˌeɪɾᵻd ɪts fˈɪftiəθ ˌænɪvˈɜːsɚɹi baɪ ɪnvˈaɪɾɪŋ ðə pɑːɹtˈɪsɪpˈeɪʃən ʌv twˈɛntifˈaɪv dˈɪfɹənt ˈɛθnɪk ɡɹˈuːps, fˈaɪv ʌvwˈɪtʃ bʌlɡˈɛɹiə, ɡɹˈiːs, lˈɛbənˌɑːn, lˌɪθjuːˈeɪniə, ænd juːkɹˈeɪn hɐdbɪn ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd ˈɛvɹi jˈɪɹ sˈɪns ðə fˈɛstɪvəlz fˈaʊndɪŋ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɪks.
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.