WE ARE CLOSED FOR A PRIVATE EVENT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. WE WILL BE OPEN PER NORMAL HOURS UNTIL 5 P.M. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.

Led by vocalist and bandleader Heidi Beatty, Heidi Beatty and the Velvet Collective brings a jazz-centered sensibility to familiar pop, rock, and R&B. Rooted in swing, groove, and deep listening, the Collective reimagines well-known songs with elegance, warmth, and a smooth, decadent feel.

The Velvet Collective emphasizes connection—between musicians, across genres, and with the audience—creating performances that feel intimate, polished, and alive in the moment. Each set balances tradition and familiarity, honoring jazz’s conversational spirit while welcoming listeners from every musical background.

As always, live entertainment at Golden Age is FREE TO THE PEOPLE! Never a cover charge here.

Antonio Croes (Piano), Chris McGraw (Bass), and David Hanson (Drums) are three of Pittsburgh’s most exciting, young jazz players. This trio has teamed up to create a band called “Permanent Cosmic Damage,” to play some jazz standards and modern selections with a youthful energy and fresh perspective that breathes new life into Pittsburgh’s prolific jazz community.

Paul Cosentino has been a full-time musician and bandleader for over 30 years, specializing in classic jazz and popular music from the 1920s to the 1940s. Paul plays an antique Albert System clarinet, which gives him a wonderfully distinctive sound not often heard on today’s bandstands. In addition to providing vocals, Paul also splits time on the alto and tenor saxophones. Paul has an extensive repertoire of tunes encompassing the Great American Songbook- written by some of the best-known composers of American popular song. He is also well versed in early New Orleans jazz, the Swing Era, big band riffs, and everything in between. Paul is known globally for his enthusiastic, energetic, and powerful performances.

Paul Cosentino founded the Boilermaker Jazz Band in 1988. Paul has also been featured as a soloist with many of the top bands in the swing world today, including a special appearance with the Jonathan Stout All-Star Big Band during an Artie Shaw tribute set. Paul has also been featured with Glen Crytzer’s Rhythm Makers, Michael Gambles Rhythm Serenaders, the Gordon Webster Band, Naomi and Her Handsome Devils, the Russ Wilson Swingtet, Clint Baker’s Golden Gate Swing Band, and many more. He has also led a number of All-Star groups.

Every Wednesday, Pittsburgh’s best trivia master hosts a brain-busting trivia at Golden Age. Drink beers. Answer questions. Win prizes!

Teams of up to six welcome.

Check Your Bucket plays mindfully arranged instrumental versions of rare funk and soul recordings from New Orleans (Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint, Eddie Bo) along with adaptations of pieces from more traditional New Orleans musical styles (Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Smokey Johnson). The band is dialed-in, funky, and dynamic, and the chemistry between the players is deep. 

It’s always a party at Golden Age when these guys play, so snag a cold beer or a margarita or two and get ready to boogie.

The legendary DJ EZ Lou, who some fans will remember from 80s Night at the Upstage, returns to Golden Age for a three hour set of his signature new-wave 80s sounds. Wear your best 80s costume and your finest dancing shoes (or just come as you are and enjoy a night of beer, cocktails and great music).

Join jazz drummer David Throckmorton for a swinging weekend set.

We’re excited to welcome the Boilermaker Jazz Band for a special Saturday performance featuring one of our favorite vocalists, Grace Elliott.

If you like Dr. John, you’re going to love John Gresh Gris Gris. John Gresh leads his talented band from the piano, covering songs that have become New Orleans staples, ranging from Professor Longhair to Dr. John to the Meters. Gresh’s voice has that same gravelly perfection and his fingers have the same key-tinkley mastery that made Dr. John a national treasure that far exceeded the boundaries of New Orleans. Gresh is joined with a band that has the range not just to deliver swinging renditions of New Orleans classics, but also precise covers of The Band, Van Morrison, and other 70s southern soul and Americana favorites with a drummer who can sing Levon Helms with the same aplomb that Gresh can sing Dr. John.

As always, music at Golden Age is FREE TO THE PEOPLE. NEVER A COVER CHARGE!

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Join jazz drummer David Throckmorton for a swinging weekend set.

Katie Simone is one of Pittsburgh’s most talented vocalist, and she’s putting together a crew of great musicians to play a night of 70s AM Gold. What’s 70s AM Gold you ask? Basically Yacht Rock’s slightly more chill, younger sibling. Think Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne. This is going to be a fun one!

Reggie Watkins (trombone), Mike Hugo (guitar), and Chad Taylor (drums), join the incredibly talented bassist Ava Lintz for a night of summer jazz at the height of Leo season.

As always, live entertainment at Golden Age is FREE TO THE PEOPLE! Never a cover charge here.

Pittsburgh’s next-generation jazz drummer puts together a quartet of the city’s best jazz professionals every Sunday from 12-3 at Golden Age to start your Sunday Funday off with some spectacular vibes.

There’s nothing better going on in the city right now than Sunday Slow Grooves with J. Malls. Every Sunday at Golden Age, J. digs deep into his massive 45s collection to bring you the chillest set of soul on the planet. Only slow sides. Only good vibes.

Saturday Soul Sessions returns with our good friend Mike Canton (a/k/a “Soul Show Mike”) from Pittsburgh’s famed “The Soul Show” (weekly, every Saturday on WZUM Pittsburgh). We’re honored every time Mike drops in to play some deep cuts from his infinite database of funk, soul, and groove tracks.

Saturday Soul Sessions returns with our good friend Mike Canton (a/k/a “Soul Show Mike”) from Pittsburgh’s famed “The Soul Show” (weekly, every Saturday on WZUM Pittsburgh). We’re honored every time Mike drops in to play some deep cuts from his infinite database of funk, soul, and groove tracks.

We're so excited to be partnering with Pittsburgh Swing Dance Community & Paul Cosentino's Boilermaker Jazz Band for a Friday night event!!  Come for the dancing. Or the live music. Or the great beer. Or come for all three!

No experience, no partner required. Free to the people.

Not sure you want to come and dance? That's perfectly fine! You're also welcome to just come and hang out! Bring those friends who "don't dance" but have been curious to see you dance! Pop in, pop out, and have a great time!

Get ready for an amazing exploration of jazz, funk, and psychedelic sounds from a group of talented musicians.

As always, live music at Golden Age is FREE TO THE PEOPLE! Never a cover charge to attend.

The Colbys are a New Orleans-style, piano-driven R&B band, steeped in

swing, gospel and blues. Led by Grammy, Emmy & Ace Award winner John Colby (Music Director ESPN, ESPY’s, NASCAR Awards) and Bev Rohlehr (Persuasions, National Jazz Ensemble, Mel Lewis Orchestra), The Colby’s are a high-energy, no two nights ever the same musical experience.

Tuesday, May 5th, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee and everybody’s favorite aunt’s favorite singer, Melissa Etheridge, is performing at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall. While Golden Age is not normally open on Tuesdays, our love of margaritas, burritos, and cool chicks combined to inspire what may be our most specific idea yet: the un-official Melissa Etheridge pregame featuring margaritas and Mission-style burritos (a reprise of our favorite IHG-wide pop-up kitchen with the best damn burritos this side of Mission St.)

We will be open from 4-8 P.M. with limited cocktail and food menus, our full beer and wine lists, and more LGBTQ+ pride than you can shake a stick at).

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We love bourbon (ALMOST as much as we love beer)! And there’s no better day to enjoy it than on Kentucky Derby Day. Join us for our fourth annual Kentucky Derby party, a celebration of big hats, Kentucky Bourbon, mint juleps and other bourbon cocktails, and (of course) cold beer. We’ve got a full day of fun planned for you:

• 4-6 p.m. Race Pre-game. Wear your big hat, and if we like it the most, win a gift card!

• 6-7 p.m. Televised Race Coverage

All day, from 11:30 on, our bar will be running mint juleps alongside a killer bourbon menu.

Pittsburgh’s next-generation jazz drummer puts together a quartet of the city’s best jazz professionals every Sunday from 12-3 at Golden Age to start your Sunday Funday off with some spectacular vibes.

Long before the American craft-beer crazes of brett beers (beers fermented with a funky strain of yeast called "Brettanomyces") and dry-hopping (the addition of hops after -- as opposed to during -- the boil), there was a Trappist brewery in Belgium that just so happened to be doing both.  That brewery was "Orval."

Orval has been producing its single brand of beer since the 1930s. It has inspired numerous brewers around the world with its uniquely funky, crisp beer that esteemed beer writer Michael Jackson called "a world classic" --   the beer that most modern American brewers making competent brett beers will credit as being their original source of inspiration.

Orval is funky but without being obtrusively so.  It is not overburdened by the signature "barnyard" notes from brettanomyces yeast.  Nor is it a vinegar bomb like many of its lambic cousins.  Its crisp hop profile makes it refreshing on its own or with dinner.  And, Orval is one of the few beers that I believe ages particularly well over the course of several years.  Its hop profile mellows as its brett profile intensifies such that the "oude" (old) Orval is less bright and lively, but more mature and complex than its younger self.

Orval Day is annual international celebration of Orval, the iconic Belgian Pale Ale crafted by Trappist Monks. For every bottle sold nationally, Orval donates $1 to the National Forest Foundation to help conserve forests around the world.

We are proud to participate in this year’s Orval Day, and will be offering multiple versions of this unique beer, which evolves over time due to the fact that it is bottled with a touch of wild yeast.

To celebrate Belgian beer culture, our kitchen will be serving frites, Belgian beef stew, and other food specials made in the traditional Belgian style.