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.

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.

Join us at Golden Age as we celebrate New Year’s Eve not just German style, but on German time (6 p.m. EST).  Perfect for families or for those who would rather ring in the New Year’s at home (or even asleep in bed), German New Year’s Eve will include cocktails and German wines from Lorelei, traditional New Year’s German eats, Golden Age lagers, alongside Golden Age (and kid favorite) staples of pizza, fries, and wings.  We’ll be joined by the one-and-only DJ EZ Lou, the 80s night and new wave king of Pittsburgh, who will be DJing an awesome New Year New Wave dance party, and we’ll ring in the new year’s with a keg drop, and a countdown from ten in German.

As always, there is no cover charge for any of our events at New Year’s Eve, and we welcome all.  Our bar and our kitchen will be open from 11:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.  Well behaved dogs are always welcome on our patio where we’ll have fire pits lit.

The lovely Heidi Beatty is joining us once again on the Golden Stage for a chill night of contemporary vocal jazz. Heidi is an amazing vocalist, who always brings a spectacular band to back her as she sings jazzy takes on songs that range from the traditional jazz canon to more modern takes from Norah Jones, Eric Clapton, and the like. Join her for a Saturday night.

Join one of Pittsburgh’s best vocalists, Katie Simone, as she performs Christmas hits with her talented backing band.

You know what’s better than a mall Santa? A brewery Santa. Why? Because we serve beer and the mall doesn’t.

Bring your kids (or just your kid at heart), deliver your Christmas lists and get your picture with the Man in Red himself.

For those who love Tom Waits (and for anyone who loves music), Christmas comes early this year when we proudly present a Tribute to Tom Waits by our good friend, and one of Pittsburgh’s most talented keys players and singers, John Gresh.

As always, live music at Golden Age if FREE TO THE PEOPLE. Never a cover charge or table add-on here.

Prost!

Jazz guitarist Mila Shadel joins us on the Golden Stage with the talented Yoko Suzuki on Sax, Chris McGraw on bass, and Soojin Park on drums to form a young and versitile group of jazz musicians who will bring a dynamic musical experience to the beer garden, perfect to fill the air on a hot Homestead night.

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

Prost!

Friendship. We love is so darn much we’re giving thanks to it this Sunday in the best way we know how: with a live music blowout, some big ass lagers, and meat you can eat right off the bone. We’ve got two bands, $8 liters of lager all day, and $8 fried turkey legs. So swing on down this Sunday and bring the friends you’re most thankful for.

Live Music:

Thomas Wendt Quartet 12-3pm

Check Your Bucket 4-7pm

Join guitarist Mark Strickland, organ player David Brahm, and drummer Thomas Wendt as this talented trio plays a night of music from Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, two of America’s jazz greats. This night will be soulful, funky, and swinging.

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

Prost!

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).

Golden Age, Hidden Harbor & In Bed by Ten are joining forces to throw a hell of a Halloween party at This is Red in Munhall on Saturday, October 19 from 5-10 p.m.! Join us for IN DEAD BY TEN, featuring spookily delicious drinks from four different bars (Hidden Harbor, Golden Age, Independent Brewing Company, and Lorelei), ghoulish grooves from three devilish DJs (Formosa, Rojo, and EZ Lou), and one frightfully fun costume contest! Plus food from Golden Age and Scream-o-Rama, a program of cursed video curiosities, all in a century-old, multi-level restored Slovakian church that's the coolest event space in town. Tickets are on sale now for just $25; price at the door is $30. Bring your friends, bring a costume, and be ready to drink & dance til 10 p.m.!

Ticket grants entry to the event, with food & drinks available for purchase a la carte. This is a 21+ event. Valid government-issued ID must be presented. We cannot and will not serve visibly intoxicated guests.

We are closing out Oktoberfest with a celebration of Bavarian meats and a whole day of live music. Using the residual heat from our wood-fired oven, we are roasting whole chickens Bavarian style, with garlic, rosemary, and paprika, potatoes, celery and onions, and serving them whole and with pretzels. We’ll also be making fresh pork-schnitzel to order, and serving a wurstplatte with weißwurst and bratwurst alike.

If you’ve ever been to the tents in Munich, you know that by nightfall, the polka has largely given way to some good-ol’-fashioned Rock & Roll. So on our last Saturday night of Oktoberfest, DJ Lederhosen, a mysterious, lederhosen-wearing, lager-guzzling, German will show up with two turntables and a bunch of classic (and newer) rock to take Oktoberfest to eleven.

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!

Join jazz drummer David Throckmorton for a swinging weekend set.

"Stammtisch" is German for an informal group meeting among friends, and we'd like to invite you to just such a meeting with our Head Brewer, Aaron Dahl, to discuss the making of our Oktoberfest beers. Aaron will walk you through the making of these beers and through our brew house, and then sit down to discuss brewing and Oktoberfest beers further over a stein and "Brotzeit," a traditional German snack of a pretzel and weisswurst.

Tickets are $15 each, and include a stein of any Golden Age Oktoberfest beer and brotzeit for after the tour. Tickets are available online here

Prost!

The Hot Toddies are the most active swing band in New York City, thanks in no small part to a weekly Manhattan residency at Somewhere Nowhere, attracting hundreds of locals and tourists each Wednesday night. Throughout the past year, they've played for over 2,000 people at Lincoln Center's "Summer For the City" (formerly Midsummer Night Swing) festival, not to mention the Blue Note Jazz Club, the Gotham Jazz Festival, the International Lindy Hop Championships after party, Glen Echo Park with Gottaswing, and the Cornell University Swing Weekend, among many other events. On top of a busy 2023, they also released their debut album, hitting #11 on the NACC Top 30 Jazz Chart, reaching audiences from over 50 radio stations throughout the country. Above all else, the Hot Toddies are known for engaging, high-energy performances that span everything between traditional jazz and jump blues, exciting listeners and dancers alike.

Legendary Pittsburgh jazz trumpeter is joined by his quartet.

Join local DJ legend, J. Malls of Titletown, for an all 45s set of chill grooves from the 50s through the 80s featuring group harmonies and ballads perfect for your Sunday-Funday.

Check Your Bucket does NOLA right. This group, which consists of one of Pittsburgh’s best rhythm sections topped by some of Pittsburgh’s best horn blowers, plays a mixture of New Orleans Funk and Jazz, that will keep you happy and bouncing all night long.

Join Golden Age an special guest, Hidden Harbor, for the third and final installment of our summer Luau series! Our third luau, like the two before, will feature a pig roast, tropical tiki drinks by Hidden Harbor, crisp lagers, and all-day live entertainment to go with it!

Our third Luau is on Sunday, August 18, and we’re starting the day off with mid century jazz from the Thomas Wendt Quartet, followed by the 9-piece, edgy Caribbean and African-diaspora inspired jazz act fronted by one of our favorites, Antonio Croes! Pig roast plates with Luau themed sides will be available all day.

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

Join us for one of our favorites, Rich Patrick, for a feel-good evening of live Irish music to warm your soul!

As always, live music is FREE TO THE PEOPLE at Golden Age. Prost!

Phat Man Dee is a cosmic jazz cabaret vocalist, bandleader, events producer, videographer, poet, freelance sideshow marvel, music educator, occasional cellist, and social justice agitatrix. She regularly appears with her jazz group “The Cultural District”,  "The Lemington Gospel Chorale" directed by Pastor Deryck Tines, and "Social Justice Disco" a collaborative musical project with Liz Berlin. She performs live approximately 100 dates a year in nightclubs, theaters, educational facilities, private events and festivals. She was voted #1 Best Local Jazz Act in the Best of Pittsburgh City Paper Reader's Poll of 2021.

Phat Man Dee has been called a jazz provocateur, and she sings & duets her original compositions and eclectic repertoire of standards in English, Spanish, French, German and Hebrew. She also works as a vocal coach to young people through two musical programs, the We Rock Workshop, directed by Liz Berlin of Creative Life Support, and formerly at the Afro American Music Institute, directed by Dr James Johnson and his wife Pamela Johnson, currently celebrating 40 years in existence. She is currently serving as social media coordinator for the Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit. Her private vocal studio “Phat Man Dee’s Temple of Creative Empowerment” helps students increase vocal agility, strength, and creative confidence. 

In 2021 Mandee produced artist and spiritual leader Miguel Sague Jr.’s CD of sacred Taino ceremonial prayers “Songs From the Stone Hoop”. She is currently recording a new project with musical director Reggie Watkins, and it includes musicians like Roger Humphries, Dr James Johnson, Deanna Witkowski, Tony Campbell, Chris Hemingway, Eli Naragon and more. Her 2022 releases include “Virgil and Kae” and “Easy to Say” 

The game will be televised, and we will be serving a limited lunch menu of smash burgers, vegan smash burgers, fries, wings, and vegan seitan wings. And, naturally, we’ll have American Noble Pilsner and German Pilsner on tap.

Prost!