This Weekend…: Sept. 4 – Sept. 7

Thursday, Sept. 4

A Day To Remember 

Stage AE (Outdoors)

400 North Shore Drive, North Shore

Doors: 5:30 p.m.

Admission: $39.50 advance / $45 day of show

Tonight’s show at Stage AE will mark the third time Florida’s pop-punk darlings A Day To Remember have stopped in Pittsburgh to support their fifth LP, Common Courtesy. This many trips might seem excessive, but the demand’s certainly there — their last stop was a sellout at Mr. Smalls Theatre this April.

Friday, Sept. 5 (through Sept. 7)

Pittsburgh Irish Festival

Riverplex Center

1000 Sandcastle Drive, West Homestead

Time: 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

Admission: $8 students with ID, $14 adults at gate

The Pittsburgh Irish Festival returns for its 24th year of live music, dance and storytelling. Irish whiskey and cider tastings are also back for this year’s fest but advanced purchase is required for all tastings. 

Friday Sept. 5 (through Sept. 21)

“Of Mice and Men”

Rauh Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse

222 Craft Ave., Oakland

Time: matinees at 2:00 p.m., night shows at 8:00 p.m.

Admission: $15-17

If you missed the opportunity to see James Franco — or take a selfie with him — as George in the Broadway production of Steinbeck’s classic heartbreaker, then fear not: The REP will be staging the adaptation to kick off their latest season of plays. But Franco won’t be anywhere near the stage. At the helm is Hollywood producer, director and screenwriter Robert A. Miller, who produced 1996’s Oscar-nominated “The Crucible.”    

Sunday Sept. 7

Tiny Moving Parts, with Scene Stage The World, Strong Hand and rchrd prkr

The Smiling Moose

1306 E. Carson St., South Side

Doors at 6:00 p.m. / show at 6:30 p.m.

Admission: $10

If there’s one thing to take away from this whole “emo revival” thing, it’s that the overlap between these bands reflects a true passion and sense of scene. When Tiny Moving Parts opened for Modern Baseball in June at the Smiling Moose, the earnest sing-alongs and stage dives were equally impassioned for each band. Expect more of that this Sunday.