{"id":320271,"date":"2026-11-03T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320271\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T14:20:07","slug":"celebration-honoring-life-and-legacy-of-donnie-iris-to-be-held-at-pittsburgh-music-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/320271\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration honoring life and legacy of Donnie Iris to be held at Pittsburgh music venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 A celebration honoring the life and legacy of Pittsburgh musician Donnie Iris will take place Monday, Nov. 9, at Citizens Live at The Wylie in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/donnie-iris-heres-how-you-can-help-honor-late-pittsburgh-music-legend\/UALTZA5UBVGV7FJYFDTO5J4O6Q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/donnie-iris-heres-how-you-can-help-honor-late-pittsburgh-music-legend\/UALTZA5UBVGV7FJYFDTO5J4O6Q\/\">Donnie Iris: Here\u2019s how you can help honor the late Pittsburgh music legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The event, titled \u201cA Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Iris,\u201d is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Hosted by 102.5 WDVE Morning Show host Randy Baumann, the gathering will feature memories from Iris\u2019 family, friends, longtime band members and fellow musicians while highlighting his contributions to the local music community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The event is free and open to the public. Organizers encourage guests to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universe.com\/events\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-legacy-of-donnie-iris-tickets-X1YSR2?ref=share-widget-buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.universe.com\/events\/a-celebration-of-the-life-and-legacy-of-donnie-iris-tickets-X1YSR2?ref=share-widget-buffer\">RSVP in advance<\/a> to assist the venue with capacity planning, as registration provides entry tickets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Donnie Iris, born Dominic Ierace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-area-music-legend-donnie-iris-dies-83\/ILIA3QG46ZEVTBPYZ56D5MXA6A\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pittsburgh-area-music-legend-donnie-iris-dies-83\/ILIA3QG46ZEVTBPYZ56D5MXA6A\/\" target=\"_blank\">died Monday<\/a> at the age of 83, following a battle with bladder cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 A celebration honoring the life and legacy of Pittsburgh musician Donnie Iris will take place Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[130141,98691,60531,124677,8429,130143,73,75,74,130142,130140,11335,5468],"class_list":["post-320271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-102-5-wdve","tag-celebration-of-life","tag-citizens-live-at-the-wylie","tag-donnie-iris","tag-free","tag-how-to-register","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-randy-bauman","tag-randy-baumann","tag-show","tag-tickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}