Dream On Festival Returns to Pittsburgh July 4th Weekend

PITTSBURGH - June 4, 2015 - PRLog -- Omicelo in partnership with Dream Cream Ice Cream remount DreamOn Pittsburgh, ice cream and music festival, July 4^th holiday weekend in Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA.

After an outstanding premiere in 2014 of over 20,000 attendees, $10,000 raised to support local causes, and an appearance by Mayor Chris Portman, the     DreamOn Festival (www.DreamOnFest.com) returns to take over Market Square with 15 multi-genre live music concerts, 3 DJs, 30 flavors of Dream Cream Ice Cream, a dozen vendorsand the best of Pittsburgh's homegrown talent. The 3-day weekend event is a celebration of Pittsburgh's best homegrown talent, diversity and community in the Most Livable City!

The festival features performances by DJ Nate da Barber; Anqwenique; Dan Bubien; Jasmine Tate; the Chop Shop; CMU Bhangra; DJ Selecta; Karl Franklin; Beauty Slap; Brydge; Noel Quintana & the Latin Crew; My Thai Dance Troupe; 412tuned; Telavision, Mic Blaque and more!

Pittsburgh natives model and actress Tunisha Hubbard and comedian J. Russ are confirmed to host the Festival along with Omicelo founder and CEO Joshua Pollard. Pittsburgh’s own Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Emmai Alaquiva, of Ya Momz House.

This year, the festival has adopted a “pay-it-forward” model, focusing on Pittsburgh’s youth as the approach to support local dreams and community building. Omicelo is sharing an innovative business opportunity to 30 high school and GED students from Mon Valley and the inner city area where students will receive business training and coaching in the areas of business development, ownership and finance provided by Omicelo and 5% of the DreamOn Festival ownership stake. As a fundamental community-focused goal of the Omicelo investment firm and consultancy, this DreamOn Festival seeks to empower Pittsburgh youth toward leadership through developing their business skillset and acumen for entrepreneurship.

The DreamOn Festival will also host a variety of vendors, including PGH Party Creations, Gold’s Gym, State Farm and food by PGH Halal Truck and PGH Crepes. Sponsors for the event include BMe Community; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC); UPMC Health Plan; Kadesh Capital; Paper, Cotton, Ink; RentRef; T-Mobile; My Thai and The Savoy and event partner Lyft.  New Lyft customers are eligible for a free ride (up to $20) when using the code DREAMONFEST2015 now through December 31, 2015. Also, confirmed to speak at the DreamOn Festival are Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald (Friday, July 3rd at 6pm) and Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner (Saturday, July 4th at 6pm).

All musical performances and ice cream sales will take place in Market Square. The festival is open and free to the public. For a schedule of performances, to RSVP for the festival and more information about the DreamOn Pittsburgh Festival, please visit www.dreamonfest.com.

For DreamOn Pittsburgh Festival or artist press inquiries, media passes to cover the events, please contact Jasu Sims at jasu.sims@omicelo.com. For press materials, visit the 2015 DreamOn Festival at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fu7vansoi5xbq5c/AAAziEkFtCH_i0NVBzcfIY8fa?dl=0.

To get connected with DreamOn Pittsburgh Festival and stay informed on festival news, follow #DreamOnFest visit Omicelo on Facebook at http://facebook.com/DreamOnFestival; Twitter/Instagram at @DreamOnFest and Tumblr at http://DreamOnFest.tumblr.com. To get connected with Dream Cream Ice Cream visit Dream Cream Ice Cream on their website at www.DreamCreamIceCream.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/DreamCreamIceCream or on Twitter @DreamCreamPGH (http://bit.ly/1lpvXhD).