Events

Name: Downtown Pittsburgh
Address: Pittsburgh, PA

See what’s happening in Downtown Pittsburgh with the official neighborhood calendar.

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July 2021

August 2021

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Entertainment,

Sports + Recreation

Espolon Halloween Party at Five Iron Pittsburgh

Oct 29, 2021 - Nov 30, -0001 | 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Come to Five Iron Golf for a night of BOOS, BREWS and BIRDIES! READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Online & Virtual Events

Poets Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Simms, & Friends. Presented with Vox Populi

Jul 1, 2021 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 am

Naomi Shihab Nye, the current Young People’s Poet Laureate, and poet Michael Simms gather international poets to share works that navigate themes of identity, displacement, and home in Gaza. READ MORE

Online & Virtual Events

Vaccine Speaker Series: What’s Next for Public Health

Jul 1, 2021 | 7:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join local and national experts on COVID-19, vaccines, and the immune system for a deep-dive panel discussion on what’s next for public health. READ MORE

Entertainment,

Online & Virtual Events

Gershwin & Friends with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Jun 28, 2021 - Jul 11, 2021

It’s a Broadway-Jazz Standard-American Songbook meet up, as Principal Pops Conductor Byron Stripling and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra welcome world-renowned double bassist and jazz vocalist Nicki Parrott to Heinz Hall in her Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra debut. READ MORE

Arts + Culture

Transverse: Juried Visual Art Exhibition

Jun 23, 2021 - Jul 18, 2021 | 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

"Art that offers a new way of seeing or experiencing our world. Art that calls for change, overturns current thought, and helps us understand new perspectives. Art that pushes us forward. " READ MORE

Outdoor,

Sports + Recreation

Mature Monday Morning Kayak

Jun 5, 2021 - Jul 5, 2021 | 7:00 am - 8:30 am

Start your day with a beautiful paddle! READ MORE

Arts + Culture

We Are The Global Majority, an exhibition curated by #notwhite collective

Jun 4, 2021 - Aug 1, 2021

#notwhite collective's landmark exhibition, WE ARE THE GLOBAL MAJORITY DECOLONIZING SPACE features 30 women artists of the global majority who identify as bi/multi-racial/cultural, immigrant or descendants of immigrants. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Community,

Outdoor,

Tours

Antique Skyscrapers: Rooftops and Views

May 22, 2021 - Jul 18, 2021 | 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

See the city from up high! Ascend four historic Downtown skyscrapers for spectacular Pittsburgh panoramas. Learn the surprising stories behind these and many other multi-stories of yesteryear. READ MORE

Sports + Recreation

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers

Jul 1, 2021 - Jul 2, 2021 | 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Online & Virtual Events

Giraffes Can't Dance

Jun 30, 2021 - Jul 6, 2021

Join the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre for a musical reading of Giles Andreae’s classic children’s book Giraffes Can’t Dance. READ MORE

Arts + Culture

N.E. Brown at 707 Gallery

Jun 4, 2021 - Jul 25, 2021

Through wood burning, painting, and drawing, N.E. Brown creates a sanctuary to construct a space that invokes a sense of refuge and calm and honors the artist's ancestors who created these spaces for those they loved. READ MORE

Arts + Culture

Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters

Jun 4, 2021 - Aug 8, 2021

"Rising Voices: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters" features 29 works by 10 women artists presenting a vibrant array of subjects and themes. READ MORE

Tours

Best of the Burgh Tour

Apr 1, 2021 - Dec 31, 2021

Walk by and into must-see cultural and historical landmarks as well as iconic buildings! READ MORE

Festival,

Music

Pittsburgh Playhouse Summer Music Festival: Inside/Outside

Jun 24, 2021 - Jul 30, 2021 | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

The festival features the very best in live jazz, classical and Baroque era music on Forbes Avenue this summer. READ MORE

Outdoor,

Tours

Chicken & Ribs - Lock & Dam Dinner on the Gateway Clipper

Jun 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2021 | 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

We've combined two of our favorite cruises into one fantastic Pittsburgh dining & sightseeing cruise fun for the entire family! Enjoy our world famous BBQ, narrated passage through a Lock & Dam, music, and the beautiful sights of the three rivers! READ MORE

Market Square,

Outdoor

Market Square Farmers Market

May 13, 2021 - Oct 28, 2021 | 10:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Presented by Green Mountain Energy, the rain-or-shine market offers regionally-grown produce, organic products, and small-batch foods from a variety of vendors each week, serving Downtown’s workers, residents, visitors, and more. READ MORE

Outdoor,

Tours

Black & Ghost Tour

May 1, 2021 - Sep 6, 2021 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Experience the spookiest of Pittsburgh’s Downtown! Get to see outstanding historic landmarks (often beautifully lit up in the darker and colder months) during the quiet evening hours and learn about their history and which spirits lurk in them. READ MORE