Events

Name: Downtown Pittsburgh
Address: Pittsburgh, PA

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

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May 2023

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Tours

Guided Tour: Medical Milestones in Pittsburgh

May 20, 2023 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join History Center docents for a guided tour on Pittsburgh’s medical milestones. READ MORE

Tours

Walking Four Forts at the Point

May 20, 2023 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh for an exciting walking tour at the Point led by Alan Irvine to learn about the historic Four Forts of Pittsburgh’s revolutionary history. READ MORE

Sports + Recreation

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Arizona D-Backs

May 20, 2023 | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Camo Cooling Towel READ MORE

Sports + Recreation

Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs. Las Vegas Lights

May 20, 2023 | 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Community,

Sports + Recreation

Rush to Crush Cancer

May 20, 2023

Join the first annual Rush to Crush Cancer, a new community-based event that will impact cancer research and improve lives. It’s not a race, but rather a ride bringing people together to pedal, partner, and participate to help raise critical funds for UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, a leader in cancer research and patient care. READ MORE

Community

Downtown Beautification Saturdays

May 20, 2023 | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Want to connect with those who live, work, and play Downtown? Join us from 10am to 2pm for our Saturday & Sunday Beautification Projects. READ MORE

Festival

Pittsburgh Wine & Spirits Festival

May 20, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Cocktail connoisseurs and wine enthusiasts alike will find something to love at Pittsburgh Magazine’s most popular event, the Pittsburgh Wine & Spirits Festival! READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Music

The Rite of Spring

May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023

A primal, riot-inducing masterpiece. Stravinsky's angular harmonies and syncopated rhythms evoke prehistoric humans worshiping the earth and providing virgin sacrifices, which naturally was met with some disdain by the Paris elite in 1913. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Family,

Festival

EQT Children's Theater Festival

May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is delighted to announce the return of the EQT Children’s Theater Festival for 2023. Now in its 37th year, the EQT Children’s Theater Festival fosters imagination through high-quality professional theater performances from around the world. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Family

The Sleeping Beauty with the PBT Orchestra

May 19, 2023 - May 21, 2023

The Sleeping Beauty tells the story of a beautiful princess cursed into an eternal slumber until she is awoken by true love’s kiss. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Convention,

Music,

Workshops & Classes

ARSC 57th Annual Conference

May 17, 2023 - May 20, 2023 | 8:30 am - 1:00 pm

The 57th annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference is taking place at the Downtown DoubleTree Hotel, from May 17th to the 20th. ARSC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. This year's program features a Collecting 101 workshop, Pittsburgh-focused plenary session, a special keynote celebrating the 50th Anniversary of HipHop, and free public programs. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment

We Shall Not Be Moved

May 13, 2023 - May 21, 2023

Combining spoken word, contemporary movement, video projection, classical, R&B, and jazz singing, and a brooding, often joyful score filled with place, purpose, and possibility, We Shall Not Be Moved is a timely exploration of past and present struggles that suggests an alternate future through the eyes of its young protagonists. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment

Lucy Darling in Indulgence

May 3, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023

The playfully provocative Lucy Darling is just one character in the arsenal of endlessly talented performer, Carissa Hendrix. Her philosophy? “Why be just one fabulous person when you can be many fabulous people?” READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Community

Art Exhibition: in spite of me, here you are

Mar 10, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023

"in spite of me, here you are" deals with loss of identity, the indeterminate, and living in terror. Through painting, sculptural objects, and video, Steve Alexis explores the idea of sitting with the uncertain, the unrealized idea of oneself, and the internal tumult of questioning our identity. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Music

The Velvet Underground & Nico: Scepter Studio Sessions

May 12, 2023 - Sep 25, 2023

The Velvet Underground & Nico: Scepter Studio Sessions highlights the Velvet Underground and the music from their first recording sessions in April 1966 at Scepter Studios in New York City. READ MORE

Entertainment

The Dinner Detective Comedy Murder Mystery Dinner Show

Apr 8, 2023 - May 20, 2023 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Each admission includes our fantastic full dinner, murder mystery entertainment, wait staff gratuity, prize package for Top Sleuth, and much more! READ MORE

Entertainment,

Nightlife,

Tours