Events

Name: Downtown Pittsburgh
Address: Pittsburgh, PA

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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

Tours

Hollywood East Movie Tour

Jul 4, 2021 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Ready, Set, Action! Explore original filming locations of big blockbusters as well as smaller independent movies and get to know the history of the actual landmarks you see in the various movie scenes! READ MORE

Sports + Recreation

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers

Jul 4, 2021 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Community,

Family,

Festival,

Outdoor

City of Pittsburgh Independence Day Celebration

Jul 4, 2021 | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day celebration returns to the Point on July 4th! Enjoy a family-style picnic at historic Point State Park, complete with patriotic music and food vendors from 6 to 10 pm. The City’s Independence Day fireworks presented by Pyrotecnico will illuminate the skyline beginning at twilight. READ MORE

Tours

Bike to the Ballgame

Jul 4, 2021 | 9:30 am - 12:00 pm

?Peruse the best parts of the city first, and then bike over to PNC Park or Heinz Field to enjoy a baseball or football game. READ MORE

Family,

Outdoor

Fourth at the Fort

Jul 4, 2021 | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join the Fort Pitt Museum, boy scouts, and local veterans to help kick off the Fourth of July holiday by raising a 36-foot American flag in Point State Park, beginning at 1 p.m. 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

Family,

Music,

Outdoor

Fourth of July Weekend at the Allegheny Overlook

Jul 3, 2021 - Jul 4, 2021 | 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Party with an incredible riverfront atmosphere that provides great river views alongside live music, picnic tables, rocking chairs, basketball hoops, games, a children’s activity area, and so much more! READ MORE

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

Community,

Family

Sensory Sensitive Science Hours 2021

Jun 27, 2021 - Aug 15, 2021 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Children and adults who are on the autism spectrum or have sensory sensitivities are invited to Carnegie Science Center’s Sensory Sensitive Science Hours on select Sundays from 9 am–noon. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Family,

Outdoor

Pop Art Pop Up

Jun 18, 2021 - Sep 5, 2021

Pop in on weekends for free, hands-on outdoor art activities all summer long! READ MORE

Outdoor,

Tours

Three Rivers Sightseeing Cruise on the Gateway Clipper

Jun 11, 2021 - Dec 11, 2021

The only way to see the City and truly learn about her past, present, and future is aboard one of our Pittsburgh river cruises. READ MORE

Outdoor,

Tours

Sunset Dinner Cruise

Jun 11, 2021 - Nov 12, 2021 | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The weekend is the time to relax, unwind, and have fun! Join us out on the water aboard our Sunset Dinner Cruise. READ MORE

Market Square,

Shopping,

Sports + Recreation

Yoga in the Square

May 2, 2021 - Oct 13, 2021

Pittsburgh’s favorite public yoga series brings some of the city’s best instructors into Downtown for two weekly classes held in the middle of picturesque Market Square. 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