Events

Name: Downtown Pittsburgh
Address: Pittsburgh, PA

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

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Convention,

Sports + Recreation

RV Fall Show 2024

Oct 11, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

You don’t want to miss the RV Fall Super Sale, the event where you can browse and buy the latest RV models and technologies, all under one roof. READ MORE

Community

Library Lounge: Coffee Hour

Oct 11, 2024 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Join us for a fun and engaging social program. READ MORE

Community,

Workshops & Classes

Let’s Speak English!

Oct 11, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

This is a relaxed, social discussion group where participants can freely practice their English-speaking skills with friendly neighbors. For English language learners looking to practice with other learners. READ MORE

Nightlife

O'Noir: The Experience

Oct 11, 2024 | 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

A 5-course wine dinner experience with an abstract fashion element featuring 5 local chefs, and mix of 5 local designers and drag queens. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment,

Nightlife

TOSCA

Oct 11, 2024 | 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Puccini’s whirlwind political thriller packs high romance, dark motives, love, betrayal, murder, and intrigue all into a plot that unfolds over only 24 hours. See why Tosca is one of the most powerful operas ever written. READ MORE

Community,

Workshops & Classes

The History of Pittsburgh Through a Ketchup Bottle

Oct 11, 2024 | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Catch up on Pittsburgh history as told through the lens of a Heinz ketchup bottle. READ MORE

Entertainment

House Team Hot Spot

Oct 11, 2024 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Ignite your Friday nights at 7 pm with Arcade Comedy Theater’s House Team Hot Spot! Our talented house teams will light up the stage with spontaneous hilarity, quick-witted banter, and scenes that are sure to leave you in stitches. READ MORE

Entertainment

UNIQUE

Oct 11, 2024 | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Join us for a hilarious night of anecdotes and improv provided by storytellers and performers who have two things in common: each is UNIQUE, and they all have disabilities! READ MORE

Entertainment

The Latchkey Kids

Oct 11, 2024 | 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm

It’s the last Latchkey Kids of 2024! Celebrate our favorite holiday with us in The Latchkey Kids Scared Shitless 2! Not only have The Latchkey Kids been named Best of the Burgh by Pittsburgh Magazine three years in a row, but we also have a sick Camaro our uncle gave us. READ MORE

Community

21+ Night: Mythology

Oct 11, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Experience a party atmosphere on all four floors the Science Center after hours and under the lens of specific popular themes. Adults ages 21+. READ MORE

Entertainment,

Music

Red Bull Turn It Up: Pittsburgh

Oct 11, 2024 | 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Red Bull Turn It Up is a 2v2 DJ battle and showcase. DJ teams are given a random theme and must spin the best mix on the spot to win the crowd’s vote. Each round, the crowd votes for the best mix and the team who gets the room the most hyped-up wins. READ MORE

HIGHRISES: The Art and History of Classic Skyscrapers

Oct 11, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Celebrate Pittsburgh Architecture Week at the opening reception for the city's newest art gallery! The exhibition includes six landmark Pittsburgh towers and many more spectacular tall buildings from coast to coast READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment

Fall Dance Concert

Oct 9, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

The Conservatory Dance Company presents a concert featuring works by Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros, Roni Koresh, Juel Lane, and Kevin and Marcel Wilson. READ MORE

Community

Pittsburgh Architecture Week

Oct 7, 2024 - Oct 11, 2024

Pittsburgh Architecture Week shares how architects – and all who design and build our spaces and places – create our built environment, how architecture impacts everyone’s daily lives, and highlights our region’s unique architectural identity. READ MORE

Festival

2024 Oktoberfest Pittsburgh

Oct 3, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

Throughout this 11-day festival, Market Square will be transformed into a Karneval and Biergarten with activities for everyone, including Feats of Strength competitions, live music, a KinderPlay family area, and more! READ MORE

Entertainment

Miguel Muñoz in What is Magic for You?

Oct 2, 2024 - Nov 3, 2024

Miguel Muñoz, World Champion of Magic brings us an intimate and magical show where the surprise, the impossible, the poetry and the absurd will be present at all times. READ MORE

Entertainment

Sh!tFaced Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

Oct 2, 2024 - Oct 13, 2024

The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, award-winning, multi sell-out fringe phenomenon is coming to the Greer Cabaret Theater with their version of Much Ado About Nothing. READ MORE

Community,

Family

History Center and Fort Pitt Museum: Free Admission for Kids

Oct 1, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024

The Smithsonian-affiliated Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum will offer free admission for kids this fall, thanks to the generous support of UPMC and UPMC Health Plan. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Entertainment

Evil Dead The Musical

Sep 27, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024 | 8:30 pm - 1:00 pm

This hilarious show takes all the elements of the cult classic films The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness and combines them into one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Free event

Kim Bond: We Are Not Alone

Sep 6, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025

Kim Bond: We Are Not Alone is curated by Steph Neary & Anastasia James and presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. This exhibition is part of a series of exhibitions in collaboration with VaultArt Studio that promotes the inclusion of artists with disabilities in contemporary art. READ MORE

Family,

Workshops & Classes

The Science Behind PIXAR

May 25, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025

Step into the world of Pixar in this upcoming blockbuster exhibition with Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mike and Sulley, Nemo and Dory, and all your favorite Pixar characters! READ MORE

Arts + Culture

KAWS + Warhol

May 18, 2024 - Jan 20, 2025

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, The Warhol presents KAWS + Warhol, the first exhibition to examine the dark themes present in the work of both artists. READ MORE

Arts + Culture,

Outdoor,

Tours

Best Of The Burgh Tour

Oct 9, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

A "Best of the Burgh" guided walking tour of Downtown Pittsburgh. READ MORE

Community,

Outdoor,

Sports + Recreation

Beauty of the Burgh Tour

Aug 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

This tour is perfect if you are new to the city and you would like to see the most interesting spots of Pittsburgh. But if you know the Burgh already, we promise you that you will still find out unknown historical facts! READ MORE

Tours

Haunted Three Rivers Cruise & Tour

Oct 1, 2024 - Oct 31, 2024 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join the Gateway Clipper on the Haunted Three Rivers cruise, where the rivers come alive with tales of ghosts & mysteries that will send shivers down your spine. Step aboard a Haunted Riverboat…where history and mystery converge on the dark three rivers of Pittsburgh! READ MORE

Entertainment,

Tours