Kickoff & Rib Festival

The Kickoff and Rib Festival was started in 1990 at Three Rivers Stadium. Much like today’s event, it featured concerts by national artists, national rib vendors, games and more. After the closing of Three Rivers Stadium, Acrisure Stadium continued the tradition of hosting the Kickoff and Rib Festival.

The event started in a parking lot adjacent to the stadium and then grew onto Art Rooney Avenue and now encompasses over half of Acrisure Stadium. Today, Acrisure Stadium's Kickoff & Rib Festival provides fun for the whole family - enjoy 5 days of food from nationally renowned vendors, all competing for a coveted trophy, plus live music headliners like The Clarks & Redferrin, autographs from Steelers players, and more!

The “midway” is set up along Art Rooney Avenue filled with rib vendors, festival foods and beverages, games, rides and more. The FedEx Great Hall is open for fans to view the team’s Super Bowl trophies, Hall of Fame Museum, Steelers memorabilia, the Terrible Towel Wall and more.