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Can’t-Miss Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: September 28-October 4
Monday, September 28
ART
Pitt-Greensburg Alumni Association presents Art Show @ Pitt-Greensburg. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Greensburg. Continues through October 9
FILM
Jump Cut Pittsburgh presents Dinner & a Movie: The Student of Prague (1926) ft Live Music. Parkway Theater & Film Lounge, McKees Rocks
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents The History of Concrete. Harris Theater, Downtown. Continues through October 8
LIT
Riverstone Books presents An Evening With John Green. Byham Theater, Downtown
City of Asylum presents Artist in Exile: Fatimah Asghar’s “Daughter of the Mountains: Poems of Heartbreak and Homecoming”. Alphabet City, North Side
MUSIC
Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents MainStage Live: Takács Quartet. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Gogol Bordello. Mr. Smalls, Millvale
Jennifer Simard. Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown
Soundcheck on Wylie Avenue ft. Donnie Iris & The Cruisers. The Wylie, Hill District
Tuesday, September 29
MUSIC
Sound Series: Luna. The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side
Symphony of Nature Concert: Fall Sound Bath Concert. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
WORKSHOP
ProjectArt presents ProjectArt Free Youth Art Classes. CLP - Allegheny Branch, North Side
ProjectArt presents ProjectArt Free Youth Art Classes. CLP - Homewood Branch, Homewood
NETWORKING
The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council presents Creative Hive. Lincoln Avenue Brewery's Beer Garden, Bellevue.
Wednesday, September 30
ART
Ecolution Fashion Gala 2026 | Pittsburgh's Premier Sustainable Fashion Show. The Pennsylvanian, Downtown
COMEDY
Ali Macofsky. Bottlerocket Social Hall, Allentown
You're Write, Molly & Ronnie Fleming presents Story Time! Happenstance Cafe, Lawrenceville
MUSIC
City of Asylum presents World of Music: Las Áñez (Colombian Folk, Pop & Electronic Fusion). Alphabet City, North Side
Pairing Series: The Music of Pharrell Williams feat. Cam Chambers. Con Alma, Downtown
STAGE
In Clay. City Theatre, South Side. Continues through October 11
BDE Productions presents Rent: The Musical. Greer Cabaret, Downtown. Continues through October 18
WORKSHOP
Petals & Pumpkins Party. Margaux, East Liberty
Riverlife presents Figure and Flow. Shore Thing, North Side
Thursday, October 1
ART
Transparency. Tomayko Foundation, Bloomfield. Continues through November 13
GASP presents Evening of Poetry, Prose, and Paintings with GASP & the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Rivers of Steel, Homestead
DANCE
Bal Folk: Live Music & French Social Dance. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
FILM
All Our Yesterdays with Director Breege Rowley. Harris Theater, Downtown. Continues through October 3
LIT
Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures presents Words & Pictures: Marley Dias. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland
MUSIC
Sound Series: Eli Winter Trio with special guest Clear Creek SP. The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side
Spirit presents Cryptid Summer. Spirit Lodge, Lawrenceville
Calliope House presents Alla Boara. The Roots Cellar, Shadyside
Bal Folk: Live Music & French Social Dance. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
Thursday Night Jazz: Grace Elliott Sings Rodgers and Hart. City of Asylum, North Side
STAGE
Playbox Productions presents True West. Three Stories Theater, Downtown. Continues through October 4
Pittsburgh Musical Theater presents Evil Dead The Musical. West End Canopy, West End. Continues through October 25
TALK
Urban Land Institute of Pittsburgh - Women’s Leadership Initiative presents Anchors of Belonging: Placemaking, Placekeeping, and the Impact of Cultural Institutions on a City. Grable Gallery at MuseumLab, North Side
Friday, October 2
Featured Member Event
Forged in Flames: 25 Years of Art on Fire
An exhibition celebrating 25 internationally acclaimed glass artists whose work and support have helped shape Pittsburgh Glass Center over the past 25 years. Pittsburgh Glass Center. 5472 Penn Ave., Friendship. Continues through January 2027. Learn more at pittsburghglasscenter.org.
ART
Unblurred: First Friday Art Crawl. Multiple Locations, Bloomfield/Friendship/Garfield
Opening Reception: This Moment Without Time. Mark Rengers Gallery, Sewickley. Continues through December 19
Glowing in that Waste. Bunker Projects, Garfield
Offroute Art presents Offroute's Residency at Ketchup City Creative. Ketchup City Creative, Sharpsburg. Continues through December 31
THRILLER. VaultArt Studio, Bloomfield
COMEDY
Beth Stelling. Bottlerocket Social Hall, Allentown. Continues through October 3
FEST
Untitled (Art Party). Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland
FILM
Reel Q: Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival. Multiple Locations, Pittsburgh. Continues through October 10
Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival presents Thriller Picture Show 2026. The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center, Sewickley. Continues through October 4
MARKET
Garfield Night Market. BGC Activity Center, Garfield
MUSIC
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Gerstein Plays Brahms. Heinz Hall, Downtown. Continues through October 4
Wiz Khalifa. The Wylie, Hill District
Monongahela Pop Festival. The Government Center, North Side
STAGE
Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park presents The Merry Wives of Windsor. Riverview Park, North Side
Shane Patrick in The Oracle. Liberty Magic, Downtown. Continues through October 17
Kelly Strayhorn Theater presents Freshworks: Mal MacKenzie. KST's Alloy Studios, East Liberty. Continues through October 3
DOUBT, A PARABLE. Paragon Theatre, Coraopolis. Continues through October 10
Saturday, October 3
ART
Plein Air Painting Challenge & Open House. Double Dog Studios, Carnegie
Brew House Open Studios. Brew House Arts, South Side
COMEDY
Crashing Out Live. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Homestead
FEST
Festival of Combustion. Carrie Blast Furnaces, Swissvale
FUNDRAISER
Palestinian Oktoberfest. Khalil's Restaurant, Shadyside
MARKET
For The Thrifters. New Amsterdam, Lawrenceville
MUSIC
Corcoran Holt Quintet. New Hazlett Theater, North Side
Opera on the Allegheny with the Pittsburgh Festival Opera. Shore Thing, North Side
Under Appalachian Skies - featuring Abigail Williams and Antichrist Siege Machine. Thunderbird Cafe, Lawrenceville
Kinder Being Cafe Turns Two! The Government Center, North Side
STAGE
Fever presents Ballet of Lights. Kelly Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty
WORKSHOP
Deep Dive Movement Series: Contemporary Practices Workshop with Jil Stifel. PearlArts Movement & Sound, Braddock
Learn How to Film Live Events. Tech25, Mount Oliver. Continues through October 4
Sunday, October 4
ART
One of One presents Off the Altar: Ceramics Workshop with Britney Smith. One of One at Framezilla, Point Breeze
COMEDY
Drusky Entertainment presents Maria Bamford. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Homestead
FILM
An Afternoon in Paris: Silent Film with Live Music. The Frick Pittsburgh, Point Breeze
Jump Cut Pittsburgh presents Breakfast & a Movie: Arsenic & Old Lace (1944). Parkway Theater & Film Lounge, McKees Rocks
Pittsburgh Silent Film Festival presents Beau Geste. Harris Theater, Downtown
LIT
City of Asylum presents PGHwrites: Yona Harvey’s “Leap & Grow Feathers” (Book Launch) with Khirsten L. Scott. Alphabet City, North Side
MUSIC
Thom Kang & The Pocket. Tech25, Mount Oliver
Jillith Fair & Women Who Rock present Tracy Bonham, Maia Sharp, & Liz Berlin. City Winery Pittsburgh, Strip District
MARKET
Neighborhood Flea presents Neighborhood Flea Schenley Plaza. Schenley Plaza, Oakland
Workshop and Friends Fall Fest. Multiple Locations, Wilkinsburg
Mystfit Market. Atithi, Sharpsburg
America 250: E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One). Kelly Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty
The Moon Baby & The Mignonettes Perform Lady Gaga. Spirit, Lawrenceville
WORKSHOP
Autumn House Press + Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy presents Inside Outside: Forest Bathing and Generative Writing. Frick Park, Squirrel Hill
