Weekly Events | June 1, 2025
Must-See Pittsburgh Art Exhibits, Concerts, and Performances: June 2-8
DannyLand: An Immersive World of Graffiti & Art From The Mind Of Danny Devine // Artwork by Danny Devine, courtesy of Danny Devine Studio
Monday, June 2 MUSIC
Guitarist Extraordinaire, Stephane Wrembel and his Quartet. James Simon Sculpture Studio, Uptown. 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 3 LIT
Story Club PGH Presents: Story Slam! (Unlikely Allies) . City of Asylum @ Alphabet City, North Side. 7-8:30 p.m.
Overcoming Violence // Photo courtesy of The Pittsburgh Camerata
Wednesday, June 4 MUSIC
The Pittsburgh Camerata presents Overcoming Violence . Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Yo-Yo Ma. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 5 FEST
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Multiple times and locations. (Individual events are also shared throughout.) Continues through June 8.
ART
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibit. Space @ Liberty Ave, Downtown. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Closed 1-1:30 p.m.) Continues through June 8.
Ifeoma's Open Studio. Radiant Hall, Homewood. 6-8 p.m.
STAGE
City Theatre presents Sister Strikes Again! Late Nite Catechism 2. The Lillie Theatre, South Side. Continues through June 29
MUSIC
River City Brass. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 12-1 p.m.
Rocket Loves Blue. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Ras Prophet. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 3-4 p.m.
Dov Beck-Levine. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Megan Paullet and the HR Department. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 6-7 p.m.
Las Cafeteras. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 7:30-9 p.m.
TALK
Silver Eye Center for Photography presents Fellowship 25 Conversations: Sobia Ahmad and Clare Sheedy. Online via Zoom. 6-7 p.m.
Mattress Factory’s Garden Party // Photo courtesy of Mattress Factory
Friday, June 6 ART
Unblurred: First Friday Art Crawl . Penn Avenue from Mathilda Street to Negley Avenue, Bloomfield/Garfield. 4-10 p.m.
Hazelwood First Fridays. Multiple locations, Hazelwood Cafe. 5-10 p.m.
50 Years, 50 Works Exhibition Opening Reception. Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley. 5-9 p.m. Continues through July 18.
DannyLand: An Immersive World of Graffiti & Art From The Mind Of Danny Devine Opening Reception. Mixtape, Garfield. 6 p.m. Continues through August.
Room Party: Furry Art at the Beginning of the World . Bunker Projects, Bloomfield. 6-9 p.m. Continues through July 20.
Move Fast & Break Things: New media paintings and prints by Aaron Regal . PULLPROOF Studio, Garfield. 6-9 p.m.
"Unraveling" by Sue Abramson and Karen Antonelli . Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Friendship. 6-9 p.m.
City Rat, Country Mouse . VaultArt Studio, Garfield. 7-9:30 p.m.
FUNDRAISER
Garden Party: Pink. Mattress Factory, North Side. 7-10 p.m.
STAGE
The Theatre Factory presents The Sherlock Quandary. Trafford Performing Arts Center, Trafford. 7:30 p.m. Continues through June 14.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The Strand Theater, Zelienople. 7:30 p.m. Continues through June 15.
Damon Young // Photo by Patrick Fisher
LIT
Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures presents Damon Young. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland. 6 p.m.
August Wilson Archive presents Remember When Poetry Reading + Listening Session with Erika Denae J. The August Wilson House, Hill District. 6:30-8 p.m.
FILM
Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande. Harris Theater, Downtown. 3 p.m. Continues through June 8.
Pavements. Harris Theater, Downtown. 5:30 p.m. Continues through June 19.
MUSIC
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven and Mahler. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 7:30 p.m. Continues through June 8.
The Shiners. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 12-1 p.m.
Turpentiners. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Laurel Lowlifes. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 3-4 p.m.
Morgan Gruber. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Tiera Kennedy. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 6-7 p.m.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band . Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 7:30-9 p.m.
Saturday, June 7 LIT
Guided Tour with Urban Academy – August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape. The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Downtown. 1-2 p.m.
Joseph Karasek: A Celebration of Life and Memorial Reading. Bottom Feeder Books, Point Breeze. 6-8 p.m.
FROM THE MARGINS, WE ASCEND: Murjoni Merriweather and Kleaver Cruz in Conversation // Artwork by Kleaver Cruz, Cow Kid, 2024, mixed-media collage on acid-free watercolor paper, courtesy of the artist
TALK
FROM THE MARGINS, WE ASCEND: Murjoni Merriweather and Kleaver Cruz in Conversation . ALMA | LEWIS, Homewood. 2-4 p.m.
DANCE
Dance Battle. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 1:30-4:30 p.m.
slowdanger: ABYSS. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Smithfield-Liberty Parking, Downtown. 8 and 9 p.m.
Flamenco Pittsburgh Presents: Fiesta Flamenca. Kelly Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 8 p.m.
MUSIC
Guardians of Sound Hip Hop Orchestra. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 12-1 p.m.
Souls of Mischief. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 4-5 p.m.
Rell Z The Genius. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 5-6 p.m.
A 18th Century Salon: Across the Channel, Music, Song, and Dance from France & England. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Highland Park. 7-10 p.m.
FEST
3 Rivers Comicon. David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Continues through June 8.
Sunday, June 8 ART
GROUP HANG: Residency Exhibition featuring Radiant Hall X BOOM Concept Resident Artists (Artist Talk + Opening) . Emerald City PGH, Downtown. 1-4 p.m. Continues through July 17.
DANCE
Garba360. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 12-1:30 p.m.
MUSIC
Calico Dogs . Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 2-3 p.m.
Woodland Creatures. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Kahone Concept. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 5-6 p.m.
Lisa Loeb. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 6-7 p.m.
Suzanne Vega. Three Rivers Arts Festival @ Dollar Bank Main Stage, Strip District. 7:30-9 p.m.