Events

Every show is unique! Live shows dazzle audiences with brilliant colors and rockin' music in the Buhl Digital Dome. Based on audience requests, our laserists choreograph sight-and-sound spectacles of full-dome proportions! Shows and schedules change quarterly. For schedule details and complete show listings, visit our website or call (412) 237-3400 for more information.

Adult Caribbean Night is a new & exciting event in the Downtown Pittsburgh area. It will cater to all those that enjoy the sounds of the Caribbean. This event will offer EVERY type of Caribbean music enjoyed. From Roots Rock Reggae, Calypso, SOCA, Dancehall, DUB, and Rare Grooves - we have something for everyone. This night is for the Mature & Secure crowd. Guaranteed to bring out the Islander in you! The atmosphere at the Mélange Bistro Bar + Incredible Music & Friends = A Gr... More Details

Pittsburgh's biggest weekly swing dance happens every Saturday night at Bobby D's Swing City! No partner needed! Just bring yourself and after our beginner lesson we'll have you dancing all night long! Beginner Dance Lesson starts at 8:00 P.M. Dance is from 9:00 PM-Midnight. Cover: $11.00 (includes lesson) Safe Area in Squirrel Hill ~ Great Atmosphere ~ No Smoking ~ All Ages

An exhibition of four, original, interactive artworks that are “tough” enough to withstand kid handling. Play with a giant kaleidoscope, activate a sculpture with your voice and more! This exhibit is supported by a grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

The 2012 Search for Monongy is a mass participation swim event with races for adults of all ages and abilities. The event is being held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Allegheny River from Heinz Field Quay up the River to the Roberto Clemente (6th Street Bridge) and back to the Heinz Field Quay, with the cooperation and support of the Pittsburgh Police, Pittsburgh River Rescue, Pittsburgh EMS, Sports & Entertainment Authority, and the US Coast Guard. This event includes the following race... More Details

On display are beautifully restored and operating instruments of the early 20th century, including a foot pumped player piano, reproducing piano, nickelodeon, Seeburg Coin Piano, Weber Berman-crafted violin pipe expression piano, and a Mills Violano Virtuouso which automatically plays real violins!

All bikers welcome, no colors please. Riders can register starting at 10 am at Knuckleheads Bar on Three Degree Road, Pittsburgh, with the ride starting at 12pm. Riders will enjoy a scenic route throughout Allegheny County, making stops at The Venue, Luann's on Rt. 68, and The Mouse Trap. Registration fees are $20 per person or $30 per couple, which includes coffee and donuts at registration and a cook out later in the day. The event will also feature a 50/50 drawing and a Pick a Prize Raffle.

“MAMA” KADIATOU CONTE-FORTE: KIRIDI (THE ORPHAN) - A CINDERELLA STORY Presented by Kelly Strayhorn Theater Friday, July 13 | 11 AM & 7 PM Saturday, July 14 | 11 AM Set in a traditional Guinean village, "Mama" Kadiatou weaves the Cinderella-Like fairytale of a young woman who is forbidden to dance and pursue the man she loves by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. The rich percussive rhythms of the native Sossou, Malinke, and Toma set the tone for a powerful ensemble... More Details

Bruce Springsteen's favorite band will be performing a one of a kind "Lively Acoustic Trio Rock 'N Roll Show" including vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums, bass, mandolin, accordion, banjo and harmonica. You will not be disappointed !!! www.marah-usa.com

For adult music lovers of all ages, Mozart Camp provides five days of music, workshops, and lectures in an adventure with Amadeus. Two gourmet dinners at the Fox Chapel Golf Club include an evening with the company’s founder Mildred Miller. Participants will attend four Mozart in Concert recitals and other exclusive performances of rarely-performed works, in addition to the closing performance of The Magic Flute on July 14.

Concert for Wind Octet with members of the Three Rivers Winds led by Eleanor Weingartner, principal clarinettist, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Mexico City Selections from The Magic Flute arranged by Joseph Heidenreich (1753-1821) Serenade for Eight Winds in E-flat major, K375 Serenade for Eight Winds in C minor, K388

Listen to local musicians from 2-3 pm at our acoustic sound stage, sponsored by Sonic, throughout the run of our rockin’ GUITAR exhibit, in cooperation with WDVE and WYEP. Joe Grushecky of The Houserockers will be the performance of the day.

Realizing they are married to the wrong people, Beth and David begin having an affair. The story that follows is a searing portrait of the yearning to feel loved and the heartache and consequences that infidelity brings. AUDIENCE MEMBERS 18+ The Pittsburgh premiere of this emotionally raw and complex work by Craig Wright (Six Feet Under, Mistakes Were Made, Recent Tragic Events) will be directed by The Hypocrites company member and A Red Orchid Theatre Artistic Associate Steven Wilson. Featuring... More Details

Borrowing the title for this workshop from that women’s classic, our focus will be on women’s health! Our bodies ourselves is about how we feel, our reproductive health and how to enhance our well-being. We’ll talk about our cycles and how comfortable they can be as well as the changes our bodies undergo as we move through our reproductive years. While this is not a hands-on medicine making workshop, we will most definitely be focusing on how best to integrate herbal supports a... More Details

ROY JONES JR. PRESENTS “RIVERS RUMBLE 3” FEATURING MEZA-CLAY World-Class Professional Boxing Returns to Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh’s North Shore PITTSBURGH — June 19, 2012 — Two true warriors are set to collide in the main event on Saturday, July 14 in the Rivers Casino Amphitheater. Former IBA World Super Featherweight Title Champion, Monty Meza-Clay, will go toe-to-toe with current title contender, Emmanuel “The Butcher” Lucero in “Rivers Rumble... More Details

Please consider joining us for this year’s 5K event, on Saturday, July 14 at Cranberry Community Park. Runners/Walkers can raise money for the Baden Memorial Library! Registration is open, forms available at the library or online. Registration is $18 and the runner will receive a goodie bag and an all you can eat Pancake breakfast hosted by the Cranberry Lions Club. Children can register for $8.00 for the Kids 1 mile Fun Run and recieve a goodie bag.

World Renowned rare soul DJ, Laurent Reus, owner of Revolver Records (France),and longtime mod/soul scene dandy, is making his Pittsburgh debut on July 14, 2012 at Hambone's Pub in Lawrenceville. Laurent has been collecting rare soul, latin and dancefloor friendly jazz records since the 90's and has been owner of Revolver Records for over ten years. His collection boasts some of the rarest and most dancefloor friendly flavor ever put to wax. Laurent's impressive DJ resume encompasses the span of... More Details

"Stars at Riverview" brings Pittsburgh's premier jazz to Riverview Park on Saturday evenings! So bring a lawn chair or spread a blanket on Observatory Hill for an entire summer of free, incredible musical entertainment. After the concerts, stay for Dollar Bank Cinema in the Park, movies the entire family can enjoy. Inclement weather may cause concert cancellations. In the event of a cancellation, a message will play on the concert hotline 412-255-2493. Sponsored by BNY Mellon and ARAD.

Fort Pitt Museum 412-281-9284 Fort Pitt Museum will host three Summer Saturdays at the Fort programs that will feature re-enactors and demonstrations on select Saturdays through August: June 9 – Kids at the Fort will focus on the role of children at Fort Pitt and will include several activities and games that a child living in 18th century Pittsburgh might play. July 14 – Revolution at the Fort will focus on Pittsburgh’s involvement in the American Revolution. Visitors can help... More Details

Fort Pitt Museum 412-281-9284 Fort Pitt Museum will host three Summer Saturdays at the Fort programs that will feature re-enactors and demonstrations on select Saturdays through August: June 9 – Kids at the Fort will focus on the role of children at Fort Pitt and will include several activities and games that a child living in 18th century Pittsburgh might play. July 14 – Revolution at the Fort will focus on Pittsburgh’s involvement in the American Revolution. Visitors can help... More Details

Revolution at the Fort will focus on Pittsburgh’s involvement in the American Revolution. Visitors can help raise a liberty pole in Point State Park, drill with the local militia, and help design a historic flag.

World premier of "Famous Broken Line," a musical tribute to George Rapp's 19th century communal Harmony Society, by saxophonist Sean Murphy who in concert presented by Historic Harmony will also play "Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano," by Fernande Decruck (1896-1954), accompanied by Michelle Bitler; "Tre Pezzi" for solo soprano saxophone, by Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988); and, again with Bitler, the first performance of "Addi[c]tives," also for alto saxop... More Details

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...Henri Matisse’s The Thousand and One Nights, is a large, multi-panel, painted paper cut-out. It is a visitor favorite, but due to its fragile nature, it is only on view for a limited period of time -- from April 7 - July 15, 2012. The One Thousand and One Nights was created in 1950, when the artist was 81 and confined to his bed. Unable to sleep and kept alive by his drive to create, Matisse had much in common with Scheherazade, the legendary narrator of the Arab... More Details

For its next act, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh reinvents itself in its 35th year with SummerFest, a three-week celebration of the performing and visual arts for all ages. This new regional summer music festival fills three weeks with opera sung in English, concerts, recitals, cabaret, visual arts, and the SummerFest Fringe, June 29 –July 15, 2012. The festival takes place in the intimate theaters of The Hillman Center for Performing Arts on the idyllic grounds of Shady Side Academy, just 10... More Details

Muscle car excitement with vintage and historic racing at Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Beaver Falls (formerly BeaveRun). $15 per day or $25 per person for weekend at the gate - no advance ticket sales. You can be part of the action, put your car on the track Saturday night with the Flashlight Drags and race on the Karting Track, open all weekend with proceeds benefiting the PVGP.