Exhibition exploring privatisation and public utility, curated by Jacquet Kehm and presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
Free quarterly open house of visual arts, live music, dance and spoken word across the galleries and eclectic spaces of Pittsburgh's Cultural District.
Halloween party for the Global Ties international student leadership program with pumpkin painting, a costume contest, a prize wheel and candy.
Electronic music festival featuring performances by Tape B, Mersiv, Distinct Motive and SVDKO at Stage AE.
Mobile basketball trailer with four arcade hoops set up at Bakery Square for anyone to play and chase a high score.
An improvised fantasy adventure in which a troupe of 'merry vagabonds' throws modern-day characters into Shakespearean chaos.
Candlelight tribute concert in which the Listeso String Quartet plays Metallica songs for strings under candlelight at the Heinz History Center.
Live R&B concert by Lyfe Jennings, with live guitar, bass and piano, at City Winery Pittsburgh.
Free farewell evening for the Pedantic Fall 2026 residency cohort, with a toast, light food and drinks, and a chance to meet the residents.
A haunted evening celebration with mums, airbrush artists, candy, and psychic storytelling; free with admission.
Special screening of John Carpenter's 1980 horror film 'The Fog' at the Rangos Giant Cinema, the 71-by-39-foot giant screen at the Kamin Science Center.
Free book launch with artist Taylor Galloway, including a talk and screening of his short film, celebrating his monograph 'across the street from Heaven'.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams' score live to the film 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1'.
Country concert by Texas artist Dylan Gossett and West Virginia singer Charles Wesley Godwin at Citizens Live at The Wylie.
Family Halloween musical filled with music, dancing, laughter and Halloween thrills, a highlight of the Pittsburgh Playhouse's annual Fall Fest.
Halloween staged reading by The Savoyards of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's 'Carmilla', one of the first vampire novels.
Halloween dance and music cruise for X-OUT Cancer, a 21+ only voyage on the Gateway Clipper at Station Square.
Halloween party night with costume dancing, opening on the mic with Pittsburgh MC WritersBlock412 and resident DJ Arie Cole.
One-night-only Halloween costume party with stand-up comedian Trevor Austin, with more than $1,500 in costume prizes, at 21+ Pittsburgh Improv.
Screening of the horror film 'Steel City Horror Show' at the Harris Theater in Pittsburgh.
Exhibition of large-scale paper doll compositions by Charlie Wallace, guest curated by Steph Neary, opening as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Gallery Crawl.
Día de los Muertos celebration at Camino Coctelería & Cocina in Bloomfield, with $15 tickets whose proceeds benefit the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation.
Free annual fair of artist books, zines and independent presses, with book launches, performances and conversations, in its fourth edition.
Free guided tour led by 59th Carnegie International artist Brooke O'Harra that invites visitors to respond to works of art through limited physical movement.
Free Saturday morning yoga class held at Bakery Square in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighbourhood.
Bilingual story session with Bogota artist Gabriela Pinilla, who shares her illustrated book 'Escuela de la Belleza' and hands out a special colouring book.
Inaugural free, family-friendly block party closing Bedford Avenue in the Hill District, with live music, a costume parade, trunk-or-treat and kids activities.
Performative reading by artist Maithili Bavkar, featured in the 59th Carnegie International, that blends spoken word and printed matter.
Reading performance by artist Priyesh Gothwal on food packaging and labelling regulations in India, part of the 59th Carnegie International.
High-energy Halloween workshop for children in grades K-5 that explores the 'scary' through movement and engineering.
Participatory performance in which the audience and collaborators interpret asinnajaq's photographs through music at the Carnegie Music Hall.
Monthly tour led by artist educators that explores Andy Warhol's romantic relationships and queer identity against the history of the US gay rights movement.
Stand-up show by comedian Aries Spears at The Wylie on Halloween night.
Adults-only Halloween party at Dave & Buster's with a Fright Bite Banquet, costume contest, Monster Mash music and a live DJ.
Annual Halloween cover show at Bottlerocket Social Hall where local bands play their favorite records in costume, with free admission.
A high-energy drag magic show blending comedy, camp, and electronic music, featuring Lydia B Kollins, Suzie Toot, and Kori King from RuPaul's Drag Race.
Spirit's 11th annual 21+ Halloween party themed around 'The Shining', with a costume contest, ax-throwing and boozy snow-cone performance art.
Halloween-themed sinister speakeasy with spooky dance sets, games, prizes, a costume contest and a haunted-house-style experience.
Social dance night with hustle, west coast swing and Latin dances like salsa, bachata, cumbia and merengue.
Family-friendly Dia de los Muertos screening of the animated film 'The Book of Life' at the Harris Theater.
Free all-day music listening sessions by Sweet Abyss residents, with live DJ sets, 'Show and Tell' slots and an all-day visual mixtape, as part of the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair.
Monthly book club meeting hosted by the Pittsburgh Goodreads community, with food from local vendors, book discussion, and activities.
Six-week adult linocut printmaking class for all skill levels at the Carnegie Museum of Art's Yellow Studio, part of the 'Art School for Life' series.
Annual festival of Slovak heritage with traditional music and dance, lectures, vendor and informational displays, and the Czechoslovak Room at the Cathedral of Learning.
Book launch of 'Berlin Babel' with author Lin Hierse and translator Jon Cho-Polizzi, part of the Germany on Campus series.
Social ballroom dancing night at CrossBody Dance in Squirrel Hill with a $10 cover.
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Performance art piece by Tara Fay Coleman that turns the act of filling out and destroying identity forms into a durational work on identity erasure, with a closing reception and artist talk on 15 November.
Official Pittsburgh Steelers tailgate before a home game at Acrisure Stadium, with live music, food, drink specials and prizes.
A seasonal chrysanthemum flower show themed around Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring horticultural displays and garden tours.
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An exhibition of botanical illustrations depicting native fungi species of Pennsylvania, displayed at the Phipps Garden Center.
Exhibition exploring the purpose of natural history museum collections through hands-on activities and displays, drawing on the museum's 22 million objects and specimens.
World premiere sequel to 'Fishy Woo Woo' in which a group of elder millennial friends in Delaware face the ghosts of their past on Halloween.
Self-guided audio walk through Pittsburgh's Central Business District, uncovering the city's history and legends at your own pace.
Screening of the 3D documentary 'Horse Power' on the 71-by-39-foot Rangos Giant Screen at the Kamin Science Center.
Weekly Tuesday creative movement class for children ages 0-5 and their grown-ups to move, play and connect through music and songs.
World premiere of an immersive magic and storytelling experience by Michael Misko, set against Pittsburgh's haunted history.
A bilingual early learning programme for caregivers and children aged 0-5, run by La Escuelita Arcoiris in partnership with Duolingo's Early Learners First initiative.
Exhibition by the AAPI artist collective JADED exploring layered identities, dreams, grief and connection through painting, sculpture, sound, film, wood, glass and textiles.
Third annual free community street festival on Forbes Avenue with food and drinks, games, local vendors, arts and crafts, pumpkin painting and the family musical 'Boo's Halloween House Party'.
Ghost stories of old Pittsburgh told after dark on a one-hour night cruise of the Three Rivers, on Fridays and Saturdays through late October.
Family sci-fi comedy in which a girl is whisked away into a video-game galaxy of robots, aliens and pirates and must use her real-world strengths to find a new home.
Quantum Theatre's found-space production of Liza Birkenmeier's gothic suspense play 'radio island', with director Katie Brook.
First U.S. survey exhibition of Cecil McDonald, Jr., with photography, montage, film and a video installation exploring Black culture and masculinity.
Full-dome laser show that brings the '80s tunes and scenes of Stranger Things to life in the Buhl Planetarium.
Free guided tour of the 59th Carnegie International, created by artist Brooke O'Harra and the museum's docents, in which visitors respond to artworks through limited physical movement.
Halloween pop-up bar with spooky décor, themed cocktails, music, games and costumed characters, for over-21s only.
Six-week adult art course on water-based media (watercolour, gouache and ink) from the museum's 'Art School for Life' series.
Six-week Sunday class for adults on figure drawing, from plaster figures to a draped model, part of the museum's 'Art School for Life' series.
Weekly Monday session of recorded guided and sound meditation held at the Heinz Memorial Chapel.
A night of family fun featuring a train ride through the zoo with thousands of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns, spooky scavenger hunts and seasonal food and drink.
Ongoing exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art bringing together artworks that explore the artists' relationship to land and place.
Weekly Wednesday morning of chair and wheelchair yoga, art-making, guided gallery tours, meditations and art history classes for visitors aged 55 and over, with early entry.
Exhibition by Torkwase Dyson, with an animation at the Buhl Planetarium and a studio installation of drawings, paintings, objects and video, part of the 59th Carnegie International.
Screening of the 1958 Hammer Films classic 'Horror of Dracula' in a new 4K restoration with recovered footage.
Halloween racing series at the Kamin Science Center with a Halloween-themed track, spooky racing science activities and a free simulator race for those in costume.
Tony Award-winning musical that reimagines the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice through folk, jazz and blues.
Public art project by Sharmistha Ray, painted as a geometric design on the playing surfaces of Arts Landing's pickleball courts.
Musical comedy adaptation of Night of the Living Dead, adapted by Tami Dixon and presented by Bricolage Production Company.
Public art commission by Shikeith, a weathering steel and neon piece that extends Project Blue Space at Arts Landing.
Free public sculpture by Rainbow Serpent co-founders Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd that reimagines the Egyptian sun deity Ra.
