Events

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros formed in 2007 after singer Alex Ebert met fellow singer Jade Castrinos outside of a cafe in downtown Los Angeles. In 2009, the 10 member troupe released their debut album Up From Below which featured the universally appealing hit “Home” as well as fan favorite’s “40 Day Dream” and [...]

Bluegrass and American music legend

Special one-night-only collaboration

Music Director – Manfred Honeck

GRAMMY-winning Latin funk

Acclaimed songwriter from The Swell Season and The Frames

Lauded indie-pop band

Pioneering bhangra and brass celebration

Anthemic indie rock

Gospel-rooted sound with fresh and illuminating insight enriched with modern and traditional country

Live paintings before audiences to live jazz music

Pittsburgh’s best new singer-songwriters

Pittsburgh singer/songwriters perform for children

The Cultural District’s signature piece

A documentary on the artist and provocateur

Traditional golden-age bluegrass

Park connecting riverfront to Cultural District

Hip-hop, Broadway, and pop culture

A reading on American mainstream culture in a pluralistic society

Operatic arias to jazz and blues

Make a Big Head Puppet for the bike parade

Art House at the Arts Festival – inspiration and imagination in action

Create a communal work of art using unconventional methods

Original beats and rhymes from local hip-hop education program

Solo Flamenco guitar

Revealing voyage into the life of Bert Stern

8-piece groove-laden rock

Bookmarks! Buttons! Create Your Own at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh craft table.

Indie rock

Lessons in calligraphy

Expedition to the world’s most ancient human art

Art+science interactive installation

Build a boat from recycled materials and enter to win

Try your hand at cold glass mosaics

Create components to a collaborative clay tile mosaic

Serving cuisine from countries with which the U.S. is in conflict

Current sculpture trends by regional artists

Excerpts from latest project, objects of DESIRE

A bike parade for kids, ages 5 -8

Rock and roll

local gospel / soul

Games of poetry and dance from City of Play

Tour of selected works at the Convention Center

The central feature of the exhibit will be 16 of Grguras’ signature pastel paintings, all of iconic parts of the battlefield…Little Roundtop, Devil’s Den, etc.  For this very special exhibit, Grguras has also completed paintings of a few of the buildings that played key roles in the battle and its aftermath.

Happy music that makes you want to dance!

Interactive activities inspired by the art and science of cycling

Bicycle-inspired photography

Exploring electric signs’ effects on daily life

Jazz

On the multiple careers of Tomi Ungerer

A visual exhibition highlighting Pittsburgh’s Flight School fellows

Transparent inflatable Buddha floating on water

Food designers’ and scientists’ approach to contemporary food

Adding flavor to the celebration

6-piece rock and roll

Bluegrass and rock-infused Americana

A play for youth rooted in African folklore

Performance by teen musician, actors, and dancers

An interactive photo booth and bicycle registration

Installation generating spinning shadows with user interaction

A decade’s worth of promotion and propaganda

Surf’s Up! The waves are high for this iQ Kids Radio Dance party!

“Join us for a roarin’ good time at the iQ Kids Radio Dance
party!

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Whimsical puppetry created from actual kids’ stories in Pittsburgh.

Enchanting, acoustic feel-great music for kids and families brought to you by iQ Kids Radio

Jazz / funk

Indie pop/rock

Croony, tongue-in-cheek pop

Latin and African-American grooves with Colombian flavor

Featuring Pittsburgh’s best new visual art

Pittsburgh rock trio

Knit the bridge transforms Pittsburgh with “yarn bombing”

Fun and eclectic dance performance

Learn bike safety and get a free helmet

Ethereal, joyful, rock

Double-platinum selling Irish songwriter

A 9 piece brass band playing all original music.

Afro-Puerto Rican roots music

Bronze hand-casted magnolia trees

Exploring magnificent murals in Millvale

A kinetic sculpture spins with imagery based on dream recordings

High-energy bluegrass

Interactive performance with vocalist and beatboxer Mike Why

Cinematic indie rock with strings

Video, installation and sound creates a haunted paradise

Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky

Activity exploring Pittsburgh’s air quality

Folk and contemporary dance music

Collaboration juxtaposing eras through sound and movement

The Office of Public Art invites you to pick up a copy of Pittsburgh Art in Public Places: Downtown

Create colorful pinwheels for twirling in the breeze

Glass art demonstration

Pittsburgh-based breakdance collective

Games of poetry and dance from City of Play

Explore and create with reusable materials

Discover the science behind bikes

Large-scale electronic art installation

Presenting dynamic colors of Asia

ambient dream-pop

Discover the musical traditions of West Africa and join a drum circle

Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s youth steel band

Brett Staggs began writing songs on a horse farm in Williamsport, Pa. Influenced by the timeless songwriting of The Traveling Wilburys, he began playing and writing in the Pittsburgh area both as a solo act and with a few bands – The Cool Grand, Eric James, Brody, and The Long Time Darlings. He then moved [...]

Psychedelic blues-fueled rock and roll

Create your own masterpiece while watching art come to life

Images reconstructing the obscurity of memory and space

Super fun upbeat Americana folk you can dance to!!

Rock, folk, Americana fusion

A floating platform for creative performances

Folk-blues duo

Children’s model sailboat activity

Bluegrass string quintet

Folk-grass pickin’ partners from Pittsburgh, PA.

Participatory Brazilian carnaval-style drumming

Create nature inspired arts and crafts using leaves

Wheel thrown pottery demonstration

Wheel thrown pottery demonstration

Woodturning demonstration

Winners of WQED’s contest

Pittsburgh’s emerging teen musicians

Youth hip-hop and step routine