Music, dance, art, and more. Pittsburgh arts and entertainment organizations announce their 2024-2025 season of events.
Pittsburgh Arts and Entertainment: 2024-25 Season Announcements
The Warhol. It’s not just art. It’s an experience. Hang with the Chelsea Girls. Create your own Warholesque screen test. Float with the Silver Clouds. Recreate Warhol’s iconic red couch pose and snap a pic. Get into Studio 54. Jam with The Velvet Underground. Meet Cecil, Warhol’s Great Dane. Go bananas in The Warhol Store. Make like Edie Sedgewick and mug it up in the photo booth. Seven floors. 17 galleries. Endless adventures.
Prepare your palate, put on your dancing shoes and head downtown for the Taste of Jazz Party with performances by turntablist Selecta, pianist Howie Alexander, drummer Thomas Wendt and his Quintet and vocalist Reagan Gray & Black Vitaminz. Stroll through AWAACC’s halls where 19 area restaurants are dishing up succulent samples from their menus.
Let your tastebuds rule the night and visit food stations hosted by Alihan’s Mediterranean Cuisine, Barcelona Wine Bar, Bar Marco, Bistro to Go, Braddock’s Pittsburgh, Cafe Momentum, The Capital Grille, Eddie Merlot’s and Fogo de Chão Steakhouse. If you have room for more, see what’s in store at Morton’s The Steakhouse, NOSH & CURD, The Rebel Room at The Industrialist Hotel, Ritual House, Sarris Candies, Sullivan’s Steakhouse, Talia, Taj Mahal Restaurant, Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh and Yuzu Kitchen.
This season, let art’s many shapes, ideas, colors, questions, and materials surround you at Carnegie Museum of Art. Artists use countless structures, shapes, and modes of expression to create their works of art. When art moves from the wall to the gallery space, our physical encounter is heightened. As we surround art and let art surround us, we embrace its many possibilities both within the walls of the museum and in our lives. The museum welcomes you to spend time with art in its abundant expressions of form, spanning visual art, design, photography, and architecture.
Join City Theatre as they celebrate their 50th anniversary with a season of bold, new plays including: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, The DNAWORKS production of The Real James Bond…was Dominican by Christopher Rivas, Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle, and King James by Rajiv Joseph.
Contemporary Craft’s upcoming exhibitions include 芸[Gei]: The Beauty of Ephemeral and Eternal, opening on September 13 and exploring the duality between the beauty of Ikebana – traditional Japanese flower arrangement – and the eternal nature of well-crafted objects. Opening February 7, 2025, Keiko Fukazawa Retrospective: The Space in Between highlights the 40-year career of artist Keiko Fukazawa. And on May 30, 2025, the most innovative works in fiber mediums are on view for Fiberart International 2025.
Treasured Ornament: 10 Centuries of Islamic Art. Discover expertly crafted and exquisitely ornate objects that anchored everyday life in Muslim civilizations in Southwest Asia, Northern Africa, and beyond.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, October 4-6 & 11-13. Welcome to the world of pure imagination! Lincoln Park opens our 2024-25 Clearview Federal Credit Union Subscription Series with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – your golden ticket to an outrageous and thoroughly entertaining musical experience. For tickets visit lincolnparkarts.org.
Join us in Uptown Mt. Lebanon for the 10th Annual Mt. Lebanon Artists’ Market Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th. This fine arts fair will again make Mt. Lebanon a focal point of the Pittsburgh art world. As a juried arts festival, the Mt. Lebanon Artists’ Market will include 65+ booths featuring professional quality, original art in a variety of media. This includes 2D work, jewelry, wood, andsculpture.
Now is the perfect time for you to experience the beauty and magic of opera, the ultimate performing art. Be immersed in a world of amazing artistry and storytelling. A night at the opera makes an unforgettable date night and a great shared experience with family or friends. English supertitles are projected above the stage, so you’ll understand every word. You owe it to yourself to see what all the fuss is about.
The PSA 58th Annual Exhibition, juried by Patrick Lee, opens on August 24 and runs through September 28, 2024 at The Spinning Plate Gallery in East Liberty – located at 5720 Friendship Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206. For information about exciting events during this exhibition, visit their website.
Pittsburgh Glass Center Is Back and Sizzling! Bigger. Brighter. And so full of art and creativity you won’t want to miss it. Pittsburgh Glass Center is free and open to the public. We’ve doubled our space, fired up more furnaces, expanded our studios, enhanced our classes, and brought in more artists and artwork than ever before. Come feel the heat.
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden is the place to be this autumn! David Rogers’ Big Bugs + Pollinators is on display through September 15, featuring 10-foot-tall sculptures and drop-in educational programs. As the season changes, the Garden will transform as plants are adorned with fall colors and late-season blooms emerge, bringing unique color and character to the 65 acres of gardens and woodlands.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s 2024-25 season opens in October with the magical Pittsburgh premiere of Peter Pan. In December, the beloved holiday gift of The Nutcracker unwraps. The passionate Romeo and Juliet, with the PBT Orchestra, arrives for Valentine’s Day weekend. In April, five classical and contemporary ballet works are spotlighted in Spring Mix, celebrating PBT’s sparkling Emerald Anniversary. And in May, a whirlwind of adventure lands with the Pittsburgh premiere of The Wizard of Oz, featuring the PBT Orchestra.
Founded on the principles of heritage development, community partnership, and a reverence for the region’s natural and shared resources, Rivers of Steel strengthens the economic and cultural fabric of western Pennsylvania by fostering dynamic initiatives and transformative experiences. Rivers of Steel achieves this by championing the region’s industrial and cultural heritage through a range of experiences, including tours, workshops, exhibitions, and festivals, and by working with communities throughout the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
Plan an excursion to Bear Run Nature Reserve, a 5,100-acre nature reserve in the Laurel Highlands that is the setting for Fallingwater, a UNESCO World Heritage location. Exploring the preserve can be a true wilderness experience! Owned and managed by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, it offers 20 miles of trails and backcountry campsites. You might even glimpse wildlife such as black bear, bobcats, or any of 53 bird species at this eBird hotspot!
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