Need more information about UIM 2026? Want to find out when you’ll finally be able to play pickleball during Picklesburgh? Or are you just trying to find a way to beat the heat? From fireworks to festivals, here are a few ways to enjoy summer around town.
Local and Regional Events
59th Annual Carnegie International
May 2 – January 3, 2027
Carnegie Museum of Art
Staff Council & The Pitt Therapy Dogs
June 30
Cathedral Commons Room
Big Butler Fair
July 3 – 11
Butler Fairgrounds
Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks
July 4
Downtown Pittsburgh
Northside Music Festival
July 10 – 12
Pittsburgh’s Northside
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Schenley Park Race Weekend
July 18 – 19
Schenley Park
Picklesburgh
July 16 – 19
Downtown Pittsburgh
62nd Annual Zelienople Horse Trading Days
July 16 – 18
Downtown Zelienople
Moraine State Park Regatta
August 1 – 2
Moraine State Park – South Shore
Pittsburgh Restaurant Week – Summer
August 10 – 16
Pittsburgh
Little Italy Days
August 13 – 16
Liberty Ave, Bloomfield
Ascending Star Lecture: Mehret Birru Talabi, MD, PhD
August 20
Scaife Hall
Squirrel Hill Night Market
August 22
Murray Ave, Squirrel Hill
Ascending Star Lecture: Lan Coffman, MD, PhD
August 28
Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
Weekends and Labor Day August 22 – September 27
West Newton, PA
Soul Food Festival
September 4 – 6
Downtown Pittsburgh
State of the Department
September 9
Scaife Hall
Pittsburgh Irish Festival
September 11 – 13
Carrie Blast Furnaces
Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival
September 17 – 20
August Wilson African American Cultural Center
The Future of Metabolic Medicine: Care Integration, Innovation, & AI
September 22
The Oaklander Hotel
Pitt Homecoming
September 24 – 27
Oakland
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