Things to Do

If the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer, it's festival time in Pittsburgh!

The Monroeville Jazz Festival was established in 2003 and presents a jazz concert each summer in Boyce Park. The Festival encourages and promotes jazz music for all ages and helps residents and visitors develop an appreciation of jazz music as a unique American Art form.

The summer festival season kicks off in Pittsburgh with the annual Venture Outdoors Festival in Point State Park. This event highlights the outdoor recreation opportunities and amenities available in the region and provides attendees with not only information but the chance to try many of these activities for free.

June brings the annual Three Rivers Arts Festival in Point State Park and around the city. The festival is the region's largest multidisciplinary showcase of visual art and performing arts, and features an Artists Market, Children's Area, multiple exhibition spaces located in the city's vast gallery network, and plenty of live entertainment.

That roaring you hear in July could be the sound of cars revving up for the yearly Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix a 10-day festival of motorsport events culminating with the Annual Vintage Races and Car Show at Schenley Park. Or it could be the annual Three Rivers Regatta the Golden Triangle's greatest summertime show and Pittsburgh's Official 4th of July Celebration featuring free air, land and water entertainment plus a spectacular fireworks display.

As the summer winds down in August and September visit the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, a medieval amusement park featuring combat jousting, games of skill, rides, a variety of renaissance delicacies, hundreds of authentically costumed performers and more than 80 master artisans exhibiting fine arts and crafts.

For more information on regional festivals, fairs, and fun things to do go to our Calendar of Events, VisitPittsburgh or the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau.