Have plans for your Pittsburgh weekend? You do now. This week’s best things to do include a small-town Italian festival with serious bingo stamina, theater for anyone whose attention span has been TikTok-ified, Renaissance jousting and japery, and a bike ride that starts out leisurely and gets progressively more Pittsburgh.
If you've ever wanted to cuddle a baby goat, meet a donkey that moonlights as a bodyguard, or watch four-legged weed whackers demolish poison ivy, head to Goat Fest this Saturday.
Every summer, Pittsburgh transforms into the pickle capital of the world as Picklesburgh, one of USA Today's Best Specialty Food Festivals, takes over Downtown. In 2026, the festival extends over four brine-y days from July 16-19 and is bound to be bigger and better than ever. Here's your guide to it all.
Vintage sports cars roaring through Schenley Park’s hairpin turns are just the beginning. The 10-day celebration also features neighborhood street festivals, a garden party, and nearly 3,000 classic cars that turn Pittsburgh into a citywide celebration of automotive history.
This weekend, head an hour north of Pittsburgh for Slovenefest, a celebration of Slovenian heritage featuring polka dancing, traditional foods, craft vendors, wine tastings, and more than 20 bands performing across four stages.
Join the two-day Whiskey Rebellion Festival for rollicking live music, immersive street theater (complete with a tar-and-feathering), militia mustering—and six handcrafted cocktails inspired by the uprising that changed America.