Made in Pittsburgh Festival
Dates: May 1-3
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: simoneventmanagement.com
Exhibitors, activities, music, food and
drink, and more reflecting the character
and culture of the Pittsburgh area.
PAN Spring Coin Show
Dates: May 7-9
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: pancoins.org
Opportunities to learn about and buy,
sell, or trade coins, paper money, tokens,
medals, gold, silver, and bullion. There
is also the PAN Kids Zone program on
Saturday.
Phipps Spring Flower Show:
Canopy of Color
Dates: March 21 to Apr. 19
Address: Phipps Conservatory and
Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive,
Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Contact: phipps.conservatory.org, or
412.622.6914
Signature displays will delight not only
in beds below, but baskets and designs
above, creating a world of color waiting to
be explored.
21st Annual Pittsburgh Arts &
Crafts Spring Fever Festival
Dates: March 20-22
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sunday, 10-4)
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: familyfestivals.com
One of the area’s biggest festivals—over
180 booths of a wide variety of arts and
crafts!
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival
Dates: Apr. 2-5
Address: Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
(Bloomfield/Garfield)
Contact: pittsburghfringe.org
Music, dance, theater, comedy,
performance art, visual art, and
more!
Steel City Con
Dates: Apr. 17-19
Address: Monroeville
Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard,
Monroeville
Contact: steelcitycon.com
A Comic Con that has
over 100,000 square feet of
convention space; there will be dealers and
artists, contests, celebrities, and more!
Western PA Italian Festival
Dates: May 29-31
Address: Monroeville Convention Center,
209 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville
Contact: simoneventmanagement.com
Billed as the largest indoor Italian festival
in PA!
Westmoreland Reptile Expo
Date: March 22
Address: 104 South 2nd Street,
Youngwood
Contact: westmorelandreptileexpo.com
Snakes and other reptiles to learn about
and buy, plus supplies and more!
WILKPEX by Wilkinsburg
Stamp Club
Dates: Apr. 17-18
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Address: Gateway Hall/Monroeville Fire
Company No. 4, 4370 Northern Pike,
Monroeville
Contact: wilkinsburgstampclub.com/
wilkpex.php
Exhibits and sales related to stamp
collecting, including a youth area.
concerts & shows
Le Vent du Nord Presented
by Calliope
Date: Apr. 25
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Address: Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400
Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh (Oakland)
Contact: calliopehouse.org
Calliope, an organization for the
promotion and preservation of traditional
and contemporary folk music, hosts this
award-winning and acclaimed band,
which features button accordion, guitar
and fiddle in a repertoire drawing from
both traditional sources and original
compositions. Tickets can be purchased
online.
‘What Would Your Mother
Say?’
Date: May 8
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: Carnegie of
Homestead Music Hall, 510
East 10th Avenue, Munhall
Contact: librarymusichall.com
A celebration of mothers in one of
the best ways possible — an evening
of storytelling about motherhood
(from the joyous to the messy) from
a variety of
perspectives.
Proceeds will
benefit nonprofit
organizations
dedicated to making the
world better for mothers
and their children.
‘Miss Nelson is Missing!’ by the
Greasepaint Players
Dates: March 20-21
Address: Greensburg Civic Theatre,
951 Old Salem Road, Greensburg
Contact: gctheatre.org, or 724.414.1220
When the teacher of a crazy class
disappears, her tough substitute soon
makes the kids want to solve the mystery
and get their teacher back!
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at
Greensburg Civic Theatre
Dates: Apr. 30 to May 2
Address: 951 Old Salem Road,
Greensburg
Contact: gctheatre.org, or 724.414.1220
The famous Tennessee Williams play
about a Southern family in crisis, especially
husband and wife Brick and Maggie, and
their interaction with Brick’s family over
the course of one evening’s gathering at
the family plantation home in Mississippi.
(Adult themes/situations.)
Eaglemania at The Lamp
Dates: May 8 & 9
Time: 8 p.m.
Address: 222 Main Street, Irwin
Contact: lamptheatre.org, or
724.367.4000
Formed in 2010, Eaglemania has evolved
into a nationally touring tribute to The
Eagles, performing all the hits: heartfelt
ballads, rock anthems laden with guitar
harmonies, and the unmistakable vocal
harmonies.
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Presents ‘The Greatest
Generation: An American
Oratorio’
Date: May 31
Time: 3 p.m.
Address: Soldiers & Sailors Memorial
Hall, 4141 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh
(Oakland)
Contact: themendelssohn.org
Combines the popular tunes from
the World War II era with new original
compositions and arrangements to bring
the trials of love and war to life in a musical
odyssey.
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