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Things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: September 10 to 13, 2026

Thursday September 10
10:30 AM
Art Starts
Carnegie Museum of Art
12:00 PM
PPG Paints Arena Tours
PPG Paints Arena
1:00 PM
The Lion King (Touring)
Benedum Center
7:00 PM
John Craigie$46.07 to $58.15
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Doors at seven and the cheapest ticket is $46, which tells you what the room thinks of him.
7:00 PM
Perfect Pairing$15
Arcade Comedy Theater
7:30 PM
Rachel Harrison: White Whale Books
Bottlerocket Social Hall
White Whale putting an author on in a bar instead of a bookstore. Correct instinct.
8:00 PM
Gabe Lee and Will Overman$15 advance, $20 day of show
Club Cafe
Show at eight. Fifteen ahead, twenty at the door, so decide before Thursday and keep the five.
8:00 PM
Greggy_oke KaraokeFREE
Mr. Smalls Cafe
Free karaoke in the Cafe at eight, which means leaving early costs you nothing.
9:00 PM
Law of the Land: An Improvised Constitution$15
Arcade Comedy Theater
Improvised constitutional law at nine on a Thursday, fifteen dollars. Yes, really.
Friday September 11
5:00 PM
Gather and Brew Make-It-Now
Pittsburgh (see listing)
6:00 PM
Descendants of Crom VIII$42.73
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Night one. Doors at six, all ages, and $79.13 buys you tomorrow as well.
7:00 PM
LuenellFrom $43
Pittsburgh Improv
7:00 PM
Sketch Lab Report Vol 3$20
Arcade Comedy Theater
7:30 PM
The Lion King (Touring)
Benedum Center
8:00 PM
Mikaela Davis$20 advance, $22 day of show
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Twenty ahead, twenty two at the door. Bottlerocket is small, so the two dollars is not the part to think about.
8:00 PM
Tunes From The CryptNo cover
Mr. Smalls Cafe
No cover, eight o'clock, back room of the Cafe.
8:30 PM
The Arcade Hootenanny$15
Arcade Comedy Theater
9:00 PM
Spaghetti Disco$10
Spirit
Ten bucks and it starts at nine, so this is the one you go to after something else.
Saturday September 12
2:00 PM
Descendants of Crom VIII$61.24
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Doors at two in the afternoon, which tells you exactly what kind of day this is.
2:00 PM
The Lion King (Touring)
Benedum Center
5:00 PM
IN BED BY TEN: DJ MB 50
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Doors at five. The name is the entire pitch and it is a good one.
5:00 PM
Nerd Nite
Pittsburgh (see listing)
6:30 PM
LuenellFrom $43
Pittsburgh Improv
7:00 PM
The Arcade List$15
Arcade Comedy Theater
8:00 PM
The Charge Ups' "King for a Day" Album Release Royal Ball$20.15 advance, $23.15 day of show
The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls
Record release in the Funhouse and they are calling it a Royal Ball. Twenty and change if you buy ahead.
9:00 PM
Comedy Confidential with Brittany Alexis$18
Arcade Comedy Theater
11:00 PM
LATE NITE KARAOKEFREE
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Eleven o'clock, free, and nobody there is judging you.
Sunday September 13
9:00 AM
Pittsburgh Irish Festival$22 at the gate
Carrie Blast Furnaces
Day three at the Carrie Furnaces, and Sunday is the cheap one. Advance pricing closed on the ninth, so it is $22 at the gate.
1:00 PM
Fall Fest & The Great Pup-Kin RaceFREE
The Waterfront
Free, one until five, and it is called the Great Pup-Kin Race. No further questions.
1:00 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Atlanta Falcons
Acrisure Stadium
One o'clock at Acrisure. Bottlerocket is showing it for nothing if you would rather not.
1:00 PM
Steelers Game (vs Falcons) watch partyFREE
Bottlerocket Social Hall
Bottlerocket is putting the game on for free, doors at noon. Cheaper than Acrisure by roughly everything.
1:00 PM
The Lion King (Touring)
Benedum Center
3:00 PM
On Topic: Last Free Women with Diana KappFREE
Alphabet City
Free at Alphabet City at three, which is the civilised hour for a book event.
6:00 PM
Under the Radar: Independent Pittsburgh Improv$10
Arcade Comedy Theater
7:00 PM
Ensiferum$36.55
Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall
Third night running in that room. $36.55, doors at seven.
7:00 PM
Küf Knotz and Christine Elise w/ Buscrates and Daia$10 advance, $15 day of show
Club Cafe
Ten ahead, fifteen at the door, show at seven. Home before it is a school night.
7:30 PM
Improv Jam!$10
Arcade Comedy Theater
Ten dollars, half seven, and anyone can get up.