Things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: October 1 to 4, 2026

Noon to ten Friday and Saturday, noon to eight Sunday. Free to walk in, the beer is not. It runs through the 11th if this weekend is spoken for.

Opening night is Friday. Gates at 6:30, last entry at ten, and it runs through November 1 if this weekend does not work.

Friday and Saturday at seven in Allentown. All ages, theater seating, $25.

Five shows through Sunday: Friday at 7 and 9:30, Saturday at 6:30 and 9, Sunday at 6. The late ones are the cheap ones.

Seven o'clock in McKees Rocks. The listing gives no price, so check before you commit.

Sixty-four local comics in a bracket joke tournament. Doors at six, jokes at seven, all ages, $15 ahead or $20 at the door.

Honeck conducts, Kirill Gerstein plays the Brahms Second Piano Concerto, and Mendelssohn's Italian is on the program too. Friday at 7:30, again Sunday at 2:30, when seats run $32 to $119.

Doors at seven, show at 7:30, all ages. Deux Visages and Colatura open. $28.50 ahead, $33.50 on the day.

Hometown show, eight o'clock in the Lower Hill. The listing gives no price.

Opening night of the festival in Lawrenceville, pay what you can. The film is at 8:30, with free food and drinks at Bierport from 7:30.

Homecoming in Moon, two o'clock kickoff. With the Steelers and Pitt both out of town, this is the football.

Three to nine at the furnaces. Iron casting, blacksmithing, glassmaking and bands, in the tenth year of it. $25 ahead, $30 on the day, under 18 free.

Seven o'clock in McKees Rocks. If you owned a glow stick in 1999, this one is yours. No price on the listing.

First home game of the season, seven o'clock against Montreal.

The bassist brings a quintet to the North Side at 7:30, put on by Kente Arts Alliance. $45.

Comedy downtown at eight, $15. The title is the premise.

Halloween burlesque on the South Side. Doors at seven, show at eight, $20, and you need to be 21.

Eight o'clock at the Wylie. You know every word and you know it. No price on the listing.

Seventeen years of this soul and funk party in Lawrenceville. Five bucks before nine, ten after, and it goes until two.

Two bands sharing a bill at the Funhouse in Millvale. Doors at seven, show at eight, all ages, $12 ahead or $15 on the day.

A witchy handmade market, noon to six at the Convention Center. $20 at the gate, kids ten and under free.

One to six, free to get in. About a dozen taco vendors, and wrestling, because why not.

Tuesday Musical Club's free concert in East Liberty at two, with the Edgewood Symphony and the Afro American Music Institute. Free, but they want you to register.

Yona Harvey launches the new book on the North Side at three, with Khirsten L. Scott. Free.

Seven o'clock in McKees Rocks. No price on the listing.

Firewall Dance Theater's Halloween cabaret in Lawrenceville, with Bre Short playing live. Doors at six, show at seven, 18 and up. Seats are sold in twos and fours, $37.67 to $54.65.

A hundred-year-old Foreign Legion picture in a new 4K restoration, with the Pittsburgh Film Orchestra playing live under it. Seven o'clock downtown.

Eight o'clock at the Wylie. No price on the listing.

Doors at seven, show at eight, all ages. Nobody else does what she does. The page shows no price.

A live drag cabaret doing Lady Gaga in Lawrenceville. Doors at seven, show at eight, 21 and up, $15 ahead or $20 at the door.