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222 Ormsby
Event Venue · 222 Ormsby Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, US
222 Ormsby is a small independent music venue in Pittsburgh’s South Side area, associated primarily with punk, rock, and other local or touring DIY shows. Public event listings continue to identify the venue at 222 Ormsby Avenue.
A.J. Palumbo Center
Entertainment venue · 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
The former A.J. Palumbo Center site is now UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse, Duquesne University’s home for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. The renovated facility retains the Palumbo name at its main atrium and gate.
ACT ONE
Educational Institution · 453 Dawson Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, US
ACT ONE Theatre School has provided student-centered theatre education to Pittsburgh-area young people since 1986. Its programs develop acting, music, creativity, confidence, and performance skills from kindergarten through high school.
Alumni Theater Company
Performing Arts Theater · 6601 Hamilton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, US
Alumni Theater Company creates theatrical work that centers the experiences and voices of young Black artists. Its year-round education, performance, mentorship, workforce-development, and community programs serve middle-school, high-school, and post-high-school ensembles.
Aria412
Performing Arts Theater · 5601 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, US
Aria412 is a Pittsburgh nonprofit performing-arts company connecting audiences and local artists through opera, art song, musical theatre, popular repertoire, original productions, and free concerts in relaxed community settings.
Art Rooney Stadium
Entertainment venue · 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field is Duquesne University’s on-campus stadium for football, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s lacrosse. Opened in 1993, it includes permanent grandstand seating, concessions, restrooms, a press box, FieldTurf, and downtown Pittsburgh views.
August Wilson Center
Entertainment venue · 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center is a Pittsburgh arts institution devoted to the African American journey and the African Diaspora through exhibitions, live performance, learning, and community programs. Its downtown facility includes galleries, studios, gathering spaces, and a 486-seat main theater.
Aurora Innovation, Inc.
Entertainment venue · 1654 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Aurora Innovation is a self-driving technology company headquartered in Pittsburgh, not a public entertainment venue. Its Smallman Street facility is a corporate office and engineering location.
Baldwin High School
Entertainment venue · 4653 Clairton Blv, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Baldwin High School is a Baldwin-Whitehall public high school with an auditorium, stage, athletic facilities, and campus spaces used for student theater, concerts, sports, ceremonies, meetings, and community events.
Bellefield Hall Auditorium
Auditorium · 315 S Bellefield Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
Bellefield Hall Auditorium is a 676-seat University of Pittsburgh performance space used for Department of Music recitals, concerts, showcases, and university events. The historic 1926 building also houses music facilities, recreation spaces, and university offices.
Benedum Center
Entertainment venue · 237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Benedum Center is a 2,800-seat Pittsburgh Cultural Trust theater and a focal point of the Cultural District. It hosts Broadway, ballet, opera, concerts, and community presentations in a restored historic auditorium.
Benedum Hall
Association Or Organization · 3700 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
Michael L. Benedum Hall is the University of Pittsburgh’s principal engineering building, containing classrooms, laboratories, offices, conference rooms, and an adjoining lecture-hall and auditorium complex. It is an academic facility rather than a general commercial venue.
Black Forge Coffee House
Entertainment venue · 1206 Arlington Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15210, USA
Black Forge Coffee House was a heavy-metal-themed coffee shop and intimate event space at 1206 Arlington Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood. The original operators announced a transition away from the Black Forge name, so this should be treated as a legacy venue identity rather than a dependable current event listing.
Bricolage Production Company
Performing Arts Theater · 1256 Franklin Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, US
Bricolage Production Company is a Pittsburgh nonprofit known for immersive theater, live-radio-style productions, and participatory performance. Its administrative base moved from downtown to Community Forge in Wilkinsburg, and individual productions may occur there or at partner venues.
Brillobox
Entertainment venue · 4104 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Brillobox is a Lawrenceville bar, restaurant, and independent arts venue. Its second floor presents concerts, DJ dance parties, comedy, spoken word, screenings, art events, fundraisers, and other community programming.
Byham Theater
Entertainment venue · 101 6th street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Byham Theater is a historic 1,313-seat performing-arts venue in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. Opened in 1903 as the Gayety Theater, it now presents theater, dance, music, film, comedy, and family programming under the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.
CAPA
Entertainment venue · 111 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Pittsburgh CAPA 6–12 is the city’s public creative and performing arts magnet school in the Downtown Cultural District. Its theater, concert, gallery, and instructional spaces support student productions, concerts, showcases, school programs, and selected public events.
COhatch Southside Works
Entertainment venue · 2681 Sidney St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, US
COhatch Southside Works is a coworking, office, meeting, and event facility in Pittsburgh. It offers conference rooms, a large flexible event space, private offices, kitchen access, phone booths, and shared workplace amenities.
Candlelight Concerts
Event Venue · 328 Sixth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Candlelight Concerts is a touring Fever concert series that presents small classical ensembles and themed tribute programs in changing Pittsburgh landmarks, hotels, churches, and event spaces. The address on this record is one possible host location, not a permanent Candlelight venue.
Carnegie Lecture Hall
Entertainment venue · 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Carnegie Lecture Hall is a presentation and performance room within the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History complex in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Museum talks, lectures, films, educational programs, and special events use the hall.
Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
Entertainment venue · 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
Carnegie Music Hall is a restored historic auditorium within the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History complex in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. The hall presents concerts, lectures, ceremonies, meetings, and special programs, while its ornate foyer is also used for receptions and private events.
Cattivo
Entertainment venue · 146 44th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA
Cattivo was a long-running two-level bar, restaurant, dance club, and live-music venue at 146 44th Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. The address now operates as SideQuest on 44th, an independent bar, kitchen, and venue booking local collectives, touring DJs, and late-night events.
Charity Randall Theatre
Entertainment venue · 4301 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Charity Randall Theatre is the University of Pittsburgh’s historic proscenium theater inside the Stephen Foster Memorial. It is the principal home of Pitt Stages productions and also hosts university programs and guest companies.
Citizens Live at The Wylie
Event Venue · 1201 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, US
Citizens Live at The Wylie is a new live-music and entertainment venue in Pittsburgh’s historic Lower Hill District. The 98,500-square-foot Live Nation venue is designed for audiences up to 4,500 and incorporates visual and architectural references to the neighborhood’s musical history.
City Theatre
Entertainment venue · 1300 Bingham St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
City Theatre is a professional Pittsburgh theater devoted to contemporary plays and new voices. Its South Side campus presents a main season, readings, artist-development programs, education work, and community events in an intimate setting.
City Winery Pittsburgh
Entertainment venue · 1627 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
City Winery Pittsburgh is a winery, restaurant, intimate seated concert venue, and private-event destination in the historic Strip District Terminal. It pairs live music and comedy with locally made wine, food, and table service during many shows.
Club Cafe
Live Music Venue · 56 S 12th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, US
Club Cafe is an intimate live-music room and bar on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Its stage has hosted emerging and established singer-songwriters, indie, rock, folk, country, and alternative artists, along with occasional community and book events.
Crafthouse
Entertainment venue · 5024 Curry Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
Crafthouse Stage & Grill is a restaurant, bar, live-music venue, bowling and entertainment complex in Pittsburgh’s South Hills. Its professional stage presents touring and local rock, tribute, country, metal, R&B, and specialty events alongside dining and private parties.
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Entertainment venue · 164 Fort Couch Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241, USA
This record reflects a former or event-specific Slapsticks Productions comedy location at 164 Fort Couch Road rather than a permanent standalone comedy club. Slapsticks remains an active Pittsburgh-area comedy producer and booking company presenting public shows, hotel packages, fundraisers, corporate entertainment, and private events at changing locations.
Cupples Stadium
Entertainment venue · 930 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
Cupples Stadium is a Pittsburgh Public Schools outdoor athletic stadium on the South Side used for high-school football, soccer, track, and other district events. The Pittsburgh Thunderbirds website attached to this record is outdated for the venue; the team currently sells home tickets for Highmark Stadium.
Diesel Club Lounge
Entertainment venue · 1601 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
This record uses a former name. The nightclub at 1601 East Carson Street operated as Diesel Club Lounge, then Foxtail, and is currently presented as Avalon Social. The South Side venue offers a nightlife, bar, dancing, DJ, reservation, and private-event experience.
Dormont Recreation Center
Entertainment venue · 1801 Dormont Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216, USA
Dormont Recreation Center is a borough-owned year-round community rental hall on the second floor of the Dormont Pool building. It accommodates meetings, celebrations, fundraisers, classes, and private events with tables, chairs, a kitchen, and air conditioning.
Dormont VFW - Veterans of Foreign War Post 694
Entertainment venue · 3014 W Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, US
McCormick-Dorman VFW Post 694 is an active veterans organization, social post, community gathering space, and rental hall in Dormont. Established in 1933, it supports veterans and families while hosting meetings, bingo, darts, community events, fundraisers, and private occasions.
Eddy Theatre
Performing Arts Theater · 107 Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
Eddy Theatre is Chatham University’s campus theater on the Shadyside campus in Pittsburgh. It supports university theater, film, lectures, student programs, ceremonies, and selected public events.
Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium at the Kaufmann Center
Auditorium · 1825 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, US
Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium is a community performance and gathering space within the historic Kaufmann Center in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. It has hosted jazz, theater, lectures, civic meetings, celebrations, and neighborhood arts programs.
Emma Lazarus, Art and Music
Live Music Venue · 1808 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, US
Emma Lazarus Art and Music is an independent all-ages community arts and music venue in Pittsburgh’s Carrick neighborhood. It supports open mics, jam sessions, poetry, visual art, community meetings, informal performances, tours, and rentals.
F.N.B. Stadium
Entertainment venue · 510 West Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
F.N.B. Stadium is a 5,000-seat soccer-specific stadium at Station Square on Pittsburgh’s South Shore. Opened in 2013 as Highmark Stadium and renamed in 2026, it is home to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and also hosts other sports, concerts, festivals, and private events.
Foxtail
Entertainment venue · 1601 E Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
Foxtail was a nightlife venue at 1601 East Carson Street in Pittsburgh’s South Side. The same address now operates as Avalon Social, a multilevel nightclub and rooftop event venue hosting DJs, dance nights, touring parties, private events, and social gatherings.
Genesius Theater
Entertainment venue · 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
Genesius Theater is Duquesne University’s intimate campus performance facility and the home of the Red Masquers, Pennsylvania’s oldest continuously producing theater company. The academic venue includes a 120-seat black-box theater, rehearsal hall, lobby, and support spaces for theater, music, and multimedia work.
George Rowland White Performance Center
Performing Arts Theater · 201 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Point Park University’s George Rowland White Performance Center houses dance studios and the flexible George Rowland White Performance Studio in downtown Pittsburgh. The convertible 188-seat venue supports Conservatory dance, theater, student work, rehearsals, workshops, and experimental performance formats.
Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center
Entertainment venue · 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA
Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center is both the home of numerous Masonic lodges and a public event facility in Ross Township. Its auditorium, ballroom, banquet hall, meeting rooms, patio, commercial kitchen, and AV systems host performances, weddings, meetings, fundraisers, seminars, and community programs.
Grey Box Theatre
Performing Arts Theater · 3595 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, US
Grey Box Theatre is a flexible storefront-style arts and event space in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. The room hosts independent theater, dance, comedy, music, rehearsals, workshops, community programs, private events, and short-run productions by changing presenters.
Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh
Entertainment venue · 230 W. Station Square Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh was a restaurant, bar, memorabilia attraction, and live-music venue in Station Square. After more than two decades of concerts, comedy, community benefits, dining, and private events, the Pittsburgh location permanently closed on February 14, 2025.
Heinz Hall
Entertainment venue · 600 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts is the historic home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in the Cultural District. The grand concert hall hosts orchestral series, touring concerts, films with live music, family programming, lectures, special events, and community activities throughout the year.
Henry Heymann Theatre
Entertainment venue · 4301 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
The Henry Heymann Theatre is an intimate thrust-stage venue on the lower level of the University of Pittsburgh’s Stephen Foster Memorial. Created in 2000 from a former social room, it presents Pitt Stages productions, student work, readings, guest performances, and university theater activities with seating on three sides.
Hillman Center for Performing Arts
Entertainment venue · 423 Fox Chapel Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, USA
The Hillman Center for Performing Arts is Shady Side Academy’s 34,000-square-foot teaching and performance complex on its Upper School campus. It houses the Richard E. Rauh proscenium theater, Peter J. Kountz Black Box, plaza, gallery, recording and rehearsal rooms, and hosts student, community, professional, and family programming.
Howler's Coyote Cafe
Entertainment venue · 4509 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
Howler’s Coyote Cafe was a small independent Pittsburgh bar and live-music club known for local and touring rock, punk, roots, and alternative acts. The Bloomfield venue closed in 2020, and its attempted East Liberty continuation also ceased operations; it is not a current public venue.
James Laughlin Music Hall
Concert Hall · 242 Chapel Hill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
James Laughlin Music Hall is an academic performance and teaching venue on Chatham University’s historic Shadyside campus. It supports concerts, recitals, lectures, university ceremonies, classes, and community events within the university’s music and arts programming.
James Street GastroPub
Entertainment venue · 422 Foreland Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy was a Pittsburgh North Side restaurant, bar, and jazz venue with a downstairs speakeasy and upstairs performance room. It closed in November 2017 and is not a current operating venue, despite surviving archived listings and plans once discussed for the building.
KST's Alloy Studios
Performing Arts Theater · 5530 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, US
KST’s Alloy Studios is Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s flexible performance and rehearsal facility in Pittsburgh’s East End. It contains a 70-seat downstairs black-box studio and an upstairs dance and rehearsal studio used for performances, film screenings, workshops, classes, meetings, parties, rehearsals, and artist residencies.
Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Entertainment venue · 5941 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Kelly Strayhorn Theater is a historic 347-seat proscenium theater and community arts institution in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood. Named for Pittsburgh natives Gene Kelly and Billy Strayhorn, it supports performance, film, artist development, community dialogue, rentals, and programming centered on Black, queer, and other historically resilient voices.
Keystone Oaks Auditorium
Entertainment venue · 1000 Kelton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, USA
Keystone Oaks Auditorium is a school performance space within Keystone Oaks High School at 1000 Kelton Avenue. It is used for district concerts, theater, assemblies, and community presentations; the stored Pittsburgh Theatre Organ Society website refers to a presenter rather than the school venue’s current operator.
Lava Lounge
Entertainment venue · 2204 E. Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
Lava Lounge was a South Side Pittsburgh bar and live-entertainment venue at 2204 East Carson Street. Current commercial leasing material describes the space as previously occupied by Lava Lounge and available for lease, so the venue should be treated as closed unless a new operator announces otherwise.
Legacy Arts Project Inc
Association Or Organization · 7227 Tioga St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, US
Legacy Arts Project is a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and creating Africana arts for healing, education, and empowerment. It offers dance, drumming, spoken word, visual art, youth and adult programs, workshops, and community cultural events.
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
Entertainment venue · 1815 Metropolitan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, USA
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild is a Pittsburgh nonprofit arts, music, and education organization whose MCG Jazz program presents world-class jazz in an intimate concert hall at the William E. Strickland Jr. Building. The facility also supports youth arts, exhibitions, archives, recording, and education.
Morgan-Lee Arts Centre
Entertainment venue · 2900 Bedford Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, US
The Morgan-Lee Arts Centre is an active arts campus in Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District and home of Hill Dance Academy Theatre. The approximately 29,000-square-foot former school campus supports pre-professional dance education, rehearsals, artists, community programs, performances, and phased facility improvements.
Mr. Roboto Project
Event Venue · 5106 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, US
The Mr. Roboto Project is an active volunteer-run DIY music and arts space in Pittsburgh. It is a sober, all-ages-oriented venue supporting independent and local performers, community events, and rentals without an in-house booking agent.
Musical Mysteries & More
Performing Arts Theater · 2316 Hawthorne Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, US
Musical Mysteries & More is an active Pittsburgh-area touring entertainment company presenting scripted, interactive musical murder-mystery dinner shows. Professional actors perform three short acts with comedy, songs, audience clues, and a final guess, at restaurants, wineries, banquet centers, fundraisers, and private events.
Nandanik Dance Troupe
Association Or Organization · 26 Carleton Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15243, US
Nandanik Dance Troupe is an active Pittsburgh-based nonprofit dedicated to preserving, presenting, and teaching Indian classical dance, especially Bharatanatyam. It produces festivals and performances, lecture-demonstrations, workshops, school programs, cultural collaborations, outreach, and benefit events.
National Opera House
Historical Landmark · 7101 Apple St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, US
Pittsburgh’s National Opera House is the historic Apple Street home where Mary Cardwell Dawson founded the National Negro Opera Company in 1941. The nonprofit is stabilizing and restoring the nationally significant site for future arts, education, community programming, archives, and interpretation.
North Hills Art Center
Entertainment venue · 3432 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, US
North Hills Art Center is an active Pittsburgh nonprofit community arts organization providing classes, workshops, camps, open studios, gallery exhibitions, membership, financial aid, and creative opportunities for children, teens, adults, amateur artists, and professionals.
North Hills Chorale
Live Music Venue · 8150 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, US
North Hills Chorale is an active volunteer, non-audition adult community choir serving greater Pittsburgh. Established as an independent ensemble in 2002, it promotes music literacy and appreciation through rehearsals, seasonal concerts, charitable performances, and opportunities for singers with varied experience.
PIttsburgh Improv Comedy Club
Entertainment venue · 166 East Bridge Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15120, USA
Pittsburgh Improv is an active comedy club and dining showroom in The Waterfront at Homestead. The expanded venue seats about 400 and presents nationally touring headliners, local comics, showcases, private events, fundraisers, live music, and DJs with food and beverage service.
PPU Pittsburgh Playhouse
Event Venue · 350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Pittsburgh Playhouse is Point Park University’s active downtown performing-arts center and teaching laboratory. Its PNC Theatre, Highmark Theatre, Rauh Theatre, George Rowland White Performance Center, studios, lounges, plaza, and terrace host student, professional, community, and special-event programming.
Philip Chosky Theatre at Carnegie Mellon University
Entertainment venue · 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
The Philip Chosky Theater is Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama’s premier performance venue inside the Purnell Center for the Arts. The flexible theater accommodates up to 450 patrons and supports the school’s public season of plays, musicals, dance, opera, and other large-scale student productions.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Association Or Organization · 2900 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, US
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre is an active professional ballet company and school. Its Liberty Avenue Byham Center for Dance houses administrative offices, studios, education, community programs, and classes, while most public mainstage productions occur at the Benedum Center and selected programs use the Byham Theater, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, or other announced venues.
Pittsburgh Center For Arts & Media
Entertainment venue · 1047 Shady Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media is an active nonprofit arts-education organization at its historic Shadyside campus beside Mellon Park. It offers classes, workshops, camps, artist resources, community programs, and instruction across ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, fibers, jewelry, media, and other visual arts.
Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Performing Arts Theater · 327 S Main St, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, US
Pittsburgh Musical Theater is an active nonprofit musical-theater producer and performing-arts education organization. Its West End campus contains the approximately 250-seat Off-Broadway-style Gargaro Theater, the outdoor West End Canopy, conservatory and production facilities, while additional professional productions appear at downtown partner venues such as the Byham Theater.
Pittsburgh Opera
Entertainment venue · 2425 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
Pittsburgh Opera is an active professional opera company presenting a season of classic and contemporary work, world premieres, education, artist development, and community programs. Its 2425 Liberty Avenue Bitz Opera Factory houses offices and the flexible George R. White Studio; larger productions primarily use the Benedum Center and other Cultural District venues.
Pittsburgh Paints Arena
Entertainment venue · 1001 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
The current venue is PPG Paints Arena, an active multipurpose indoor arena in downtown Pittsburgh and home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. It hosts hockey, major touring concerts, family entertainment, comedy, sports, and special events. The stored “Pittsburgh Paints Arena” name is not the arena’s official current name.
Pittsburgh Playhouse
Entertainment venue · 222 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Pittsburgh Playhouse is Point Park University’s active downtown performing-arts center and home to Conservatory Theatre, Dance, and professional programming. The modern complex hosts plays, musicals, dance, concerts, festivals, lectures, and community events. The stored 222 Craft Avenue address is its former Oakland home and has been obsolete since the Playhouse moved in 2018.
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
Performing Arts Theater · 3401 Milwaukee St, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, US
Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company is an active professional company devoted to Pittsburgh-connected playwrights and stories. Its primary home is the Madison Arts & Entertainment Center, a former school in the Upper Hill, with additional outdoor productions at August Wilson House.
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Entertainment venue · 621 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Pittsburgh Public Theater is in a major organizational transition after legally merging with Pittsburgh CLO in July 2026. Public Theater programming continues at the O’Reilly Theater and other Cultural District venues while the combined company develops its new identity and future year-round season.
Prime Stage Rehearsal Studio
Association Or Organization · 840 Saw Mill Run Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, US
Prime Stage Rehearsal Studio is the working rehearsal and education base of Prime Stage Theatre at 840 Saw Mill Run Boulevard. It supports rehearsals, workshops, classes, artist gatherings, and special programs. It is not the company’s regular public performance venue; ticketed productions and student matinees are presented at New Hazlett Theater.
Prime Stage Theatre
Entertainment venue · 6 Allegheny Square E, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
Prime Stage Theatre is an active Pittsburgh nonprofit that brings literature and history to life through professional theater, student matinees, education, outreach, discussions, and accessible programming. Its public productions take place at New Hazlett Theater on the North Side; the company also maintains a separate Saw Mill Run rehearsal studio.
Quantum Theatre
Performing Arts Theater · 212 45th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, US
Quantum Theatre is an active Pittsburgh company known for immersive productions staged in a different unconventional location for each project. It transforms warehouses, parks, historic buildings, industrial sites, and other nontraditional spaces rather than maintaining a fixed public theater. The stored 45th Street address should not be assumed to be the audience venue.
Rea Coffeehouse
Live Music Venue · 102 Woodland Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
Rea Coffeehouse is an active student-run creative and performance space in the basement of Rea House, a Chatham University residence hall. It hosts free indie-music shows, open mics, poetry readings, writing workshops, and other university events. It is a campus room rather than a commercial coffee shop or continuously open public venue.
Rex Theater
Entertainment venue · 1602 E. Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
The Rex Theater was a historic South Side Pittsburgh concert venue at 1602 East Carson Street. The Rex name is inactive and has no current official events; the same building has more recently been marketed as Enclave. Drusky Entertainment now lists Enclave as a venue but does not treat Rex as a current operating name.
Riverfront Theater Company
Event Venue · 285 River Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15215, US
Riverfront Theater Company is an active volunteer community-theater organization with a 65-year history. It typically produces three shows per year, mentors young artists, and presents performances and community events at its home in Allegheny RiverTrail Park and at occasional partner venues.
Romp n' Roll Pittsburgh, PA
Gym · 6600 Hamilton Ave #200, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, US
Romp n' Roll Pittsburgh is an active early-childhood enrichment center for children from 3 months through 5 years. It offers instructor-led gym, music, art, science, cooking, dance, and sports classes, open play, camps, private birthday parties, and parent-child activities.
Rosemary Heyl Theatre
University · 3333 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
Rosemary Heyl Theatre is an active professional performance space in Antonian Hall on Carlow University’s Pittsburgh campus. It hosts University Theatre Group productions, student and community performances, lectures, panels, orientations, and public cultural programs.
Saltworks Theatre Company
Association Or Organization · 939 California Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15202, US
Saltworks Theatre Company is an active Pittsburgh educational theater organization. Its professional touring actors take issue-based assembly plays into schools, while its Young Actors Studio offers supportive acting classes, camps, and performances at Greenstone United Methodist Church at 939 California Avenue.
Sankofa Village for the Arts
Non Profit Organization · 201 N Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, US
Sankofa Village for the Arts is an active Pittsburgh community arts organization and gathering place dedicated to preserving culture through the arts. Its programming includes music, dance, visual art, workshops, celebrations, youth and family activities, and community events.
Shred Shed
Live Music Venue · 732 E Warrington Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, US
Shred Shed is an active independent all-ages DIY music venue in Pittsburgh’s Allentown neighborhood. The basement space at 732 East Warrington Avenue hosts punk, metal, hardcore, experimental music, and community events; current 2026 concert listings confirm that the venue remains in use.
Slapsticks Comedy Club / Funny Fundraiser®
Comedy Club · 4480 Steubenville Pike, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, US
Slapsticks Productions is an active Pittsburgh-based mobile comedy producer and booking company, not a reliably verified public club at the stored Steubenville Pike address. For more than 30 years it has supplied comedians, MCs, stage, sound, lighting, corporate entertainment, virtual programs, and its Funny Fundraiser package at client-selected venues.
Smiling Moose
Entertainment venue · 1306 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
The original Smiling Moose bar and upstairs music venue at 1306 East Carson Street permanently closed in 2025. The brand continues restaurant operations in Cranberry Township and Grove City, but those businesses are different destinations and the former South Side building is not a current Smiling Moose venue.
Spirit
Entertainment venue · 120 51st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA
Spirit is an active three-level, approximately 15,000-square-foot music venue, event space, rooftop garden bar, pizzeria, and restaurant in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood. Its Hall and Lodge host concerts, dance nights, community events, and private functions alongside dining and seasonal rooftop service.
Stage AE
Event Venue · 400 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, US
Stage AE is an active indoor-outdoor concert complex on Pittsburgh’s North Shore beside Acrisure Stadium. Its reversible stage supports an indoor music hall, outdoor amphitheater, and smaller Club at Stage AE, allowing configurations from intimate shows to crowds of roughly 5,000.
Steel City Improv
Event Venue · 5950 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
Steel City Improv Theater is an active long-form improv training organization and performance community in Pittsburgh. Founded in 2010, it operates at Ellsworth Arts & Events Space in Shadyside, offering multiweek classes, jams, student performances, workshops, and occasional public shows.
Sunken Bus Studios
Event Venue · 3312 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, US
Sunken Bus Studios is an active collaborative production facility and live-entertainment venue in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. The large complex combines a seated showroom, event and private-rental space, creative studios, offices, and post-production capabilities, with a public calendar emphasizing stand-up comedy, variety, music, and special events.
The Comedy Bar
Comedy Club · 2151 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15209, US
The Comedy Bar Pittsburgh is an active stand-up comedy club inside Remo’s Event Center on Babcock Boulevard. The approximately 200-seat showroom presents national touring headliners, regional comedians, and local showcases, with food and bar service available during performances.
The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner Show - Pittsburgh, PA
Performing Arts Theater · 1320 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, US
The Dinner Detective Pittsburgh is an active interactive true-crime comedy dinner show at the Cambria Pittsburgh Downtown. Undercover performers blend into the audience while detectives lead a live mystery; the ticket includes a multi-course plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, the show, and a prize package for the Top Sleuth.
The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens
Art Museum · 7227 Reynolds St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, US
The Frick Pittsburgh is an active ten-acre art, history, nature, and garden campus in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood. The site includes the Grable Visitor Center, The Frick Art Museum, the Clayton historic house, the Car and Carriage Museum, greenhouse, gardens, and The Café at the Frick.
The Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh
Entertainment venue · 230 W. Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
Hard Rock Cafe Pittsburgh permanently closed on February 14, 2025 after nearly 23 years at Station Square. The former one-story restaurant and concert venue had indoor seating for 200, a 70-person patio, an exposed-brick stage, music memorabilia, dining, private events, and live entertainment.
The Harris Theatre
Entertainment venue · 809 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
The Harris Theater is an active 194-seat Pittsburgh Cultural Trust cinema and performance venue at 809 Liberty Avenue. Restored and reopened in 1995, it presents contemporary, foreign, classic, repertory, and independent films plus live programs, retaining working 35mm projectors alongside current digital captioning and audio-description equipment.
The Heritage Players
Association Or Organization · 1900 Pioneer Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, US
The Heritage Players is an active nonprofit community-theater company serving Pittsburgh’s South Hills. Founded in Bethel Park in 1997 and based at the Elizabeth Seton Center in Brookline since 2013, it typically produces two plays and one musical each season and welcomes community members regardless of prior theater experience.
The Magic Lantern
Service · 5001 Baum Blvd #suite 490, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
The Magic Lantern at 5001 Baum Boulevard is an active Pittsburgh video-production and interactive-media company, not a public movie theater or ticketed entertainment venue. Founded in 1973, it creates films, touchscreen interactives, museum exhibitions, rail simulators, immersive installations, and 4D theater experiences for client sites.
The Original Pittsburgh Winery
Entertainment venue · 2809 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, US
The Original Pittsburgh Winery was an independent Strip District winery, tasting room, and intimate live-music venue with an underground Cellar and a second stage. Opened in 2011, it presented singer-songwriters, bands, comedy, and wine experiences before permanently closing on August 15, 2026. This record is historical, not a current destination.
The Rock Comedy Show Live
Comedy Club · 700 River Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, US
The Rock Comedy Show is an active touring comedy and recorded-entertainment production based in the Pittsburgh region. The 700 River Avenue, Suite 335 record points to an office within the Riverside Center for Innovation, not a confirmed walk-in comedy club or regularly scheduled public performance room.
The Roots Cellar
Concert Hall · 6300 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, US
The Roots Cellar is Calliope’s intimate lower-level folk-music room in the Marshall Building at Mellon Park. It presents all-ages concerts by local, national, and international roots artists as part of Calliope’s nonprofit music programming.
The Smiling Moose
Entertainment venue · 1306 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA
The Smiling Moose’s original South Side bar and live-music venue at 1306 East Carson Street closed at the end of May 2025 after 23 years. The company continues other restaurant and brewery locations in Cranberry Township and Grove City, but this Pittsburgh venue record is historical.
The Space Upstairs
Art Gallery · 214 N Lexington St, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, US
The Space Upstairs is an active 4,000-square-foot warehouse-gallery loft and home of The Pillow Project in Pittsburgh. Its couch-filled, projection-rich environment hosts improvisational dance, live jazz, long-form music, workshops, visual art, and participatory creative gatherings including Second Saturdays.
The Twentieth Century Club
Entertainment venue · 4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
The Twentieth Century Club was a historic Pittsburgh women’s social organization and private event venue with an Art Deco ballroom at 4201 Bigelow Boulevard. The club dissolved and sold the building to the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. This is a historical record, not a current public venue listing.
Thunderbird Cafe and Music Hall
Entertainment venue · 4053 Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, US
Thunderbird Café & Music Hall is an active independent concert venue, bar, and event space in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood. It presents local and touring music, comedy, dance events, and private functions across the historic café and music-hall spaces.
Union Project
Entertainment venue · 801 N Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Union Project is an active nonprofit arts, ceramics, community, and event center in a restored former church in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty and Highland Park area. It offers studios, classes, workshops, exhibitions, performances, markets, community gatherings, and private rentals.
University Club
Event Venue · 123 University Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, US
The University Club is an active University of Pittsburgh conference, dining, wedding, banquet, and campus-event center in Oakland. The historic building hosts meetings, receptions, lunches, dinners, academic programs, weddings, showers, and cultural or community events with in-house planning and catering.
WQED
Entertainment venue · 4802 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
WQED is Pittsburgh’s active nonprofit public television and radio organization and production facility in Oakland. Its Fifth Avenue headquarters contains television studios, the historic Fred Rogers Studio, radio operations, offices, and spaces used for recordings, screenings, educational programs, and invited public events; it is not a conventional walk-in theater.
Xtaza Nightclub
Entertainment venue · 1620 Smallman Stree, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA
Xtaza Nightclub was a large concert and nightlife venue in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. It is permanently closed, and the Smallman Street building has been repurposed for other businesses; resale pages showing no events are historical listings rather than an active calendar.
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