Events in Pittsburgh This Weekend

Friday Night Specials: Same + Gaadge

Live music in the Winnifred Lutz Garden featuring Same and Gaadge.

K.O.S., Dollhouse, Acid Casualties, Kartel, Savage Pleasure, Infernal Spawn, and The Kron

A heavy multi-band metal and punk showcase at Spirit Downstairs as part of skull fest 16

Same & Gaadge Live

Same and Gaadge play together live outdoors at the Mattress Factory as part of Friday Night Specials.

Mau Maus, Dropdead, Vitamin X, State, Agonista, Life Abuse, and Grassy Knoll

hardcore punk attack friday night at spirit

NeoStem / The Pump Fakes / The Pooks

3 Pittsburgh bands who rock in 3 different ways: NeoStem, The Pump Fakes, and The Pooks.

Victor Vieira-Branco's Bark Culture

Free jazz trio Bark Culture from Philadelphia tours in support of their new LP 'The Giant is Awkward' with local support from Dylan Zeh's Ecstatic Truth Quartet.

The Station Presents: Forever For A Day, Guillermo Guillotine, Wheretheforsynthiablooms, Year of the Snake

A heavy underground showcase featuring emoviolence, poetic post-hardcore, and MI skramz at a diy sober space in Pittsburgh.

Throwback ThirstTrap Pole Dance Exhibition

The Government Center’s first pole dancing event, DJed by Icy Pisces.

CHIRPS Fantasy Soundtrack Vol. II Release Show

A free release show for CHIRPS Fantasy Soundtrack Vol. II featuring live music and RPG gaming at Hazel Grove Brewing in Pittsburgh.

Darkroom w/ Faerie Fey, Bedlamboy and guest Aconite

Goth, industrial, and dark alt dance night featuring DJs Faerie Fey, Bedlamboy, and special guest DJ Aconite at Side Quest.

Beneath the Surface

A DJ event focusing on deep and minimal music featuring Paul Fleetwood and uVu at Poetry Lounge on August 21st.

The Unplugged Society, Woolly Bear Books, & More Than Words present: The GOLD STAR Party!

Hardcore Matinee w/ Vitamin X, Poison Ruin, Alienator, Dollhouse, Stepmother, Peace Talks, Vulgares, Tower of One, Skeksis, Disciple, Heavy Smoker

Skull Fest 16 brings together a massive lineup of punk and hardcore bands for an all-ages day show at Prevention Point in Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH CAT WALK

A whimsical walking tour of the cats of Brighton Heights

Death Side, Final Conflict, Lifeless Dark, Deadsky, Ultimatum

Skull Fest 16: Profane Existence 37 Years Anniversary Party

Commitment, Lake Lanier, Survival Tactics, Pucker Up!, Zero Sum, Dizeaze

saturday night downstairs at spirit as part of SKULL FEST 16

Effigies, No Time, Liberty & Justice, Direct Thread, Gavl, Last Protocol, DJ Drago

Comeback of the Boot!

Grybus / Skeletonized / Farm Gold Ensemble / Black Mist / Last Baptist Church

Five-band underground rock and experimental showcase at Green Beacon Gallery in Greensburg, PA.

Hiroe / Flatwaves / Amplifiers / Funerals

Philadelphia instrumental post-rock band Hiroe returns to The Government Center.

sun turret / plasma arc / amleto (+ VJ bagofbims)

live electronic music and live visuals on planet tatooine

Kwarter Zip / Gordie Howe Hat Trick / Solitude / Blandest / Benny Benji

Five-band emo and indie punk bill at the Mr. Roboto Project.

Violet Ray / Psych Ward Grips / The Femaliens / Suprabeast

Cleveland skate punk band Violet Ray headlines an all-ages DIY show at 222 Ormsby.

Interconnected

A rave night featuring happy hardcore, hard techno, gabber, drum and bass, and jungle at Club Pittsburgh.

Sleazy Femme Film Fest

An experimental film festival featuring femme filmmakers with live scores at Glitterbox Theater.

Trundle Manor: Psychomania + The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue

Steel City Bass: Dino Divas

An all-femme bass music night at Vault 412 featuring RLYHOT, Drucifer, Lexa Terrestrial, and more.

DR. CAT AT SHADY GROVE

Dr. Cat performs live at Shady Grove on August 22nd at 10PM.

Planet Lush

A late-night DJ dance party at Brillobox featuring DJs Lemonline, Ron Mist, and Tiza.

Skull Fest 16 After Party

The official Skull Fest 16 after party featuring New Skeletal Faces, False Figure, and Punk Rock Karaoke at Prevention Point.

Hot Mass w/ Jellyfish [26]

Hot Mass returns to Jellyfish with residents Ricky Mawzlin and Formosa, guest DJ Pretty Gay Friendly from LA, and a live performance by The Moon Baby from Philadelphia.

Nomad Music Release Extravaganza

A two-part album release celebration presented by PGXC featuring live music, ambient sets, and visuals across two Pittsburgh venues.

Skull Fest Hardcore Matinee

An all-ages hardcore matinee featuring nine bands at Prevention Point in Pittsburgh.

Artist in Exile: Mukhtar Shehata’s “Makaki de Afrika” (Egypt) with Translator Melissa Krawczyk

Mukhtar Shehata shares a preview of his forthcoming novel, a multi-generational mystery blending Brazilian, Syrian, Polish-Jewish, and West African Muslim threads.

Sunday Shift: Makez

Longturn Music presents Makez (Defected/No Art) at an open-air rooftop party with fire performers at sunset.

Crushed Ice

An outdoor benefit concert featuring live music to support the legal defense fund of the 'Minnesota 15' anti-ICE organizers.

REZN

REZN at Preserving Underground in New Kensington, PA with Lume.

Millen and Arjun’s Rock Academy Showcase

Rock Academy students perform rock favorites, featuring The A-Men, Steel Jammers, Mad Neighbor and Griffen Handshake, supporting Band Together PGH. All ages.

Skullfest 16: Deviated Instinct / Profane Existence 37 Year Anniversary Party 2

Skullfest 16 brings UK crust punk legends Deviated Instinct to Pittsburgh for the Profane Existence 37th Anniversary Party with Ultimate Disaster, Guerra Final, Decomp, and Coelacanth.

Skullfest Presents: Mopar*s, Consensus Madness, The Nervous, Kill The Hippies, United Stare

Skullfest presents a five-band punk night at Spirit Lounge featuring Mopar*s, Consensus Madness, The Nervous, Kill The Hippies, and United Stare.

Long Birds / Superkick / Guillermo Guillotine / Geese Teeth

Four-band bill at the Mr. Roboto Project.

Plum / Breiner, Heulitt, Weidman / Chameleon Treat

Funky show featuring Plum from Chicago.

Lonely No More: Davis Galvin

Lonely No More — Sundays in August at Apteka. This week: Davis Galvin.