Was ist los in Pittsburgh, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Viel los – Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: The Rink at PPG Place (14. Nov. – 1. März (meist))

Ruhig – einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

• Festival

  Lenten fish fries

  4. Feb. – 23. Apr. · meistOstern & Karwoche

  Every Friday in Lent, church halls, fire stations and bars across the city serve fish sandwiches with pierogies and haluski. Anyone can walk in; bring cash and expect a queue at the popular parishes. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: The Rink at PPG Place (14. Nov. – 1. März (meist))

Viel los – Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Lenten fish fries (4. Feb. – 23. Apr. (meist)), The Rink at PPG Place (14. Nov. – 1. März (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Lenten fish fries (4. Feb. – 23. Apr. (meist))

Viel los – Pittsburgh Marathon

• Festival

  Pittsburgh Marathon

  1.–10. Mai · meistSporteventVollSchließungen

  Usually the first Sunday in May. The course crosses four bridges and effectively cuts the city in half until early afternoon, so crossing a river by car is not a plan that morning. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Three Rivers Arts Festival, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Three Rivers Arts Festival

  5.–15. Juni · meistVoll

  Ten free days of music, market stalls and gallery shows spread across Point State Park and the downtown squares in early June. Nothing is ticketed, so it fills after work. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Independence Day, Vintage Grand Prix

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Vintage Grand Prix

  10.–20. Juli · meistMotorsport-WochenendeVollSchließungen

  Old racing cars run on closed public roads through Schenley Park over a July weekend, which is rarer than it sounds. The park roads shut for it and the whole thing is free to watch. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Picklesburgh

  16.–20. Juli · meistFood- & Drink-FestivalVoll

  Four days of a street food festival built entirely around pickles, on the closed Boulevard of the Allies. It draws crowds the city's serious festivals would like to have. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Steelers training camp

  24. Juli – 20. Aug. · meistSporteventVoll

  The Steelers practise in the open at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, about an hour east, from late July to mid-August. Entry is free but needs a mobile ticket, and the night practice draws the biggest crowd. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Steelers training camp, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Steelers training camp (24. Juli – 20. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Pittsburgh Irish Festival

  7.–16. Sep. · meistMusikfestivalVoll

  Held the weekend after Labor Day among the blast furnaces of the Carrie Furnace site: three days of Irish bands, dancing and food, with a Sunday-morning Mass to close. Quelle ↗

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Natur

  Fall colour

  8. Okt. – 2. Nov. · meistHerbstfärbung

  The hillsides fall straight to the rivers here, so the colour reads as walls of it from Mount Washington and the bridges. Peak is usually the third week of October.

Hochbetrieb – Light Up Night and holiday market, Thanksgiving

• Eröffnung

  The Rink at PPG Place

  14. Nov. – 1. März · meistEissaison

  The outdoor skating rink around a giant Christmas tree in the glass-towered PPG Place plaza opens in mid-November and stays open, weather permitting, until about the start of March. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Light Up Night and holiday market

  18. Nov. – 23. Dez. · meistWeihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  One Saturday evening in late November switches the downtown lights on and opens a wooden-hut market on Market Square that runs to Christmas. The bridges get lit for the season too. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Fall colour (8. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Light Up Night and holiday market, Winter / Christmas break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: The Rink at PPG Place (14. Nov. – 1. März (meist)), Light Up Night and holiday market (18. Nov. – 23. Dez. (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)