Partner Events

June 25: History After Hours: America’s 250th

The Heinz History Center in the Strip District will host a special “History After Hours: America’s 250th” program, featuring five floors of cocktails, vintage shopping, crafts, American history trivia, interactive experiences, and revolutionary fun.

More information about the History Center’s exhibitions and programs commemorating America’s 250^th can be found here.

June 27: Andy Warhol Bridge 100th Birthday Bash

From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 27, join Allegheny County to celebrate the iconic Andy Warhol Bridge’s 100^th anniversary. The bash will include an afternoon of music, food, games and art.

More information Andy Warhol Bridge’s 100th anniversary available here.  

June 27: America250PA’s Commonwealth Concert Series

America250PA is ringing in the nation’s 250^th year with a series of concerts throughout the Commonwealth. On June 27, Nelly and Third Eye Blind will take the stage in Point State Park with special guest Frzy and feature a state-of-the-art drone show. 

June 27 – July 5: Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Market Square America250

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership will celebrate in the newly refurbished Market Square with special programming running from June 27 through July 5.  Join them for family-fun events, trivia, concerts and:

• Paint & Sip Special Edition in Celebration of America250 on June 30
• Wind Down Wednesday on July 1
• Farmers Market America 250 programming on July 2
• Mini Golf from July 3-5

July 1 – July 4: National Flag Foundation Flag Sojourn

The National Flag Foundation will welcome unique and meaningful American and Pennsylvania flags to Pittsburgh. An American flag that has flown in every state in the Union – and a Pennsylvania Flag that has flown in each of the Commonwealth’s counties - will arrive in one of their final stops during their flag “Sojourn 250”. They will travel around the city and region before departing for Washington, DC and Harrisburg respectively, on July 4.  

July 2, July 4, and July 5: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Concerts

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be hosting a series of free concerts:

• July 2 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall with the National Flag Foundation
• July 3 at South Park with Allegheny County
• July 4 at Arts Landing with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
• July 5 at Hartwood Acres with Allegheny County featuring a patriotic drone show 

July 3: Sing 250 Choral Series Concert

In partnership with the Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles, America250PA is bringing the power of music and community storytelling to audiences across the Commonwealth through the America250PA Sing250 Choral Series. Pittsburgh's performance will bring the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh together with the South Hills Chorale at the O’Riley Theater in Pittsburgh’s Cultural District.

July 4: Independence Day Celebration!

In 2026 the City's Independence Day Celebration returns to Point State Park, Liberty Avenue, North Shore Great Lawn, and the Grandview Park Bandstand for the grandest fireworks spectacle the city has seen in decades! View schedule of events and map!

July 4: Fourth of July at Arts Landing

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust will celebrate at the new Arts Landing park in partnership with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music Pittsburgh. The Symphony Orchestra and the Guardians of Sound Hip Hop Orchestra featuring INEZ will perform on the Dollar Bank Stage.

July 4: Fourth at the Fort

Kick off America’s 250^th birthday with the Fort Pitt Museum and join costumed re-enactors, local veterans, scouts, and elected officials to ceremoniously raise a 36-foot American flag as part of a moving patriotic ceremony at 11:00 AM. An annual Fourth of July tradition in Pittsburgh, the ceremony will take place at the Fort Pitt Block House, owned by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Spend the afternoon immersed in Revolutionary-era excitement with booming cannon firings, martial music, living history demonstrations, and hands-on family fun in Point State Park.

More details and timings will be announced leading up to the events.