Jeannette food trucks, concert series return with new vendor twist
The Jeannette Food Trucks and Concerts series is back for the summer, with the first event on Thursday at 6 p.m. Sky Pilot will hit the stage at Ebara Elliott Group Amphitheater on Clay Avenue. There will be a twist on this year’s series, as vendors will join food trucks...
Pittsburgh local music releases for June 2026
There are plenty of new singles, EPs and albums on the way in June from a range of local musicians. Here’s a quick look at those new local releases scheduled for the Pittsburgh region in June: Pain Clinic Hardcore band Pain Clinic is releasing its new album, “Love...
Local music spotlight: The Patti Spadaro BandVideo
“Mystic Misft,” the upcoming single from the Patti Spadaro Band, is a reference to Spadaro feeling a little different from the mainstream and not always fitting in. “Sometimes that can be a struggle, but it’s also a good thing to realize personal strengths and uniqueness,” she said. “The lyrics ‘Meet...
Joe Negri, jazz guitar virtuoso and Mr. Rogers’ ‘Handyman,’ dies at nearly 100Video
Joe Negri, one of America’s best jazz guitarists and a key part of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died Saturday, just days short of turning 100. Lisa Negri, his oldest daughter, said that her father died of natural causes. He and his family, along with many in Pittsburgh’s music world, were preparing...
Interstellar-minded Coheed and Cambria to continue musical journey at Roxian Theater
Something of interstellar origin is descending on Pittsburgh. On 2003’s “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3,” New York rock quartet Coheed and Cambria took their first major steps on a cross-galaxy journey that would bring progressive music to fans of the mainstream rock mean with pleasantly airy songs like...
Sweetwater Jazz series returns with outdoor and indoor performances
For those yearning for that feeling of jazz in the sun, a quartet of indoor and outdoor shows is once again peeking over the horizon. The annual nonprofit Sweetwater Center for the Arts’ Sweet Jazz series is returning this summer to The Walnut Green and Sweetwater in Sewickley, with “doors...
Three Rivers Arts Festival prepares for 1st year at new Arts Landing venueVideo
The past few years have been quite a journey for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. After decades spent in Point State Park, the annual event moved into Downtown’s Cultural District in 2022, with closed-down streets serving as its venue. Then, in 2025, a shorter and smaller festival moved...
SummerSounds outdoor concert series returns to Greensburg for 25th season
SummerSounds, a cherished outdoor concert series, will return Friday to St. Clair Park in Greensburg. “There’s no question we’re the best outdoor venue in Western Pennsylvania,” said Gene James, co-founder and board chairman of the nonprofit that manages the festival. The first headliner of the season is psychedelic indie funk...
Top June concerts for Pittsburgh: Morgan Wallen, Megan Moroney, Nelly and more
As summer finally kicks into high gear, so does the Pittsburgh concert schedule. There are a pair of country shows at Acrisure Stadium, a sold-out arena show featuring another country star and a free concert celebrating America. Here’s a look at the top concerts scheduled for June in the Pittsburgh...
What to know about the artists backing out of the Trump-linked Freedom 250 concerts
“The Great American State Fair” is a series of concerts, exhibits, tributes and other programs scheduled to take place June 25 to July 10 on Washington’s National Mall. It was organized by Freedom 250, which is billed as a nonpartisan organization but was launched last year by President Donald Trump...
Milli Vanilli singers and Morris Day say they will not perform at Trump-linked Freedom 250’s D.C. shows
NEW YORK — A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington’s National Mall in June and July, the lineup has been hit with a wave of cancellations. Young MC, Morris Day, the Commodores...
Pittsburgh weighs local control of liquor license noise complaints
Pittsburgh officials have begun what could be a lengthy process to give the city more control over noise complaints involving bars and restaurants with liquor licenses. Pittsburgh City Council members, state officials, entertainment venue operators and law enforcement representatives on Thursday discussed how state regulations intersect with the city’s noise...
Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival
WASHINGTON — Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections. Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello announced the festival Wednesday while performing together at Nationals Park...
Alt rockers Toadies, Local H still going strong in Pittsburgh concertVideo
A pair of vastly underrated alternative bands that first rose to prominence in the 1990s dispelled the notion that their supposed heyday came in the previous century. To the casual music fan, Texas’ Toadies might be best known for “Possum Kingdom” while Chicago’s Local H had “Bound for the Floor,”...
Review: Lyle Lovett shares stripped-down songs and personal stories at City Winery PittsburghVideo
Lyle Lovett may have a song for everything, but he also has a catalogue of stories to match. At his Wednesday night concert — the first of three at City Winery Pittsburgh in the Strip District — he paused after his first song to tell the tale of touring with...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: 2020kVideo
Pittsburgh electronic pop musician 2020k is back with the single “Interactive,” his first new music in almost a decade. RJ Kozain, who performs as 2020k, said the song had been years in the making. “Well, the internet buzzword has shifted to engagement in the last 10 years, but I wrote...
Pittsburgh handbell choir will perform U.S.-themed show in GreensburgVideo
Jim Rossetti has been mesmerized by handbells since the mid-1970s. The Monroeville native was a young band director in the former Churchill School District when he visited two of his students’ parents, who were music directors at Beulah Presbyterian Church. “They asked my wife and I if we’d ever seen...
Zeppelin out, Skynyrd in: ‘Free Bird’ soars to No. 1 spot on the Memorial Day 500
This year, 102.5 WDVE listeners said, “Won’t you fly high, ‘Free Bird’?” For the first time since the countdown returned in 2019, the 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd tune “Free Bird” sat atop the radio station’s Memorial Day 500. The countdown of the top 500 rock songs of all time deviated from...
From ‘nothing’ to noteworthy: West Newton Community Band will mark its 1st anniversary this summerVideo
One day last summer, Don Green, 64, of West Newton went on his pool deck and played what he described as “a real cheesy version of the Spanish song ‘Bésame Mucho.’ ” “I took a video of it, and I posted it all over the place and asked if there...
Taking Back Sunday performing at Stage AE June 1
It’s fitting that Taking Back Sunday will spend one night of its tour reclaiming its glory days in Pittsburgh. With a newly installed lineup straight out of fan fiction, they’ll revisit a city that hosted a huge moment in the band’s early career. But much has changed. Taking Back Sunday...
Pittsburgh jazz musicians to perform Herbie Hancock retrospective
Herbie Hancock has arguably been one of the most influential artists in the history of modern jazz music. On May 29, a group of longtime Pittsburgh jazz players will be paying tribute to Hancock’s wide and varied repertoire with a live retrospective performance at Con Alma, a Downtown Pittsburgh jazz...
Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek on working with Steve Albini on ‘The Charmer’ with Pittsburgh show on tapVideo
Texas alternative rock veterans Toadies achieved a longtime goal with “The Charmer,” the band’s seventh studio album. Released May 1, the Toadies’ first album in nine years came in collaboration with Steve Albini, a recording engineer who gained acclaim in the 1980s and ’90s alternative music scene for his raw,...
WDVE Memorial Day 500 returns with earlier start timeVideo
After classic rock epics, including Elton John’s “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding,” Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” and Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” stretched last year’s Memorial Day 500 countdown to almost 11 p.m. on the Monday holiday, WDVE is taking precautionary measures this year and starting...
Review: ZZ Top play the classics with style at the Palace Theatre
First and foremost, a happy belated birthday to Dusty Hill, the legendary bassist for ZZ Top, who passed away in 2021. The sold-out crowd at the Palace Theatre on Tuesday got to see his bandmates perform on the day he would have turned 77. As for the band itself, ZZ...
Bruce Springsteen’s politics, rock power on full display in nearly 3-hour show in PittsburghVideo
Bruce Springsteen really doesn’t like President Donald Trump. If that wasn’t clear before Tuesday night’s concert at PPG Paints Arena, it certainly was after. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer started off his packed Pittsburgh show with an earnest (but scripted) speech, calling these dangerous times for America, lambasting...
