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Pittsburgh celebrates New Year’s Eve with fireworks, festivities

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1 Min Read • Dec. 31, 2022 | 3 years Ago
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
People take in the Dollar Bank Children’s Fireworks display in Downtown Pittsburgh to kick off First Night festivities Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
A 10-year-old English bulldog named Dizzie rings in the New Year during First Night in Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
A child tries to give juggler and stilt-walker “O’Ryan the O’Mazing” a high-five in Downtown Pittsburgh during First Night festivities Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
People wait for the start of the Dollar Bank Children’s Fireworks display in Downtown Pittsburgh during First Night festivities Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Nick Cortazzo, a Baldwin High School graduate who is currently starring in the national tour of “Hairspray” as Link Larkin, performs “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” during First Night festivities in Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
On a rainy New Year’s Eve, people are seen through a storm sculpture across from the Benedum Center in Downtown Pittsburgh prior to the start of First Night festivities Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022.

Thousands of people gathered downtown Saturday night to ring in 2023.

The Dollar Bank Children’s Fireworks kicked off the annual First Night event, which also included a variety of free activities including musical, theater and dance performances, an ice maze, art displays and the annual New Year’s Eve Parade.

The night was capped off by more fireworks.

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