Gay Summer Getaway: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is filled with festivals and celebrations this summer that are fit for people of all ages and with all kinds of interests!

Picklesburgh, voted the #1 specialty food festival in USA Today's 10Best Polls of 2025, is back and bigger than ever. The briny blast is set to take over two of Pittsburgh's three Sister Bridges from July 11-13. Come join the sea of green for specialty pickle-themed food and drink items, like pickle beer, or witness greatness at the annual pickle juice drinking contest. While you're in town, you can also catch America's Mile, happening July 11 on the North Shore, and the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, which has events all weekend long.

If you're more into the music scene, the Sound Series at the Andy Warhol Museum theater continues this summer and into fall. Catch all genres of tunes throughout the rest of the year in the intimate theater, from blues to 90s and everything in between. Those looking to take in some music outdoors can come for the WYEP Neighborhood Concert Series, happening all throughout the city from April to September. And speaking of September, that's when Four Chord Music Festival is taking over EQT Park for its 11-year celebration of punk rock.

And Barrel & Flow Fest is back to celebrate, embrace and uplift Black artists, musicians, chefs and brewers around the country. Voted the #2 best beer festival in the country in USA Today's 10Best poll for 2025, Barrel & Flow is marking its fifth anniversary with an eclectic, creative and empowering schedule of events, the festival is a must-see experience in our city of multitudes on Aug. 5, 2025.