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Dollar Bank Three River Arts Festival 

About: This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival which takes place throughout the Cultural District, Point State Park, and Gateway Center starting Friday June 7 through the June 16. Over 10days, you can find world-class, multi-disciplinary performing and visual arts attractions. This year's Festival is like none other and includes performances from GrammyⓇ Award-winning artists, internationally-acclaimed visual art, and annual favorites like the Artist Market, food trucks, and more.

Press Release and Festival Site 

Past TRAF Highlights 

Opportunities:

Opening Day! 

Join us on June 7 for Festival kick-off day! Starting on the Wyndham Lawn at 11 a.m., get a first look at the public art and Festival highlights, and interview Director of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Sarah Aziz.

After India.Arie's headlining performance at 7 p.m., Festival attendees are invited to come together for a streetdance party, Critical Mass, at Stanwix Stage with music from three of Pittsburgh's top DJs.

Featured Music Headliners 

From India.Arie to Marty Stuart to Mandolin Orange, this year's music headliners cater to all tastes, happening every night of the Festival on the Dollar Bank Mainstage.  

Press Release and Assets 

Please contact Robin Elrod if you would like to request interviews with any of these stellar musicians.

Opening Performing Acts

Musicians from Pittsburgh and beyond perform throughout the Festival hours and spaces to set the stage for the headlining performances.

Assets

Artist interviews available

Visual Art

Assets

Ocean Sole Africa

About: This group of unique Kenyan artists transform more than 750,00 flip flops a year into vibrant colorful sculptures of exotic animals and much more! In addition to making great art, the organization has served as the catalyst for change and has not only impacted the environment of Kenya in a positive way but the economy as well, decreasing the 40 percent unemployment rate by supplying hundreds of jobs to natives. These sculptures will be located at the Gateway Center and can be viewed everyday of the festival.

Opportunities: 

An Ocean Sole artist will be on-site creating a giraffe sculpture on the Wyndham Lawn on June 3rd for an openining segment from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. 

Artist interviews

B-Roll of sculptures being created 

Origami 

About: Co-presented by the Pittsburgh Dance Council, Origami by Compagnie Furinkaï makes it’s U.S. debut at this year’s TRAF. Watch as Franco-Japanese dancer/choreographer, Satchie Noro, uses a 40-foot shapeshifting shipping container, created by French designer/builder, Silvain Ohl, as her main stage, weaving in and out of the container’s structure to produce a memorable and exciting visual performance. Performances will take place at Point Stake Park on Friday, June 14th at 9:00p.m., Saturday, June 15th at 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, June 16th at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Opportunities: 

Artist interviews

Special access during performances

Los Trompos

About:  Located on the Point State Park Lawn every day during the Festival, this functional visual art consists of colorful, larger-than-life, spinning tops woven in a traditional Mexican style that double as interactive seating. 

Artist Market

About: A favorite part of the Festival, attendees can shop rows and rows of artist booths at Gateway Center and Point State Park while exploring multiple disciplines of art! The Artist Market features approximately 400 artists in 2019. 

Opportunities: 

On site artist interviews 

The Pittsburgh Time Capsule

About: Designed by artist Toby Atticus Fraley, the piece will collect messages from the public tobe stored in two time capsules - one entrusted to the Mayor’s Office of Pittsburgh and the other with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. Participants will leave messages for Festival-goers 100 years from now! Each person will have one minute to record their message, so  start brainstorming now!

Opportunities: 

Coverage of Festival attendees recording messages 

Attendee interviews on-location

Nick Jr. Live!

About: Presented by Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group, tickets are now on sale for Nick Jr. Live! “Move to the Music,” an all-new, one-of-a-kind adventure. For the first time on stage together, this musical spectacular features characters from multiple Nick Jr. hit animated series, including Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol (produced by Spin Master Entertainment), Dora The Explorer, Shimmer and Shine, Blue’s Clues and You, Blaze and the Monster Machines, and Top Wing. Nick Jr. Live! “Move to the Music” follows Dora and her PAW co-hosts Marshall and Rubble as they invite their Nick Jr. friends to come together for a music-filled production. Five performances will take place during January 17-19, 2020 at the Benedum Center.

Press Release and Assets 

Opportunities: 

Cast and Creative team phone interviews 

Press seats 

Eddie B: “I’m Already Professionally Developed Tour”!

About: Tickets are now on sale for comedian Eddie B's I’m Already Professionally Developed Tour, coming to the Benedum Center on November 16 at 8 p.m. Eddie B has established himself as the official voice of teachers across the globe. Educators from America to Africa, Dallas to Dubai, New York to New Delhi (and beyond) are getting a lesson in the funniest ways to express their worst frustrations and they are loving every second of Eddie B’s uncensored, raw, and hysterically realistic portrayal of a teacher’s hectic life, from the point of view of an actual teacher.

Press Release and Assets 

Opportunities: 

Artist interviews

Press seats 

The Band's Visit

About: Single tickets go on sale for a show of the PNC Broadway in Pittsbugh Series The Band's Visit on November 22 as part of the  PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series. Tickets are currently available through purchase of a 2019-2020 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh subscription. Call 412-456-6666 for more information.

The North American cast was recently announced for the production coming to the Benedum Center on Tuesday, March 10 to Sunday March 15th. The Band's Visit tells the story of an Israeli desert town where every day feels the same, something different is suddenly in the air. Dina, the local café owner, had long resigned her desires for romance to daydreaming about exotic films and music from her youth. When a band of Egyptian musicians shows up lost at her café, she and her fellow locals take them in for the night. Under the spell of the night sky, their lives intertwine in unexpected ways, and this once sleepy town begins to wake up.

Press Release and Assets

Dear Evan Hansen Break Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Box Office Record

The First National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen has broken the box office record for the highest-grossing week of an eight-performance PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh engagement at Heinz Hall. The production grossed $1,827,137 during the show’s May 21-26, 2019 engagement.

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Programming Categories

  • PCT General Announcements
    • After 35 years, Benedum Center's marquees getting a much-needed historic renovation
    • Greer Cabaret Theater Gets Extensive Remodel, Expansion
    • J. Kevin McMahon, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust President and CEO, Completes Tenure after Two Decades of Unprecedented Growth
  • Monthly Media Opportunities
    • Spring Media Opportunities
    • March Media Opportunities (2022)
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  • Cultural District Announcements
    • Pittsburgh Cultural District Arts Organizations Announce Vaccination and Mask Requirement for Indoor Performances
    • COVID-19 Updates
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Introduces Enhanced Guest Security Measures
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Honored in Security 500's Top 10
    • DEAR EVAN HANSEN Lottery Information
    • DEAR EVAN HANSEN Breaks Box Office Record
    • Trust Selected by the American Council of Learned Societies to Host a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
  • Visual Arts
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Spring Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District
    • The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Winter Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District
    • InVisible, an art exhibition centered on mental health from the Black perspective
    • Programming for "Among Women" Exhibit at 937 Gallery
    • The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, and New Art Exhibitions in its Galleries as Part of Lights On! A Three-Day Celebration of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District
    • Visual Arts Summer 2021 Update
    • #notwhite collective’s WE ARE THE GLOBAL MAJORITY decolonizing SPACE
    • Rising Voices I: The Bennett Prize Exhibition Opens at the 937 Gallery
    • THE PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST PRESENTS “holding pattern” A unique fusion of dance and visual art Part of the virtual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
    • Visual Arts: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, January 24, 2020
    • Visual Art: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, July 12, 2019
    • Visual Arts: Spring Gallery Crawl, April 26, 2019, Cultural District
    • Visual Art: Winter Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, January 25, 2019
    • Visual Art, Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, September 21, 2018
    • PUBLIC ART + THEATER: 2018 Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts Spectacle Programming Announced
    • Visual Art: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, Friday, July 6, 2018
    • Visual Arts: Identity Play, SPACE Gallery
    • Visual Arts: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, January
    • Visual Arts: Event Horizon, SPACE Gallery
    • Visual Arts: Marx@200, SPACE Gallery
    • Visual Arts: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, April
    • Visual Arts: Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District, September 27, 2019
  • Liberty Magic
    • 2021-2022 Liberty Magic Season
    • 2020-2021 Liberty Magic Season
    • Liberty Magic 2020 Spring and Summer Lineup
    • Liberty Magic 2019-2020 Subscription Series Announced
    • Liberty Magic Summer 2019 Lineup On Sale Now
    • Brand-New Arts Space and Experience, LIBERTY MAGIC: Elevating the Art of Magic
  • Trust Events and Guest Attractions
    • Rock 'n Remember LIVE!, Saturday, April 30, 2022, Benedum Center
    • Casting for The Second City: It's A Wild, Wacky Wonderful Life
    • Darius Rucker Comes to the Benedum Center February 18, 2022
    • Amos Lee Comes to Byham Theater for 2022 U.S. Spring Tour
    • Bring up the Lights! Celebrate Christmas in July
    • Return of BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive!
    • Pandora Presents Disney Princess the Concert
    • HOUSE WINE: An At-Home Wine Tasting
    • Mandy Moore Announces 2020 North American Tour
    • The Chocolate Bar at the Benedum
    • Rock ‘n' Remember Live! Stars from the Golden Age of Rock and Roll Return to the Benedum Center in April
    • Dancing with the Stars Live Tour 2020 Dances its Way to Pittsburgh This Winter
    • A Benedum Christmas – Home for the Holidays Returns as Pittsburgh's Holiday Showcase
    • Mary Chapin and Shawn Colvin Coming to the Benedum Center October 17, 2019
    • Multiple Choice: Dance/Machine, August Wilson Center
    • Billy Gardell, Benedum Center
    • Decades Rewind, Music of the 60's, 70's, 80's, Byham Theater
    • Yanni 25-Live at The Acropolis Anniversary Concert Tour, Benedum Center
    • Theater: Kaiju Big Battel, Byham Theater
    • Event: Cultured Cocktails, Benedum Center
    • Theater: National Geographic Live-Hilaree Nelson: Point of No Return
    • A Celebration of Women's History Month: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
    • Theater: Jerry Seinfeld, March 8, 2019, Benedum Center
    • Theater: A Magical Cirque Christmas, December 13, 2018, Benedum Center
    • Music: AMERICA, 2018-2019 World Tour, February 21, 2019, Byham Theater
    • #1 Hit True Crime Podcast MY FAVORITE MURDER Coming to the Benedum!
    • NICK JR. LIVE! “MOVE TO THE MUSIC” Coming to the Benedum Center January 17-19, 2020
    • Comedy: Eddie B,
    • BABY SHARK LIVE! Coming to the Byham Theater November 4, 2019
    • Life Will Be The Death Of Me: Chelsea Handler’s Stand-Up Comedy Tour Announces Additional North American Dates
    • NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS THE ECHOES TOUR ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULED DATES FOR FALL 2022
  • Greer Cabaret Theater Programs
    • 2022-2023 TRUST Cabaret Series, celebrating its 10-year anniversary season
    • April 2022 BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive, Greer Cabaret Theater
    • Dr. Harry Clark Honored with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s 2021 JazzLive Legacy Award
    • 2021-2022 TRUST Cabaret Series
    • 2020-2021 TRUST Cabaret Series, Greer Cabaret Theater
    • 2019-2020 TRUST Cabaret Series, Greer Cabaret Theater
    • 2018-19 TRUST Cabaret Season Announced
    • April 2019: Jazz Happenings, Pittsburgh's Cultural District, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
    • New Date & Venue: Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp, 2018-2019 TRUST Cabaret Series
    • Trust Cabaret Series 2018-2019 Continues in the New Year, Greer Cabaret Theater
    • JazzLive 15th Anniversary Celebration, Greer Cabaret Theater
    • BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive, April 2018, Cultural District
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Renames its Cabaret Theater, Honoring Long-Time Trustee and Supporter George Greer
  • Trust Arts Education
    • In-Person Summer Camps Return for 2021 Presented by the Trust Arts Education Department
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust: Applications Now Available For Disney Musicals In Schools Program
    • Theater: Cityscape, Trust Arts Education Center
  • Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series
    • Straight No Chaser Returns to Pittsburgh
    • One Night of Queen
    • Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass featuring Love Cannon
    • Bollywood spectacular, "Taj Express," comes to Pittsburgh November 6th
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces The 2019 – 2020 COHEN & GRIGSBY TRUST PRESENTS Series
    • Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series: Black Violin Comes to the Byham Theater on September 26, 2019
    • Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents Series: Around the World and Back
    • Theater: Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live:
    • Theater: PAW Patrol Live! The Great Pirate Adventure, Benedum Center
    • Theater: February 2018, Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents, Cultural District
    • Theater: The Hollywood Special Effects Show, Byham Theater
    • Theater: 'Peppa Pig's Surprise' Extends Tour Including Pittsburgh, PA on November 20, 2018
    • Tickets On Sale for CRUEL INTENTIONS: THE '90s MUSICAL
    • Announcing Debut Tour of MASTERCHEF JUNIOR LIVE!
    • Straight No Chaser Coming to the Benedum Center December 18, 2019
    • The Office! A Musical Parody
  • Children’s Theater and EQT Bridge Theater
    • 36th Annual EQT Children’s Theater Festival Returns In-person in the Cultural District
    • Virtual Field Trips for Educators & Groups Presented by the EQT Children's Theater Festival
    • 35th Annual EQT Children's Theater Festival Free Programming Announced
    • 35th Annual EQT Children's Theater Festival
    • Children's Theater: Theatreworks USA in Dragons Love Tacos and Other Stories
    • Theater: 2018-2019 Citizens Bank Children's Theater Series, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
    • Children's Theater: The 13-Story Treehouse, August Wilson Center
    • 2018–2019 EQT Bridge Theater Series for Pre-Teens and Older Features Shifting Perspectives
    • 33rd ANNUAL EQT CHILDREN’S THEATER FESTIVAL, MAY 16-19, 2019
    • 50th Anniversary of THE CHILDREN’S THEATER SERIES: 2019-2020 Season Announced
    • EQT Bridge Theater Series Announced: 2019-2020 Season
  • Pittsburgh Dance Council
    • Pittsburgh Dance Council 2021-2022 Season
    • Dance: 2019-2020 Pittsburgh Dance Council 50th anniversary season continues
    • Dance: 2018-19 Pittsburgh Dance Council, Cultural District
    • Dance: Grupo Corpo, Byham Theater
    • Dance: Derek Hough: Live! The Tour, 2019, Benedum Center
    • Dance: 2019-2020 Pittsburgh Dance Council Series, 50th Anniversary Season
    • Pittsburgh Dance Council 2021 Spring Season
  • Festivals
    • 2022 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, full programming line up
    • 2022 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Presented by Citizens Programming Line-up Announced
    • Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2022 Programming Announcement
    • Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2022 Returns to the Cultural District!
    • Full Lineup For Lights On! A Three-Day Celebration Of Pittsburgh's Cultural District
    • Lights On! A Three-Day Celebration of Pittsburgh's Cultural District
    • 2021 Adjusted Footprint for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
    • 2021 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
    • People's Choice Award Recipient Announced for Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-14, 2020
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Virtual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 5-14, 2020
    • Tickets On Sale Now, 34th Annual EQT Children's Theater Festival, May 14-17, 2020
    • Registration Open for Free Teen Day at Bookish in the 'Burgh
    • 2020 Pittsburgh Humanities Festival Programming Line-up Announced
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Announces Second Annual BOOKISH IN THE ‘BURGH - Pittsburgh's Teen Book Festival
    • Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2020 New Year's Eve Celebration Lineup
    • 2019 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival Lineup
    • Festival: Pittsburgh Humanities Festival 2019
    • Highmark First Night Pittsburgh 2019 Silver Jubilee Announced!
    • Festival: Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, September 21-November 11, 2018
    • Festivals: Pittsburgh Humanities Festival 2018 Programming Lineup Announced
    • Festival: EQT Children's Theater Festival, May 17-20, 2018
    • Festival: Featured Music Lineup – 2018 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
    • Festival: Mavis Staples to Perform at Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
    • Festival: 2018 Dollar Bank Three Rivers arts Festival Programming
    • Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Celebrates the Inaugural BOOKISH IN THE 'BURGH
    • 2019 Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival: 60th Anniversary Featured Music Lineup
  • Harris Theater
    • Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid at 100 at the Harris Theater
    • Film: Januscary Horror Film Festival at the Harris Theater, January 1 - 6
    • Film: The Harris Theater Reopens with Multiple Screenings of Dear Evan Hansen!
    • Film: Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of Brian Jones
    • New Programming at the Harris Theater
  • PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh
    • PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh: AIN’T TOO PROUD THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS, Benedum Center
    • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Casting Announcement
    • PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL Casting Announcement
    • Broadway: 2018-19 Broadway in Pittsburgh Season Announcement
    • Theater: Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: Rodgers+Hammerstein's Cinderella, Heinz Hall
    • Broadway: RENT 20th Anniversary Tour Rush Tickets, Heinz Hall
    • Broadway: RENT 20th Anniversary Tour, Heinz Hall
    • Broadway: WAITRESS, Benedum Center, March 6-11, 2018
    • Broadway: Two Local Young Actresses To Play Role of “Lulu” in WAITRESS, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: WAITRESS Pie Contest, PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh
    • Broadway: The Bodyguard, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: Wicked Lottery for $25 Seats, Benedum Center/PNC Broadway
    • Broadway: Autism-Friendly Performance of WICKED, Benedum Center
    • Auditions: Role of Lulu in Waitress, PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, Benedum Center
    • PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh: Disney's Aladdin, Benedum Center
    • Broadway, Disney's Aladdin, Casting Announcement, Trevor Dion Nicholas as "Genie"
    • Broadway: ELF The Musical, Tickets on Sale, Heinz Hall
    • Broadway: Disney's Aladdin, Casting Announced, PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh
    • Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong, National Tour Launch, September 18-23, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: ANASTASIA Casting Announced North American Tour
    • Broadway: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: National Tour Cast, The Play That Goes Wrong, September 18-23, Benedum Center
    • HAMILTON Tickets Are Going On Sale!
    • Broadway: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Return Engagement, February 20-March, 3, 2019, Benedum Center
    • Broadway: Casting Revealed: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Benedum Center
    • 2019-2020 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Season Announcement
    • THE LION KING Sensory-Friendly Performance, September 14, 2019, Benedum Center
    • Casting Has Been Announced for Disney’s THE LION KING At the Benedum Center
    • MEAN GIRLS Announces the Trio of Actresses Launching the First National Tour As “The Plastics”
    • 2019-2020 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Series Individual Show Onsale Dates Announced
    • MEAN GIRLS Announces Full Casting for the First National Tour
    • JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR National Tour Cast 2019-2020
    • Broadway: Lifetime Broadway Balances America, Season 6 Premieres September 30, 2019
    • Casting Announced for A BRONX TALE, Broadway’s Hit New Musical
    • THE ILLUSIONISTS - MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS comes to Heinz Hall, December 26 - 29, 2019
    • THE BAND'S VISIT National Tour Casting
    • Casting Revealed for the New National Tour of Miss Saigon
    • CATS, February 25-March 1, 2020, Benedum Center
    • 2020-2021 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh Season Announcement
    • 2021-2022 Adjusted PNC Broadway In Pittsburgh Programs
    • THE BAND'S VISIT Tickets on Sale for Pittsburgh Engagement
    • SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical Tickets on Sale for Pittsburgh Engagement
    • OKLAHOMA! Tickets on Sale for Pittsburgh Engagement
    • HAMILTON Tickets Go On Sale October 18
  • PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL Casting Announcement

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