What To Do in Pittsburgh in April 2024

Get your garden ready, spring clean in your neighborhood, indulge in food events, and more in April in Pittsburgh.

Mar 29, 2024 · 1:14 p.m. ET

Get Your Garden Ready

Whether you need to prep your soil, buy plants, or get garden inspo, there’s an Earth Month event for you:

🔍 April 3-7: Free lead soil screening with Allegheny County Conservation District
🌼 April 9: Learn about native plants with Grow Pittsburgh
🌱 April 13: Dirt Day at East End Food Co-Op
🪴 April 14: Annual Plant Sale at WorkshopPGH
🌷 April 20: Spring Plant Exchange at Shenot Farm

Psst! Here are some of Pittsburgh’s best plant shops and your guide to starting a backyard garden.

*Mark your calendar for the eclipse on April 8. (Edwin Remsberg / Getty)*

Watch The Eclipse

You better order your glasses now! The April 8 total solar eclipse — which will send a swath of the U.S. into sudden twilight — will be the “single largest event of our lifetime,” and best viewed in Erie County. In Pittsburgh, we will be able to see a partial eclipse starting at 2 p.m., with the maximum eclipse view at 3:17 p.m.

Celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event on the rooftop of Hotel Monaco (with an eclipse-themed cocktail), at the Allegheny Observatory in Riverview Park, at the Eclipse Extravaganza at the Carnegie Science Center, or at Space Bar in Market Square.

*Find a poetry book or attend an event at City of Asylum in April. (Francesca Dabecco / City Cast Pittsburgh)*

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Carnegie Library has a handy list of poets whose work is informed by Pittsburgh: “Whether the influence is obvious or more subtle, the crucial worlds that they spin with their words have the power to evoke these landscapes we live in every day.”

Admire local poets or write words with rhythm at these upcoming events:

📓 April 2: Black Out Poetry Workshop at the Poetry Lounge
✏️ April 4: Writing on the Wall Workshop at the Poetry Lounge
📚 April 5: Pitt MFA Speakeasy at White Whale Bookstore
🎤 April 9: Story Club PGH Story Slam: Fight or Flight at City of Asylum
📖 April 15: City Books Writers In Residence: Past & Present at the Poetry Lounge
📝 April 23: Steel City Grand Slam at City of Asylum

Bonus! April 7-13 is National Library Week. Find activities at your local branch, plus fun free things you can get with your library card.

*The Pittsburgh Brewery Guide is $15. (@leaningcaskbrewing)*

Enjoy Food & Beverage Events

We always cover what’s new in food and drink every Thursday on the City Cast Pittsburgh podcast. Craving some more food fun? Buy tickets to these events:

🍸 April 4: Cocktail Shake Off at Vision of Fifth
🍽️ April 5: Battle of the Chefs at Oak Hill Post
🥕 April 6: Fermenting Spring Vegetables at East End Food Co-Op
🍻 April 10-14: Three Rivers Beer Week at various locations
🍓 April 21: Strawberry Pretzel Jello Salad Festival at the Block Northway
🍜 April 27: Soup & Chili Cook Off at Shiloh Street
🍰 April 27: Dessert Wars at the Convention Center

*Neighbors pitch in to prep the Manchester community farm in 2020. (Francesca Dabecco / City Cast Pittsburgh)*

Spring Clean in Your Neighborhood

Celebrate Earth Day by redding up your street and community green spaces! Find a neighborhood event below, or sign up to become a CommunityCare steward with Grounded Strategies.