What To Do in Pittsburgh in March 2024

Celebrate the Spring Equinox

March 19 marks the start of Spring! Now is the time to start planning your garden. There are a bunch of great local shops to get your plants. Plus, Grow Pittsburgh has workshops on seed starting, organic gardening basics, and more.

Get outside and in touch with nature with the Western PA Mushroom Club for a mushroom hike or learn how to be a good steward with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy.

Plus, you can welcome in the warmth of the season by grabbing a cone at Page’s Dairy Mart. Opening day is March 8!

Rally for St. Practice & Patrick’s Day

Pittsburgh likes to claim it has the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the country. Watch Irish step dancers, bands, and even Punxsutawney Phil march down Grant Street at the parade Saturday, March 16. Or, check out these other events:

• March 9: St. Practice Day pierogi contest and charity crawl in the South Side benefiting PAAR. $10-$15
• March 14: St. Patrick's Irish Diplomacy Cocktails at PA Market in the Strip District. $45
• March 16: Irish City at Pittsburgh Brewing Company in Creighton. $15-25
• March 16: Keggs n’ Eggs at City Works in Downtown. $25
• March 16: Leprechaun Loop brewery tour on the Burgh Bus. $30

Honor Women’s History Month

Celebrate legendary journalist Nellie Bly, Pittsburghers who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, civil rights activist Daisy Lampkin, groundbreaking filmmaker Lois Weber, and more trailblazing Pittsburghers at the Heinz History Center’s new exhibit: A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh, opening March 23.

Start here ➡️ with the stories on Mary D. Dudley, Gertrude Stein, and Mary Cassatt.

Plan House Projects

Looking to do some home improvement? Or just want to window shop? The 42nd Annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show returns March 8-17 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center with all of your demo and design needs. Tickets are $12.

See A Japanese Film

The Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival, returning March 15-28, is one of the most prominent Asian film festivals in the Rust Belt. Watch new and classic films at Row House Cinema throughout its two-week run. Week passes are $59.