The holidays are officially underway — Christmas is just days away, Hanukkah is lighting up the nights and the winter solstice is Sunday. Incorporate these events into your holidays for a little extra fun this weekend.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
For almost three decades, progressive rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra has been turning Christmas favorites into rock spectacles that will knock your socks off. On Saturday night, the band will rock PPG Paints Arena, just in time for Christmas.
Whether it’s their popular cover of “Carol of the Bells” or lesser-known holiday tunes, TSO will bring the spectacle through lighting and other special effects. This is a great chance to add more dimension to your family’s celebrations.
There are two options for shows in the “Ghosts of Christmas Eve Tour,” on Saturday at PPG Paints Arena, at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Get tickets at ticketmaster.com.
Feed the Burgh: concert benefit for Rainbow Kitchen
It’s the giving time of year, so be charitable while enjoying a great show at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millvale.
Featuring some of Pittsburgh’s most well-known local acts, Feed the Burgh will be a rocking benefit to help out Rainbow Kitchen, an organization that offers community services to improve the lives of low-income people. The lineup includes Joe Grushecky, Gene the Werewolf, Clinton Clegg, Bill Deasy, the Randy Baumann Ramble Band and many other Pittsburgh favorites.
Doors will be open at 7 p.m. Friday at Mr. Smalls in Millvale, and the show will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 plus fees. To get yours, visit mrsmalls.com.
Acrisure Stadium Holiday Tour Experience
If you’ve got a huge Steelers fan on your Christmas list or out-of-town fans coming to stay this weekend, head over to Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore for a special treat on Saturday or Sunday.
Visitors will tour the stadium, including the locker rooms and other sights. They’ll get to see the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor Museum as well. And, to keep things holiday-oriented, each guest will be given a festive Terrible Towel, themed credential cookies and hot cocoa.
Tickets are $65 and must be booked ahead of time. Tours will run every half hour from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Learn more at acrisurestadium.com.
‘A Lyrical Christmas Carol’
Pittsburgh Musical Theater will keep this tradition alive at the Gargao Theater in the West End. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge, the Cratchits and the three ghosts who turn Scrooge from hater of Christmas to lover of his fellow man.
This one has songs added in for extra holiday cheer. Don’t miss the chance to hear classic carols mixed in with this immortal story by Charles Dickens.
The show will run Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m., all at the Gargaro Theater in Pittsburgh’s West End. To learn more and get tickets, visit pittsburghmusicals.com.
Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra Holiday Concert
Put some swing into your season with this show full of jazzy renditions of holiday favorites. With talented, world-class jazz musicians and a catalogue of big-band arrangements, this concert will please the whole family with a twist on the normal holiday concert.
The performance will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday at Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse PNC Theatre in Downtown Pittsburgh. For tickets and to learn more, visit playhouse.pointpark.edu.
