With more than 50 restaurants in walking distance to theaters, the Cultural District offers a wide variety of dining options to satisfy your personal tastes and budget. Enjoying a relaxing meal before a show or capping off the evening with cocktails and dessert add to a pleasurable experience in the Cultural District.
A Pittsburgh Cultural District-wide gift card can be used to purchase tickets for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events as well as any event taking place in the Cultural District. With so many exciting shows, concerts, and exhibitions, there is truly something for everyone!
The Cultural District is accessible by public transportation, including Port Authority buses, "T" light-rail service and Pittsburgh's famous inclines. Driving to the show? There is also ample parking in and around the District -- for real-time garage parking information, try ParkPGH.
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Passport to the Crawl
Anytime between 5:30 to 8:30pm, check in at the Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh Headquarters to receive your limited-edition Passport to the Crawl. Collect exclusive passport stamps designed by eight local artists specifically for this event at participating Crawl galleries, turning your passport into a pocket-sized art collection. A suggested walking route and map will be included with your passport.
HEADQUARTERS: Across from the Benedum Center marquee | 7th Street & Penn Avenue | Cultural District, Downtown Pittsburgh HEADQUARTERS HOURS: 5:30 – 8:30 pm
GALLERY CRAWL HOURS: 5:30 – 9 pm
Main Party
Once onboard at the main party, satisfy your inner cosmopolitan with sensational cocktails and eats from some of Pittsburgh's finest restaurants. Shipboard entertainment includes psychic readings, dance lessons – dancing in heels, a live main stage featuring two of Pittsburgh’s hottest bands Analogue Pleasure Model and Expensive Sh*t and dancing until midnight with DJ Edgar UM as he plays dance hall favorites all night long on the ship’s lower lounge deck. Plus, get your souvenir photo taken and visit the Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails.
Food and drinks are generously provided by Allegheny HYP Club, August Henry's City Saloon, Clique Vodka, Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation, Dozen Bake Shop, Elements Contemporary Cuisine, Fairmont Pittsburgh, Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company, Franktuary, GIVE Water & GIVE Energy, McCormick and Schmick's Seafood Restaurant, Meat & Potatoes, The Melting Pot of Pittsburgh, Olive or Twist, Pittsburgh Marshmallow Factory, Pittsburgh Popcorn Company, Quiet Storm Café and Catering, Salt of the Earth, Savoy Restaurant, Sharp Edge Bistro, and Southern Wine and Spirits!
WHERE: Bally’s Building | 119 6th Street | Cultural District, Downtown Pittsburgh
HOURS: 9 pm – midnight
Attire
Don your sailor chic attire for the swankiest party in the city!
Parking
You'll receive a voucher that will allow access to the reserved parking at the Garage at Theater Square (cost: $7), which can be accessed from 7th street. Or, use our realtime mobile parking application, ParkPGH, to find other convenient parking in the Cultural District.