Pittsburgh concerts

Pittsburgh Public Theater Presents The Second City’s Nut-cracking Holiday Revue

Second City at Public Theater; Donny and Marie at Consol (CPs Thu., 12/12/13)

Second City, Donny & Marie, Charlie Murphy, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Live at the Fill

Straight No Chaser Brings Smooth Sound to Benedum; Halestorm at Stage AE (CPs Wed., 12/11/13)

Straight No Chaser, Halestorm, Marshall Tucker Band, Diego Garcia

Mega Pop Event at The Pete (CPs Tues., 12/10/13)

Back Street Boys, Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, The Fray, Five for Fighting, The Plain White T’s, Jasper Lewis, Spanky Wilson, Peter’s Pub

Trailer Park Boys in Cultural District; Tropical Forest India at Phipps (CPs Mon., 12/9/13)

Trailer Park Boys, Tropical Forrest India, Balcony Big Band, Pens vs. Blue Jackets

Carnegie Museums and Phipps Light Up the Holidays, Sun. 12/8/2013

Holiday Displays at Carnegie Museum and Phipps, The Misfits, A Musical Christmas Carol, Steelers vs. Dolphins

Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Consol; Handmade Arcade at the Convention Center (CPs Sat., 12/7/13)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Handmade Arcade, The Pittsburgh Chef’s Table bo party, City Dwelling Nature Seekers, gladiators of the Cage

Michael McDonald Plays Palace; Jeff Dunham and Dummies at Consol (CPs Fri., 12/6/13)

Michael McDonald, Jeff Dunham, Goblin, “2 Pianos, 4 Hands,” John Oliva, Start Making Sense, Randall Baumann Band

MGMT Electrifies Pittsburgh

Progressive pop/rock band MGMT‘s nearly sold-out Monday night show at Stage AE was replete with cool lighting effects, somewhat psycheic videos and spacey and industrial-sounding song intros and exits. Getting the crowd warmed up was Kuroma, a Southern power pop band led by Hank Sullivant. After releasing Kuroma’s debut album Paris, Sullivant was recruited by MGMT and…

Chris Porter at Improv, The Temptations at Palace (CPs Thu., 12/5/13)

Chris Porter; The Temptations; Arcane Haven, Fallen Captive, and Hail to the King; Jessica Lee

Frontier Ruckus Causes One at Club Café; MellowHigh at Mr. Smalls (CPs Wed., 12/4/2013)

Frontier Ruckus, MellowHigh, Overly’s Country Christmas, Polar Express

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