Jimmy Buffett Concert Tops Pittsburgh Weekend Events

PITTSBURGH, PA - Rare are the years when Jimmy Buffett doesn’t make a stop in Pittsburgh. Here’s how rare: 2017 was the first year he didn’t perform here since 1988.

Buffett will rectify that Saturday at KeyBank Pavilion when he brings the Son of a Son of a Salior Tour to Pittsburgh. The laid-back Buffett is best known for hits such as "Margaritaville," "Cheeseburger in Paradise," and "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes."

Jimmy Buffett tickets start at $36.

Other weekend highlights:

• Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies, July 6, 7:05 p.m.; July 7, 4:05 p.m.; July 8, 1:35 p.m., PNC Park.

So what if the Pirates are mired in fourth place and virtually out of the playoff hunt? You have to do something to kill time before the Steelers start training camp, and the Pirates are offering cool promotions all weekend. Friday is Jameson Taillon Starting Lineup Figurine Night, Saturday is Pirates Fedora Day and Sunday is Kids Baseball Dartboard Game Day. How can you resist those?

Pirates-Phillies tickets start at $9.

• Jump Cut Theater Purple Rain Party, July 7, 7 p.m., Spirit Hall, Lawrenceville.

Jump Cut Theater’s 9th annual Purple Rain dance and movie party moves to Lawrenceville, where the evening will include Prince artwork, a cash bar with Prince-inspired cocktails, T-shirts and purple raspberry chocolates for sale. Doors open at 7 p.m., the movie begins at 9 p.m.

Purple Rain Party tickets are $8 for Jump Cut Theater members, $10 for the general public.

• Kaiju Big Battel: Multiple Choice Beasts, July 7, 8 p.m., Byham Theater, Downtown.

In this live monster fighting spectacle, Planet Earth is under threat. Scattered throughout the galaxy lies a monstrous mob of maniacal villains, menacing alien beasts and giant, city-crushing monsters. The Kaiju Universe’s active roster of monsters, includes a blue alien-glutton named Sky Deviler, a factory-worker-turned-soup-can named Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle, a dirty hare-sage dubbed Dusto Bunny, Uchu Chu the Space Bug and a despicable mad scientist known as Dr. Cube. You know you want to see this, don’t you?

Kaiju Big Battel Multiple Choice Beasts tickets start at $25.

• “As You Like It,” July 6, 6 pm. North Park Boathouse, North Park; July 7, 4 p.m., Phillips Park Community Recreation Center, Carrick.

The New Renaissance Theater Company presents one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, for the 5th annual Unrehearsed Shakespeare Project Summer Tour. Performed with the NRTC’s signature Unrehearsed Cue Script Technique, the experience is fast-paced and family friendly.

"As You Like It” admission is free.

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