Pittsburgh 2024 Summer Concert Preview: Top Artists Coming To Town

PITTSBURGH, PA — Memorial Day is the unofficial kickoff date to the summer concert season, and this summer again will bring some of the biggest names in music to Pittsburgh.

There won't be a long wait for the first. Kenny Chesney will perform his usual magic at Acrisure Stadium on June 1. It will be Chesney's 12th show at the 24-year-old venue, formerly named what most Pittsburghers still call it: Heinz Field.

There will be two other stadium shows this summer, both at PNC Park.

If you're feeling retro, get to the home of the Pirates on July 27 to see classic rock bands Def Leppard, Journey and the Steve Miller Band.

If your tastes are more modern, head to the ballpark on Sept. 1 to see Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas.

Here is the complete summer concert schedule:

• May 29: Noah Kahan, Pavilion at Star Lake

• June 1: Kenny Chesney, Acrisure Stadium

• June 15: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Pavilion at Star Lake

• June 16: Lionel Ritchie, Earth Wind and Fire, PPG Paints Arena

• June 19: New Kids on the Block with Paula Abdul & DJ Jazzy Jeff, Pavilion at Star Lake

• June 29: Hootie & the Blowfish, Pavilion at Star Lake

• June 30: Tyle Childers, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 2: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 9: Third Eye Blind, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 12: Chris Stapleton, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 13: Bret Michaels-Parti Gras

• July 20: Sam Hunt, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 27, Def Leppard, Journey, Steve Miller Band, PNC Park

• July 29: Hozier, Pavilion at Star Lake

• July 30: Jennifer Lopez, PPG Paints Arena

• July 31: Styx, Foreigner, John Waite, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 2: Dan + Shay, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 3: Creed, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 7: Slipknot, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 10: Jason Aldean, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 14: Imagine Dragons, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 15, 18: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, PPG Paints Arena

• Aug. 16: Kidz Bop Live 2024, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 17: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 20: Doobie Brothers, Pavilion at Star Lake

• Aug. 20: Childish Gambino, PPG Paints Arena

• Sept. 1: Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas, PNC Park

• Aug. 29: Cage the Elephant: Pavilion at Star Lake