Seasonal & Holidays

Light Up Night 2019: Full Schedule, Street Closures, Weather

Here's your one-stop shop for everything you need to know about the 59th annual Comcast Light Up Night.

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PITTSBURGH, PA - It's time for the 59th annual Comcast Light Up Night, an event that will crowd Downtown streets with tens of thousands of people. Here's your one-stop shop for information regarding the events that are scheduled, streets that will be closed and the hour-by-hour weather forecast:

Tree lighting ceremonies

  • 12:00 p.m.: U.S. Steel Tower Dedication of the Crèche.
  • 4:45 p.m. : Allegheny County Courthouse Trees & Tower Lighting.
  • 5:15 p.m. : City-County Building Tree Lighting.
  • 5:30 p.m. : PPG Plaza Tree Lighting.
  • 5:45 p.m.: One Oxford Centre Tree Lighting.
  • 5:45 p.m. : Market Square's BNY Mellon Season of Lights Countdown.
  • 7:00 p.m.: Highmark Christmas Tree Lighting with Rooftop Fireworks & Jumbotron Show.

Main stage musical acts

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  • 6 p.m. The Nox Boys.
  • 7 p.m. Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers.
  • 8:30 p.m. Adam Lambert.

Fireworks:

  • 7:00 p.m. :Highmark Christmas Tree Lighting & Rooftop Fireworks at Fifth Avenue Place.
  • 7:45 p.m.: Santa Spectacular Fireworks at Point State Park.
  • 9:30 p.m.: BNY Mellon Fireworks Finale by Zambelli.

Street closures

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7 a.m. - midnight closures

  • Roberto Clemente (6th Street) Bridge.
  • Fort Duquesne Boulevard between Stanwix Street and 7th Street (riverside lanes only).
  • Penn Avenue between 6th Street & Stanwix Street.
  • Stanwix Street between Fort Duquesne Boulevard & Liberty Avenue (northbound lanes).
  • Partial closure: Cecil Place between Fort Duquesne Boulevard and Penn Avenue.

9 a.m. – midnight closure

  • Penn Avenue Extension between Stanwix Street & Gateway Center Three.

4 p.m. - 9 p.m. closure

  • Fourth Avenue between Stanwix Street & Wood Street.

4 p.m.-midnight closure

  • Market Square.
  • Forbes Avenue between Stanwix Street & Market Square.
  • Graeme Street between Fifth Avenue & Market Square.
  • Market Street between Fifth Avenue & Market Square.

6 p.m.- 10 p.m. closure:

  • Stanwix Street between Fort Duquesne Boulevard & Liberty Avenue (southbound lanes).

Hourly forecast, with temperature, sky condition and wind:

  • 12 p.m. : 40, cloudy, WNW 12 mph.
  • 1 p.m. : 40, cloudy, WNW 13 mph.
  • 2 p.m.: 42, cloudy, WNW 12 mph.
  • 3 p.m.: 42, partly cloudy, WNW 13 mph.
  • 4 p.m.: 41, partly cloudy, WNW 12 mph.
  • 5 p.m.: 40, partly cloudy, NW 9 mph.
  • 6 p.m.: 39, mostly clear, NW 8 mph.
  • 7 p.m.: 38, mostly clear, NW 7 mph.
  • 8 p.m.: 36, mostly clear, WNW 7 mph.
  • 9 p.m.: 35, clear, WNW 6 mph.
  • 10 p.m.: 34, clear, WNW 5 mph.

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