The Curtain Rises, At Last
Live arts reemerge from a dark pandemic year Caroline Rose performing on June 12 at the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. July 19, 2021
On an evening in early June, people lounged in camp chairs and blankets on the grass at Point State Park, lines formed at food booths on the edge of the lawn and people stood shoulder-to-shoulder, swaying to the sounds of blues rock and soul music performed by Celisse on the main stage.
It was more than a good time along the river that opening night of the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. Live music performed before a live audience had returned after more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, masking, social distancing and shuttered performance spaces that threatened the financial health of art organizations, cancelled hundreds of performances, laid off workers and forced arts groups to re-think everything from business models to how they approach the
The Dollar Bank Pittsburgh Three Rivers Arts Festival ends Sunday. That’s one of five choices on how to spend the weekend. Final arts festival weekend The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts wraps up Sunday. There will be entertainment on the main stage at Point State Park featuring Sugaray Rayford at
The artist booths are spread across four different locations Downtown.
June 10, 2021
PHOTOS BY JULIANA FREEMAN
After going virtual in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival is back with an in-person, although still socially-distanced, event.
With more than 150 artists participating for 2021, the free event is open from 12 to 8 p.m. every day through June 13.
This year’s festival looks a little different from years past, with vendors and tents spread across Downtown as a way to keep the event from getting overcrowded. The artist booths will be in four different locations: Point State Park, the corner of Penn Avenue and 7th Street, Fort Duquesne Boulevard and on 7th and 8th streets.