What we’re about
1000+ Free Events on this Meetup, more about telling you about free and cheap events than meeting up. Although we do have social events here n there.
FYI: Meetup is a WEB PAGE with a THEME that happens to be an EVENTS CALENDAR AND AN EMAIL LIST. It mostly works because of the emails.
I also send out a MEETUP NEWSLETTER about the Hosted Events Happening on those meetups Once or Twice a Week. Basically anything can be posted but no "Network Marketing" Stuff like essential oils, Amway or anything scammy.
Try to make your event less like advertising and more like HEY LETS HANG OUT AND DO COOL STUFF TOGETHER. This Free and Almost Free Meetup has one extra rule Events have to be $5 or Less (aka cheap) to FREE!
If an event says it's hosted by "Not Hosted by Group" then it is an INFORMATIVE EVENT telling you about FREE and Cheap cool things happening in the Burgh. If you want to meetup with people, try to connect with others that are rsvp'd through the comments but don't always expect it to work. HOSTED events have a PERSON hosting and will mention a place to MEET.
If you are a performer, it's okay to say on the meetup: Hey I am doing this comedy show/band/burlesque "come and see me and let me entertain you."
DONATE: It costs me Frank, as the main organizer of this Meetup group, $400 a year to host this group on Meetup.com! Please consider a small donation to help defray this cost.
Thank you.
This Meetup is for EVENTS that have a ticket/cover of $5 or LESS or even FREE!
5-10% of the Events here on FREE & Almost FREE are SOCIAL (Hosted)
90-95% of the Events here are just informing you about cheap/cool/awesome stuff happening in the burgh region (not hosted just informational about FREE AND CHEAP EVENTS IN THE REGION).
So when there is a SOCIAL EVENT on this page with a HOST expect a couple extra emails to help make that meetup WORK and have a decent critical mass of people to make it decently fun!
There are a lot of activities in Pittsburgh that are free, or almost free - free days at museums, free concerts and films, free outdoors festivals, free cultural events ... . In addition to these (can't beat the price!), we'll post "almost free" ones where the cost is low (at most $5) compared to the fun that can be had.
**This is an VERY ACTIVE MEETUP, you will get a ton of e-mail, my recommendation is if you have a secondary e-mail address use that for your user id. Or that you go up to "My Profile" on right hand side of page and select E-mail and Notifications. You still will get a bunch of e-mails but it will be more manageable. Meetups WORK because of E-mail, not because people come here to look for things to do. **
FYI: Social events at places can be posted as long as it is FREE to go there or the cover is $5 or less. People can decide on their own if they are eating and drinking. Example: Lets go see this Band that has no cover charge at this Bar. If YOU want to eat or drink something while you're there that's on YOU.
It's still a FREE or ALMOST FREE event. If they charged more than $5 for cover or had a mandatory food n drink min above $5 then it won't get posted. Or a YOGA class that asks for a $5 donation is okay, $6 is not...
This was preventing some social events from happening on this page and we want to encourage social\fun events on the free and almost free group.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Whiskey Rebelion Festival July 11-12 Washington PA!The Bradford House, Washington, PA
Whiskey Rebellion Festival
More info TBA: https://www.bradfordhouse.org/events/whiskey-rebellion-festival- Bradford House Museum 175 South Main Street Washington, PA 15301
The Whiskey Rebellion Festival honors the significant period of America’s early days through historical reenactments, period exhibitions and demonstrations, family fun, frontier art, heritage music, and food while shining a national spotlight on the city, county, and region. Community-focused entertainment combines nationally renowned artists to create a festival that acknowledges the past, celebrates the present, and look toward the future. The festival always is held the second weekend in July.
The festival takes place in downtown Washington, Pa, with a footprint covering the Washington Financial parking lot at Wheeling Street, traveling down Main Street, and ending at Maiden Street. The main events take place on Saturday. The Washington Business District Authority puts on a community parade Saturday morning. The Bradford House, the Whiskey Rebellion Education and Visitor Center and the Meeting House are open for tours during the day on Saturday. - Picklesburgh! 10th Anniversary, make arrangements to meet in comments!Market Square, Pittsburgh, PA
MEETUP PEOPLE MAKE ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH THE COMMENTS OF THIS EVENT TO MEETUP! Tell what day and time you are going... This is a PACKED FESTIVAL!
Get all the dill-ightful details at https://www.picklesburgh.com/
Picklesburgh is BACK, celebrating its 10th Anniversary with the most ambitious footprint to date!
Spanning TWO of Pittsburgh's iconic Sister Bridges, Allegheny Landing, Fort Duquesne Boulevard, PPG Plaza, 6th Street, Market Square and Heinz Hall Garden, this year's festival is guaranteed to surprise and DILL-ight pickle fans from near and far.
Join us July 11 - 13 to celebrate 10 years of all things pickled and experience one of the country's most unique and beloved food festivals in the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh.
July 11 - 13
-Friday, July 11 | 12 PM - 10 PM
-Saturday, July 12 | 12 PM - 10 PM
-Sunday, July 13 | 12 PM - 6 PM - Northside Farmers Market Allegheny Commons Park Fridays 3pm-7pmAllegheny Commons, Pittsburgh, PA
Northside Farmers Market Allegheny Commons Park Fridays 3pm-7pm
May-Nov 21
All 4 CitiParks Farmers Markets accept food stamps (SNAP), credit and debit cards as part of Just Harvest's Fresh Access program.
Shoppers with SNAP benefits can get fresh, nutritious and local-grown food, including produce, meat, dairy, bread and baked goods, produce plants, seeds and honey. (Hot prepared food items, alcohol and non-food items are not eligible for SNAP purchases.) Food Bucks give Fresh Access food stamp shoppers extra money to spend on fruits and veggies. For every $5 spent in food stamps, receive an extra $2 to spend on produce. For 2025 Market Season, Just Harvest will add another $3 to this thanks to a generous grant from the Food Justice Fund—thus doubling SNAP Benefits at all CitiParks Farmers Markets in the 2025 Season.
For more information, visit justharvest.org/fresh-access
PS. Please remember to bring your reusable shopping bags to the Markets! The City of Pittsburgh has a ban on plastic bags.| Fridays
3 - 7 p.m.
(3-6 p.m. DST-beginning 11/8) | May 16 - November 21, 2025
*Market CLOSED July 4th | Northside
Allegheny Commons Park, East Ohio St. & Cedar Ave. |
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