The Three Rivers Arts Festival will be shorter this year and held in a new location. But both changes might apply for only this year.
As previously announced, the venerable festival’s slate of live music, art exhibits, craft vendors and more will run for four days, June 5-8, instead of the usual 10 days. And as announced Monday, rather than using one of the Downtown sites it has occupied in recent years, it will set up shop one neighborhood away, at the 15th Street Plaza on Waterfront Place, in the Strip District.
The changes were necessary because of construction Downtown, in particular at the site of the Trust’s own new 8th Street Block Civic Space.
The 15th Street space, between the Veterans Bridge and the McCullough Bridge along the Allegheny River, currently hosts surface parking.
"Thanks to The Buncher Company, who owns the property, and lot operator Alco, the festival will remain near its namesake three rivers, not far from its future long-term home in the Cultural District,” said Brooke Jorejsi, the Trust’s chief programming and engagement officer.
A Trust spokesperson said details about the layout and programming of the site for the festival will be released in the spring. The spokesperson added that the Trust will revisit the duration of the festival in planning the 2026 iteration, when the event is slated to occupy the 8th Street space.
