The 4th annual Black Music Festival, presented by Stop the Violence Pittsburgh, is being held on July 14-17 in Downtown Pittsburgh, Point State Park and Liberty Avenue.
The Pittsburgh Black Music Festival celebrates and honors Black Music in the City starting in the 1920s to present, with historical and globally honored Jazz and RnB greats, and promoters, like Sellers McKee Hall, Dakota Staton, Errol Garner, Ahmad Jamal, Phyllis Hyman, George Benson, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Maxine Sullivan, Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine and many others.
The Pittsburgh Black Music Fest highlights different genres of Black-created music from Jazz, Gospel, RnB, Funk and Soul with a specific music category featured each Day.
This is a FREE Outdoors event, with Vendors, Speakers and cultural activities each day from 11am to 9pm.
Denice Halliburton, 71, of North Braddock, Pa, records a video of singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Singer Lalah Hathaway performs at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Singer Lalah Hathaway performs at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Fans cheer for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Diamond Buadu and C’enna Crosby, of South Side, sing along with singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People listen to singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Tammy Montgomery throws her arms out during a song performed by singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Tammy Montgomery records and dances during a song performed by singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Camryn Marie Scott, 7, dances with Latasha Wood at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People cheer for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Tiffany McCauley sings along with Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. Lalah Hathaway is one of Tiffany’s favorite music artists; this is Tiffany’s first time seeing her perform live. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Tiffany McCauley sings along with Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. Lalah Hathaway is one of Tiffany’s favorite music artists; this is Tiffany’s first time seeing her perform live. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People cheer for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People listen to singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People clap for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)Maxine Simpson, known to some as “queen bee” claps for singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)People listen to singer Lalah Hathaway at Pittsburgh’s 4th Annual Black Music Festival on Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Point State Park. (Ariana Shchuka/Post-Gazette)
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