Pittsburg, PA
Kenny Chesney concert, Pride, and the Arts Festival will make for a busy weekend in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With three major events all taking place in different parts of town, it’s going to be a very busy weekend throughout the city of Pittsburgh.
With Kenny Chesney in town for a summer concert stop at Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh Pride kicking off its annual festival, and the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival getting underway, tens of thousands of people will be packing into numerous parts of the city.
Pittsburgh Public Safety officials will be holding a media briefing at 10:00 a.m. to talk about their preparations for the busy weekend in the city.
Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival gets underway Friday morning
The annual Three Rivers Arts Festival will be getting underway this morning at 11:00. The festival will last through the end of next weekend in the city’s Cultural District.
Around 300,000 people are expected to attend the festival over the next ten days with more than 400 artists and vendors are expected to be on hand.
The Rachel Carson Bridge was closed to traffic earlier this week and will add even more space for the festival. The bridge will be full of artists, a music stage, and more.
The festival starts this morning and runs through next Sunday with hours from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
Pittsburgh Pride begins Friday ahead of Saturday march and parade
Starting today at 2 p.m,, Pittsburgh Pride will be getting underway and kicking off the start of Pride Month.
The multi-day celebration will start today with Pride in the Park at Allegheny Commons Park West on the city’s North Side.
Tomorrow, lineup will begin for the Pittsburgh Pride March and Parade at 10:00 a.m. along Liberty Avenue between 11th Street and 16th Street. The march and parade will get underway at Noon. Anyone wishing to march in support of LGBTQIA+ rights is welcome to participate.
The march and parade will travel down Liberty Avenue, turn right onto 7th Street, across the Andy Warhol Bridge, and through the North Side to Allegheny Commons Park.
After the march and parade, there will be performances with more than 40 LGBTQIA+ artists starting at 2 p.m.., headlined by Tamar Braxton.
The festival’s closing block party will take place from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Bloomfield.
Kenny Chesney returns to Acrisure Stadium on Saturday
The Sun Goes Down Tour is making a stop here in Pittsburgh and it’s going to be a packed house on the North Shore tomorrow as Kenny Chesney, the Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney, and Uncle Kracker are getting ready to play Acrisure Stadium.
This will be Kenny Chesney’s 12th time playing the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Parking lots open at 1 p.m. tomorrow. People attending the concert are encouraged to park in Downtown Pittsburgh and ride the light rail to the North Shore The ride on the light rail is free.
Gates open at 4 p.m. and the opening acts will start at 5 p.m.
If a bag is necessary, fans can use two types: a clear plastic bag the size of a 1-gallon Ziploc bag or a small handheld purse clutch.
Acrisure Stadium is a cashless venue.
Last year, Americans received nearly 30 billion scam robocalls and text messages. Now, leaders in Pennsylvania are taking a new approach to try to crack down on them.
“It’s not just certain audiences that are targeted in this space. It’s really everybody,” said Kate Sullivan, CEO of Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania. “Robocalling is just faster and more aggressive than it’s ever been,” Sullivan said.
The prevalence, exacerbated by artificial intelligence, is why 49 attorneys general across the country sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen its rules to prevent scammers from accessing legitimate phone numbers.
“You have individuals that will purchase maybe 100,000 different phone numbers,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. “Those numbers will land somewhere where you have a nefarious actor who will use those numbers to do the robocalls.”
Sunday is part of the Anti-Robocall Task Force, along with West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey. Last year, the coalition sent warning letters to major phone service providers to stop allowing illegal robocalls to reach consumers. Now they’re building on this by going directly to the FCC.
“The consumer matters, and we want to make sure that our constituents, the consumers that are in our states’ voices, are being heard at the highest level as loudly as they can be,” McCuskey said.
Sunday said they want to put more onus on companies to not sell these numbers, and if they do, to have documentation that can be provided to law enforcement so they can trace back and hold the scammers accountable.
KDKA-TV reached out to the FCC for comment. A spokesperson said in part that they “welcome this input from state leaders.” They also mentioned, “The Commission proposed expanding certification and disclosure requirements to all providers that receive telephone numbering resources… to stop scammers from exploiting gaps in the system.”
“Getting ahead of it and more protections for the consumers, I think, does have quite a bit of value,” Sullivan said.
As for what you can do, the BBB and AGs said it’s better to let a robocall go to voicemail. If you decline it, that indicates you’re a real person and may get more calls. Also, make sure to report robocalls to the BBB or the Federal Trade Commission.
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