Things to do in Pittsburgh with kids

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Things to do in Pittsburgh with kids

147 dated listings for school-age kids in Pittsburgh in the next 60 days — after-school, camps, courses and youth sports, pulled from the town's real event feed and sorted by age, not by who paid to be first.

Kids life in Pittsburgh — the short version

If you're raising kids in Pittsburgh, this is the page that keeps up. Between Oct 7 and Nov 28, Pittsburgh's feed lists 147 dated listings for this age — 23 different programs, covering after-school, camps, courses and youth sports. Most of it runs at CLP – Allegheny (27) and CLP – Homewood (18).

Everything here is a real listing from Pittsburgh's own event feed, checked against each program's age range — a program whose ages overlap 5–12 shows up here even if it also fits the age next door.

Coming up for school-age kids in Pittsburgh

Dated listings in the next 60 days, soonest first. A weekly program shows a few of its sessions here — the rhythm section below has the full pattern.

Kids Choice

Wed, Oct 7 · 4:00 PM · CLP – Knoxville
Kids Choice in Pittsburgh
Photo: Kailash U · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Mark Wednesday, Oct 7: Kids Choice at CLP – Knoxville, Pittsburgh. Good one for the kids.

The Format w/ Get Up Kids

Wed, Oct 7 · 11:30 PM · Stage AE
The Format w/ Get Up Kids in Pittsburgh

The Format w/ Get Up Kids plays at Stage AE, Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Oct 7. A live show, if you're in the mood for a night out. Good one for the kids.

The regular rhythm

These are the programs that run week after week — the ones Pittsburgh parents actually plan around.

Tuesdays — Kids Choice at CLP – Carrick · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 20, then Nov 3.

Wednesdays — ProjectArt Pittsburgh Allegheny Ages 4-7 at CLP – Allegheny · 14 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 13.

Wednesdays — ProjectArt Pittsburgh Allegheny Ages 8-12 at CLP – Allegheny · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.

Wednesdays — ProjectArt Pittsburgh Homewood Ages 4-7 at CLP – Homewood · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.

Wednesdays — ProjectArt Pittsburgh Homewood Ages 8-12 at CLP – Homewood · 7 sessions in the feed, next Oct 7, then Oct 14.

Thursdays — Kids Choice at CLP – Beechview · 5 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Oct 29.

Thursdays — Kids Choice at CLP – Hill District · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 15, then Nov 5.

Thursdays — Kids Choice at CLP – Hazelwood · 4 sessions in the feed, next Oct 8, then Oct 22.

Good to know

By the numbers for this age in Pittsburgh: 147 dated listings in the next 60 days; 131 run after school on a weekday and 16 land on a weekend; the busiest single venue is CLP – Allegheny with 27 of them.

On cost: none of these listings carries a free tag in Pittsburgh's feed, so treat prices as check-the-listing — libraries and rec centres often run these at no cost, but the feed doesn't say so and we won't guess.

Keep exploring

Your next stage: kids grow out of this age band fast — the teens page for Pittsburgh picks up where this one leaves off.

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Common questions

What's on in Pittsburgh for school-age kids right now?

The feed lists 147 dated listings for this age in the next 60 days, running Oct 7 to Nov 28 — the Coming up section is pulled straight from it.

Are these drop-in, or do I need to register?

It varies by program, and the page only says which is which where a listing's own words say so — the Good to know section names the drop-in and registration listings it found. When it doesn't say, the listing link is the place to check.

What's free for school-age kids in Pittsburgh?

None of the current listings carries a free tag in the feed, so check each listing for its price — we don't mark anything free that the source doesn't.

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