{"id":744319,"date":"2026-07-05T09:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744319\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:09:12","slug":"pittsburgh-4th-of-july-fireworks-happening-but-a-little-later-than-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/744319\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh 4th of July fireworks happening, but a little later than planned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fireworks in Pittsburgh will go on \u2014 though a little later than planned.<\/p>\n<p>The city shared on social media that gates will reopen at Point State Park and the North Shore at 8:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>And the fireworks show will kick off at 10 p.m. \u2014 rather than the planned 9:35 p.m. start time.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The show must go on! Following severe weather, gates will reopen at Point State Park &amp; the North Shore at 8:15PM.<\/p>\n<p>Music will continue &amp; our largest fireworks show in decades will now kickoff at 10PM! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VV0BDeS9mn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/VV0BDeS9mn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Pittsburgh (@Pittsburgh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pittsburgh\/status\/2073558654922510432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 5, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Evan Hauze, 21, said he came to Pittsburgh from his native Bedford to celebrate Independence Day and watch the city\u2019s fireworks display.<\/p>\n<p>But taking refuge from the rain at Acrisure Stadium wasn\u2019t such a bad alternative. The stadium is holding watch parties for World Cup matches. A fan of French soccer phenom Kylian Mbappe, Hauze said he enjoyed watching the match and reacquainting himself with the Steelers\u2019 home turf.<\/p>\n<p>Clad in a French soccer jersey and USA ballcap, Joey Gramz said he hoped to stick around for the fireworks after the conclusion of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Gramz, 25, of Pittsburgh\u2019s West End said attendance was slimmer than he expected, but he was glad to see so many young soccer fans playing impromptu games in the stadium\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n<p>It was sentiment shared by Justin Schwartz and Ellie Fiessinger, both of Pittsburgh\u2019s Shadyside neighborhood, who said they were hoping for better weather but glad to see fellow viewers enjoying the gametime atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like everyone is making the best of what\u2019s happening,\u201d said Schwartz, 29.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced Saturday evening that it would cancel its free concert at Arts Landing in the Downtown Cultural District because of weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. for much of Western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown festivities began at 4 p.m. before the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fireworks in Pittsburgh will go on \u2014 though a little later than planned. The city shared on social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-744319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}