Electric Banana Pittsburgh: Events

The Forty Nineteens at Stage AE, August 28, 2022

Upcoming Events

Here is a selected list of Pittsburgh-area events that I think might be of interest to anybody who used to frequent the Electric Banana back in the day, not intended to be a complete list of every single area concert - yet maybe this is the only concert guide you need. For further details, consult your favorite search engine. Schedule is subject to change without notice. We can't be responsible if you drive, hitchhike, or take two buses to a show and find that it's been canceled or sold out. We don't promote shows or have any inside information. We're just some guys who have a web site.

Wednesdays - Punk Rock N Roll Night: DJ Todd Cheat @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale (Check before going.)

Thursdays – The Theme w/ Ben Opie on WRCT-FM * DJ Mockster @ Arsenal Bowling Lanes, Lawrenceville (Check before going.)
Fridays – Rat Race: A Journey Through Youngstown’s Music History on WYSU-FM * Vive le Mock on WRCT-FM

First Friday of every month – Steel City Scorchers: DJ Drago and Soulful Fella @ The Pitch on Butler, Lawrenceville (Check before going.)

10/23/26 – Release date for The Bootleg Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw

10/23/26 – Release date for The Doors – Unbound and Dangerous

10/23/26 – Essential Machine @ location to be announced (not sure what they’re waiting for at this point), Strip District

10/23/26 – Release date for Fake Names – Punk Ruins

10/23/26 – Paul McCartney * Goose on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (repeat)

10/23/26 - Release date for The Nerves – Best Collection

10/23/26 – Pink Talking Fish @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall, Lawrenceville

10/23/26 – Smokey Robinson @ Citizens Live at the Wylie, Hill District

10/23/26 – yawp Carnival Poetica @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

10/24/26 – Animal Scream * Tory Silver * Morgan Erina * Andre Costello @ The Sanctuary at Mr. Smalls, Millvale

10/24/26 – Black Dog Cult * Modern Fossils * Dros Monarch @ Corner Café, South Side

10/24/26 – Bring Your Own Vinyl Night (rumored DJ set by Joe) @ Allegheny City Brewing, North Side

10/24/26 – Silly Goose * Cheem * Muttlee @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

10/25/26 – Blossoms on Saturday Night Live UK

10/25/26 – Flamin’ Groovies w/ The Dracu-Las @ The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, Millvale

10/25/26 – Modele w/ Nowhere Wolves @ Spirit, Lawrenceville

10/26/26 – St. Vincent on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

10/27/26 – Crossings Band (members of the Little Wretches sitting in) @ Southminster Presbyterian Church, Mount Lebanon

10/27/26 – Machine Girl @ The Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks

10/30/26 – Release date for Mike Bagetta & Victor Krauss – Lonesome Town

10/30/26 – Release date for The dB’s – Cycles Per Second: US Tour 2024

10/30/26 – Release date for Queens of the Stone Age - Perfecth

10/30/26 – Skalloween: The Skalarks w/ DJ Drago @ The Pitch on Butler, Lawrenceville

10/30/26 – The Wurms @ Glendale Fireman’s Association

10/30-31/26 – The Rocky Horror Show @ Greensburg Garden & Civic Center

10/31/26 – Wolf & Bear * Coletta * Origami Button @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

10/31/26 – The Wurms @ VFW Post #214, Lawrenceville

11/1/26 – Forbidden * Heathen * Void @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/2/26 – Leenalchi @ The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side

11/3/26 – Big Ass Truck * mugshot * Surfacer * another band whose logo I can’t read to save my life @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/4/26 – Banshee @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/4/26 – Nervous Verbs w/ Ed Crawford Duo @ The Government Center, North Side

11/5/26 – Flipper * Thunder Vest * Bastard Squad @ Spirit, Lawrenceville

11/6/26 – Bandcamp Friday – all profits waived in favor of the artists

11/6/26 – Oregon Trails @ Telephone, Garfield

11/6/26 – The Stars of Disaster * Pink Gin Marimbas * The Nino Albanese Trio @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

11/6-7/26 – Sting @ Citizens Live at the Wylie, Hill District

11/7/26 – Born of Osiris * Miss May I * Convictions * downswing @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/7/26 – Original Zucco Bubblegum Band @ RE Club, Sharpsburg

11/7/26 – Storm Weaver * Warmbody * Extortion Cellar * Nullum @ 222 Ormsby, Mount Oliver

11/7/26 – The Strokes on Saturday Night Live

11/8/26 – Heal the Hurt * Magdalene Rose * Unbroken Reign @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/9/26 – The Cheats * Rattle Bones * Nico Bones @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

11/9/26 – The Queers * Spitbite * Right On Warriors @ Crafthouse Stage and Grill, Whitehall

11/10/26 – Porch Light w/ Superhero @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/10/26 – The Slackers* The Operators * The Skalarks @ Crathouse Stage and Grill, Whitehall

11/11/26 – Midwinter * What Lies Below * Coldstate @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/12/26 – Ho99o9 * N8NOFACE * Sincerely__The Void @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/12/26 – Max Weinberg’s Jukebox w/ Bill Toms and Hard Rain @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Warrendale

11/14/26 – Bat Thorn * The Big Bad * Pumpkin Guts * Zombie Mafia @ 222 Ormsby, Mount Oliver

11/14/26 – Girl of Glass * Thus Spoke Zarathustra * xMercyx @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/19-20/26 – Goose @ Citizens Live at the Wylie, Hill District

11/20/26 – Fadedcolor @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

11/21/26 – The Last Ten Seconds of Life * Signs of the Swarm * Windchimes * Exocarnage @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/25/26 – Skanksgiving 2026: The Book Club * The Skalarks * DJ Drago @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

11/27/26 – Black Friday Record Store Day

11/27/26 – Suicide Silence * Emmure * Angelmaker * Synestia @ Preserving Undergroun, New Kensington

11/27/26 – Ventana * Deadly Apples * Aeturnem @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

11/27-28/26 – Affordable Floors w/ Generation XX @ Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale

12/2/26 – I Am the Avalanche w/ Matt Embree @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

12/2/26 – The Stray Cats @ The Palace Theatre, Greensburg

12/3/26 – Release date for Nikki and the Toyko Corvettes – “Love Letter to Japan” single

12/4/26 – Bandcamp Friday – all profits waived in favor of the artists

12/5/26 – The Pulse of Annihilation * Inferi * Cognitive * Summoning the Lich @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

12/6/26 – Darkest Hour @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

12/6/26 – Death From Above 1979 @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall, Lawrenceville

12/6/26 – GWAR * Midnight * Mac Sabbath * X-Cops @ The Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks

12/7/26 – Bodysnatcher * Gideon * Psycho-Frame * Volatile Ways @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

12/10/26 – Heavy//Hitter * Torn Open * Katywentmissing * Squelching @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

12/11/26 – Start Making Sense @ Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale

12/12/26 – Men Without Hats w/ Tim Polecat @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Warrendale

12/12/26 – Punk Rock Holiday Bash @ 222 Ormsby, Mount Oliver

12/12/26 – Submachine * Sickbed * Orange G & Brian Seese * DJ Poptone @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

12/19/26 – Release date for A.T.S. – Bistarkey, the Unending Room on vinyl

12/22/26 – International Joe Strummer Day

1/10/27 – It’s the 10th of January and I still ain’t had no sleep.
1/20/27 – ANNISOKAY @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

2/4/27 – The Lemonheads w/ Essential Machine @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Warrendale

2/5/27 – Release date for 40 Elephants self-titled debut album

2/6/27 – Meeting of Important People * Mirabelle Skipworth * The Garment District @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall, Lawrenceville

2/7/27 – Dead Again w/ Issues @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, Warrendale

2/26-28/27 – Horror Realm @ DoubleTree, Greentree

3/?/27 – Publication date for Scott Mervis book on 30 Pittsburgh bands (no title yet)

3/5/27 – Release date for Bush Tetras – Too Many Creeps (Deluxe Reissue)

3/8/27 – Staind * Seether * Hoobastank *Hither @ The Paint Can, Uptahn

3/9/27 - National Meatball Day

3/10/27 – All You Need is John: An All-Star Tribute to John Lennon @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

3/13/27 – Sickbed @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

3/16/27 – Ventana * Deadly Apples * October * A Common Crown @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington
3/19/27 – Thrown * Guilt Trip * fromjoy @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington
3/20/27 – The Dollyrots w/ Leggy @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

3/20/27 – Two Wolf Moon @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

3/23/27 – Def Leppard w/ Goo Goo Dolls @ The Paint Can, Uptahn

3/27/27 – Haywire * Dark Thoughts * a third band whose logo I can’t read to save my life @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

4/9/27 – Zack Keim w/ J. Killen @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

4/9/27 – Nile * Coroner * Syn Absence @ Preserving Underground, New Kensington

4/17/27 – Record Store Day

4/24/27 – yawp Carnival Poetica @ Poetry Lounge, Millvale

4/30/27 – Psychedelic Furs w/ Living Colour @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall

5/1/27 – Free Comic Book Day

5/15/27 – Infidels @ Westside Bowl, Youngstown, OH

List last updated 10/23/26