Pittsburgh this week: RUSH, Jack White, The Menzingers and more

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson bring Rush back to PPG Paints Arena on Sunday, capping a week with Jack White at the Wylie and punk in McKees Rocks, Nov. 9–15.

Forty-one shows are on the Pittsburgh calendar this week, and the last one is the big one. On Sunday Rush plays PPG Paints Arena, with a punk triple bill across the river in McKees Rocks the same night. Here is the week, night by night.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Midwinter at Preserving Underground, New Kensington, 7pm, on the Haunt Me Forever Tour.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Julia Jacklin at Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, 8pm. Tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 12: Jack White at Citizens Live at The Wylie, 7pm. The week's other headline night. Tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 12: Bumpin Uglies at Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale, 7:30pm, with Artikal Sound System. Tickets run $28.50 to $37.16. Tickets.

Thursday, Nov. 12: Fruit Bats at Thunderbird Café & Music Hall, 8pm. Tickets.

Friday, Nov. 13: Foghat at the Palace Theatre, Greensburg, 7:30pm. Tickets.

Saturday, Nov. 14: Elton Rohn at the Palace Theatre, Greensburg, 7:30pm. Tickets.

Sunday, Nov. 15: RUSH at PPG Paints Arena, 7:30pm. This is the Fifty Something tour, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson's return as Rush with German drummer Anika Nilles behind the kit. Announced in October 2025, the tour honors the late Neil Peart, and it opened June 7 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, as Digital Music News and Blabbermouth reported. Tickets.

Sunday, Nov. 15: The Menzingers at the Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks, 6pm, with Hot Water Music and Weakened Friends, on the Everything I Ever Saw tour. The early start helps.

Sunday, Nov. 15: Worst Party Ever at Bottlerocket Social Hall, 7pm, with Equipment, Ogbert the Nerd and Short Fictions, in a 175-capacity room. Tickets.

Sunday is the night to circle. Whether you are in the arena for Rush or in the pit in McKees Rocks, it is the best night of the week.

Sources: eTix: Midwinter Haunt Me Forever Tour, Preserving Underground (etix.prf.hn); TicketWeb: Julia Jacklin at Mr. Smalls (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Ticketmaster: Jack White Live 2026 Pittsburgh (ticketmaster.evyy.net); See Tickets: Bumpin Uglies at Mr. Smalls (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us); eTix: Fruit Bats at Thunderbird Café (etix.prf.hn); The Palace Theatre (Greensburg) (thepalacetheatre.org); Digital Music News: Rush plots Fifty Something 2026 tour (digitalmusicnews.com); Blabbermouth: Rush kicks off 2026 Fifty Something tour in Los Angeles with Anika Nilles (blabbermouth.net); Ticketmaster: RUSH Fifty Something Pittsburgh (ticketmaster.evyy.net); Ticketmaster: The Menzingers Everything I Ever Saw, McKees Rocks (ticketmaster.evyy.net); OpenDate: Worst Party Ever x Equipment (app.opendate.io); No Treble: Rush announce 2026 tour with drummer Anika Nilles (notreble.com)