HOLD THE DATE!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2025, 3:00 – 9:00 P.M.
Festival of Combustion
Presented by U.S. Steel
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A celebration of the industrial arts and American crafts at the Carrie Blast Furnaces!
EXPERIENCE THE FESTIVAL
A One-of-a-kind extravaganza!
Join Rivers of Steel in celebrating industrial arts and American crafts at the Carrie Blast Furnaces!
Showcasing the creativity of our region’s artists, makers, and builders, the Festival of Combustion takes inspiration from the iron-making legacy of the Carrie Blast Furnaces. An all-day iron pour is at the heart of the festival!
Check out demonstrations by blacksmiths, glassblowers, welders, and metal fabricators and more. Get creative with hands-on activities for all. After dark, check out a glowing ceramic reveal, followed by fireworks over the furnaces!
Tours, live music, food trucks, and a makers’ marketplace round out the experience. It’s a day of fun for everyone!
Tickets are $20 in advance; kids under 18 are free.
Join in the fun!
SEE & DO
Hands-On Experiences and Demonstrations
Start your celebration of industrial arts by viewing a spectacular iron pour, and make sure to check out blacksmithing with Rivers of Steel, glassblowing with Pittsburgh Glass Center, power-hammer forging with the Center for Metal Arts, and welding demonstrations with Patrick Camut Fabrication!
Then get creative with an array of crafts, including carving a scratch mold that’s cast in aluminum by Rivers of Steel's metal arts crew. There’s also mosaics with The Ruins Projects, jewelry making with Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media, ceramics with Ton Pottery, a Punk Rock Corner with LIGHT Education Initiative, and more activities with Assemble PGH and Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild.
Stop by the Heritage Craft Tent, presented by West Overton Village—who will be offering rye whiskey tastings and education! Then get hands on with our community partners from Touchstone Center for Crafts, the Bradford House Museum, the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, and Maxo Vanka Murals.
Get Crafty!Get Crafty!
BE ENTERTAINED
Live Music and Performances
The 2024 Festival of Combustion features live music throughout the day and evening, along with flame performances and a woodfire sculpture reveal at dusk by Talon Smith. Stop by the stage for performances by Ames Harding & the Mirage, Tom Breiding and the Union Railroad, and The Polkamaniacs!
SO MUCH MORE!
Shop, Tour, Eat & More
The Festival is designed to be a day of fun for everyone! Shoppers, check out the makers’ marketplace. Kids and kids at heart, join X-Pogo to get your bounce on. There are also self-guided tours of the Furnaces and the Iron Garden, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Plus there will be food trucks, a craft beer and cocktail tent, tattoos with KSD Studios, and more. A fireworks display over the Furnaces caps off the night!
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The Festival of Combustion is from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Ticketing information is coming soon. Kids under 18 are free!
Location & Directions
The Carrie Blast Furnaces are located in the communities of Swissvale and Rankin, Pennsylvania, in the Monongahela River Valley. The address is 801 Carrie Furnace Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15218.
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