A Venue Built on Values, Not Walls
The Encore is not a room. It is not a building. It is a performance venue that travels — setting up wherever live music is needed most, in indoor halls and outdoor parks, in intimate spaces and open fields. What makes it The Encore is not the address. It is what happens on the stage and who it is for.
The Encore exists to make live music — and especially live jazz — available to audiences who rarely get the chance to experience it: families, communities without nearby cultural venues, people who have never been to a jazz show, and anyone who has been quietly waiting for a reason to come.
Every performance streams live. This is not an afterthought — it is part of the mission. The Encore is designed from the ground up to be a virtual venue as much as a physical one, where online audiences experience the same show, the same music, and the same moment as the people in the room.
"The Encore isn't just a series of shows. It's a permanent argument that live music belongs everywhere — and that Pittsburgh deserves it."