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Lake Street Dive
Heinz Hall — Pittsburgh, PA
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About Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive is a Boston-based funk and soul band that somehow keeps getting better instead of calcifying into nostalgia. They started in the mid-2000s as a street busking group, which explains why their sound has this infectious, go-anywhere energy that doesn't care about genre lanes. Their 2013 album Bad Self Portraits introduced them to a wider audience, but it was 2015's Side Pony that made them unavoidable—tracks like 'Good as Hell' became the kind of song people who don't normally listen to funk actually sought out. Ssinger Rachael Price has a voice that can shift from breathy and intimate to absolutely commanding without breaking a sweat. The band treats every song like it's a negotiation with the listener, building grooves instead of just playing them, making arrangements that breathe and shift. They're serious musicians who refuse to sound serious about it.

Shows feel like a really good party where the musicians somehow have more fun than the audience, which is impossible but they manage it anyway. Price commands the stage without trying. Crowds move without being told to.

Known for Good as Hell, It Happened to Me, Bad Self Portraits, Side Pony, What Would a Wise Man Do

Lake Street Dive + Pittsburgh

Lake Street Dive rolled through Stage AE on October 1st with the kind of setlist that rewards the people who've been paying attention. They opened with "Good Together" and spent the evening threading between their tighter grooves—"Better Not Tell You," "Making Do"—and the kind of deep cuts that make their fanbase tick. "Dance With a Stranger" landed in that sweet spot where the band was clearly having fun, and closing with "Good Kisser" sent everyone out satisfied. This is a band that knows how to balance the obvious moves with the stuff that matters.

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Live Music in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh's music DNA runs through steel mill grit and soul. Lake Street Dive's brand of funk—groovy, precise, unapologetically fun—should find allies here. The city's got a solid foundation for bands that play with real instruments and real pocket, from its jazz history to the current crop of musicians who respect the fundamentals.

Pittsburgh road trip to see Lake Street Dive?

Stay in Lawrenceville—the neighborhood's got real character now, tree-lined streets with actual restaurants instead of chains. Book a table at Smallman Galley or Legume for proper food. Spend an afternoon at the Heinz History Center learning about the city's actual past, not the sanitized version. Walk through the Strip District, grab coffee at La Prima, and check out independent record shops. The Duquesne Incline offers views worth the minimal effort. This is a city that knows how to take itself seriously without being pretentious about it.

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