Fun and Fireworks: PyroFest Returns to Hartwood Acres Memorial Day Weekend
Organizers of Pyrotecnico's day-long event say this year's festival will be bigger and better.
Organizers of the annual PyroFest at Hartwood Acres are promising an even bigger and better festival this Memorial Day weekend. This year's day-long pyrotechnics and fireworks festival takes place on Saturday, May 25, and includes Pittsburgh fan favorite, The Clarks, as the headliner. The event, dubbed "America’s largest fireworks festival," is presented by Pyrotecnico, a family-owned fireworks and special effects company headquartered in New Castle. Organizers estimate more than 8,000 people attended last year's inaugural festival in Hampton Township. “After the tremendous amount of positive feedback after the first event, we want to ensure Pyrofest will be an annual Pittsburgh tradition,” Stephen Vitale, president and CEO of Pyrotecnico…
