The 2025 Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival.
The 1st Annual Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival expands on two premier events on the bodybuilding calendar, the 25th Annual IFBB Pittsburgh Pro and the inaugural NPC Worldwide Pittsburgh Natural Pro Qualifier, when it makes its debut May 10-11, 2025, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.
In its first year, the Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival will include an Expo with 200 exhibitor booths filled with the fitness industry’s leading brands in sports and fitness, nutrition, apparel, and equipment. Also making their debut are three sport areas where fans will witness feats of strength, speed and skill by hundreds of athletes, competing in Strongman, Powerlifting and Martial Arts competitions.
The Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival is promoted by Jim Manion and his grandson Tyler Manion, President and Vice President respectively of the International Federation of Bodybuilding (IFBB) Professional League and National Physique Committee (NPC) “We are excited to add to our premier professional and amateur bodybuilding events in our hometown of Pittsburgh,” the Manion’s said. “Adding the Expo and three sporting events for 2025 is the first step in building an event that becomes a destination for sports and strength enthusiasts from all around.”
Events of the 2025 Pittsburgh Power and Fitness Festival include:
- IFBB Pittsburgh Pro where professional physique competitors vie for record breaking amounts of cash and prizes and where winners qualify for the Olympia, the “Superbowl of Bodybuilding”. Divisions include Men’s Open, Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Women’s Physique, Wellness, Figure, and Bikini.
- NPC Worldwide Pittsburgh Natural Pro Qualifier will have amateur physique athletes from all over the world competing for a chance to earn one of up to 29 IFBB pro cards. This is the inaugural year for this event which has roots dating back more than 50 years. In 1971, a young bodybuilder named Jim Manion won the title of Mr. Pittsburgh.
- The inaugural Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival Expo will host hundreds of booths with the fitness industry’s leading brands in sports fitness, nutrition, apparel, and equipment.
- Strongman, hosted by United States Strongman Inc., will wow audiences with amazing feats of strength from top professional and amateur athletes alike.
- Powerlifting, hosted by United States Powerlifting Association, will feature competitions in three lifts including squat, deadlift and bench press for maximum weight.
- • Martial Arts, hosted by BCM Promotions, will bring together many disciplines including karate, taekwondo, forms, weapons demonstrations and more for this battle of speed, technique, and skill.
2025 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival:
Dates: May 10-11, 2025
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center (1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd.)
Hours: Expo hours: 9 AM – 5 PM Saturday and Sunday. Visit PittsPowerFit.com for a complete schedule.
Admission: Expo tickets are $30 each day or both days for $50. Bodybuilding tickets include seating and that day’s expo ticket and are $60-100 each day for judging, and $70-120 each day for finals. Men’s divisions are Saturday, Women’s divisions are Sunday.
More information and tickets, visit www.PittsPowerFit.com
