Editing Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Entertainment===
Vandergrift has a theater - the Casino Theater, and a museum called the Victorian Vandergrift Museum & Historical Society.

Many of the exterior shots in the 2011 science fiction film ''[[I am Number Four (film)|I am Number Four]]'' were filmed in Vandergrift, which was a stand-in for the fictional town of Paradise, Ohio. {{Citation needed|date=January 2014}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rittmeyer |first1=Brian C. |title='I Am Number Four' offers many Western Pennsylvania locations |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/i-am-number-four-offers-many-western-pennsylvania-locations/ |website=TribLIVE.com |access-date=28 September 2020 |date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

The city center was a reference for the town center of Possum Springs in the lauded PC game [[Night in the Woods]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Scott |title=Alec |url=https://medium.com/@bombsfall/alec-2618dc1e23e |website=Medium |language=en |date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

===Festivals and parades===
'''May'''
* "[http://www.officialvandergrift.com/Cleanup%20Day.html Vandergrift Cleanup Day]".
* "Vandergrift Ethnic Days". The carnival and ethnic food festival takes place at Kennedy Park and is sponsored by Vandergrift Fire Companies Nos. 1 and 2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourallekiskivalley/yourallekiskivalleymore/1889604-87/fire-vandergrift-carnival-ethnic-event-potoka-park-saturday-annual-companies#axzz2CvqMvB21|title=Vandergrift FD hopes ethnic days will be annual event|last=Guido|first=George|website=TribLIVE.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref>
* Memorial Day. A parade begins at Vandergrift Elementary School and proceeds down Grant Ave. to a veteran's memorial service at the Casino Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://triblive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/s_739452.html#axzz2CvqMvB21|title=Memorial Day celebrations to honor Alle-Kiski Valley veterans|last=Hayes|first=Liz|website=TribLIVE.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref>

'''June'''
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130719112950/http://vandergriftfinearts.com/ Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival]".

'''July'''
*"RFG Sideshow Festival".  This festival is free admission to the public.  Enjoy good food, great music and dancing and the best entertainment this side of the Kiskiminetas River! Brought to you by RFG Association of Performing Arts and Vandergrift Vol. Fire Department no.2
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20180526112704/https://www.rfgapa.org/sideshow]

'''August'''
* "[http://www.festaitaliana.us/ Festa Italiana di Vandergrift]".

'''September'''
* "[https://web.archive.org/web/20111015052743/http://www.strongland.org/bikerace.html Tour de StrongLand ]".

'''October'''
* "Vandergrift Oktoberfest". This usually a three-day festival held in Kennedy Park by the Vandergrift No. 2 Volunteer Fire Department.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/vandergrift-octoberfest/nGrRg/|title=VANDERGRIFT: Octoberfest|last=EndPlay|date=2010-08-17|work=WPXI|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en-US}}</ref>

'''November'''
* "Lightup the Night". This is the annual Christmas parade and celebration on Grant Ave. the Friday after Thanksgiving.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.officialvandergrift.com/LightUpTheNight.html |title=VIP - Light up the Night |access-date=2012-11-22 |archive-date=2012-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218102030/http://www.officialvandergrift.com/LightUpTheNight.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Religion===
64.19% of Vandergrift residents are affiliated with a religious congregation. Of those affiliated, 55.4% are Roman Catholic, 12.2% are Methodist, 9.9% are ELCA Lutheran, 6.5% are Presbyterian, 16% are "other".<ref>Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. [http://www.city-data.com/city/Vandergrift-Pennsylvania.html Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000.] Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.</ref>