The 10th-annual Picklesburgh festival kicked off Friday. Organizers say the event has had a 1,000% increase in attendance over the past 10 years.
For the past decade, a Shaler mom and her family have been coming Downtown for Picklesburgh. What started as a quirky festival on the Clemente Bridge has expanded to be one of the largest festivals in Western Pennsylvania.
“This is way bigger cause now they have bridges and they have it Downtown, sort of, so it’s way bigger,” said Marylou Monich Bushyager of Shaler. “And it’s really fun, but we come back every year because we love pickles and we love Pittsburgh.”…