Pittsburgh’s favorite pickle festival is coming back for four days of fun this summer.
Picklesburgh is scheduled to return Thursday, July 16, through Sunday, July 19, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced on Monday.
It comes as Picklesburgh is once again in the running for USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Picklesburgh has been nominated for best specialty food festival, a title that the festival has already won four times. It’s up against other nominees like Ellsworth, Wisconsin’s Cheese Curd Festival and California’s Gilroy Garlic Festival.
What is Picklesburgh?
Picklesburgh was started in 2015, and the quirky idea has since turned into a massive festival. In 2024, more than 250,000 people attended, which was a 1,000% increase since the inaugural event…