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Picklesburgh will take place Downtown July 11-13, 2025.

The event, founded in 2015 by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, just won the USA Today Reader’s Choice Award for Best Specialty Food Festival in the nation.

“We want to thank all the pickle-passionate people and dill devotees who cast their votes over the past few weeks,” says Jeremy Waldrup, PDP president and CEO. “We look forward to relishing this sweet victory with all of you when Picklesburgh returns in July!”

Free to attend, Picklesburgh is one of the largest festivals in Western Pennsylvania. Last year, more than 250,000 people participated in the fermented fun that includes pickle-themed food, merchandise, contests and entertainment.

Location details will be announced soon via social media and the Brine Vine mailing list.

In the meantime, I’ll be scraping the bottom of the barrel for more pickle puns.