Pittsburgh’s favorite pickle festival is coming back for four days of fun this summer.<\/p>\n
Picklesburgh is scheduled to return Thursday, July 16, through Sunday, July 19, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It comes as Picklesburgh is once again in the running for USA Today’s Readers’ Choice Awards<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n What is Picklesburgh?\u00a0<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n The festival, which takes place under a large Heinz pickle balloon, features vendors selling all things pickle-themed. There are also events, like the pickle juice drinking competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n The festival started out over a decade ago on the Rachel Carson Bridge, but its footprint has only been growing<\/a>. Last year, it took over the Roberto Clemente and Andy Warhol bridges, as well as parts of Downtown and the North Shore.\u00a0<\/p>\n The location for this year’s festival will be announced in the coming weeks, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership said. Vendor applications are now available online<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n