{"id":224987,"date":"2026-06-22T14:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224987\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:56:19","slug":"dillcathalon-games-returning-to-picklesburgh-heres-how-you-can-sign-up-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224987\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillcathalon Games returning to Picklesburgh. Here\u2019s how you can sign up to compete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pickle lovers, get excited: fan-favorite games are returning to Picklesburgh, and you can sign up to participate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Dillcathlon Games will run throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/picklesburgh-2026-festival-expand-with-bigger-footprint-extended-dates\/JXC2XZB6URCIXHPODJCCC5KEYM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/picklesburgh-2026-festival-expand-with-bigger-footprint-extended-dates\/JXC2XZB6URCIXHPODJCCC5KEYM\/\">biggest Picklesburgh yet<\/a>. Competitors can seek gehrkin glory in the Pickle Juice Drinking Contest, Pickle Eating or Bobbing for Pickles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Contestants compete in a preview round on Thursday, July 16, followed by preliminary heats on July 17 and 18, then the championships on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The champion of each event gets $500, a trophy and the coveted title of Duke of Drinking, Earl of Eating or Baron of Bobbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Registration for the games opens at 10 a.m. on June 22, and spots are expected to fill up quickly. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Contestants must be 18 or older. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.picklesburgh.com\/games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.picklesburgh.com\/games\/\">Click here<\/a> for the full list of rules and regulations, or to sign up to compete. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pickle lovers, get excited: fan-favorite games are returning to Picklesburgh, and you can sign up to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[97731,97734,54860,54863,97732,97733,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-224987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-dillcathalon","tag-pickeslburgh-dillcathalon-signup","tag-picklesburgh","tag-picklesburgh-dates","tag-picklesburgh-events","tag-picklesburgh-map","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}