Picklesburgh 2023 Dates Announced

PITTSBURGH, PA — It's a really big dill every summer. Picklesburgh has been voted the nation's best specialty food festival in the past - and the nation's only one featuring an extremely large Heinz pickle balloon.

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has announced the popular festival will be held July 21 through July 23. The partnership is working with city officials to determine the event's precise location this year.

“Every year we try to make Picklesburgh better than the year before, and this year is no exception,” Jeremy Waldrup, parntership president and CEO, said in a statement.

Presented by Heinz, Picklesburgh is a free culinary event that includes international dishes and handcrafted foods from local chefs featuring house-cured pickled vegetables; how-to demonstrations highlighting the farm-to-table movement and canning; fun pickle-themed merchandise, live music, a kids area and a competitive pickle juice drinking contest.

Launched in 2015, the festival has received national attention with coverage that has included the Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox News, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Travel+Leisure and Thrillist. The event also been recognized as a ‘signature event’ of the Commonwealth by the Pennsylvania Tourism Office.

The event is once again a finalist for USA Today's best specialty food festival in the country. Pickle lovers can vote for the festival here.