Pittsburgh's Picklesburgh Getting New Home

PITTSBURGH, PA — Picklesburgh's popularity has forced the annual summer festival devoted to all things pickle-related to find a new home.

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has announced this year's event is being moved from the Allegheny Riverfront to the Boulevard of the Allies from Stanwix to Smithfield Street. The event's signature item, the 30-foot Heinz pickle balloon, will float above PPG Plaza.

“Picklesburgh brings tens of thousands to Downtown every year, and those numbers are steadily growing. With the new location and footprint, we want to ensure we continue to DILL-iver the best Picklesburgh experience as possible for all the pickle-loving masses,” Jeremy Waldrup, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, said in a statement.

Presented by Kraft Heinz (naturally) Picklesburgh is a free annual 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.

This year's event will occur July 21-23.