Picklesburgh is back! Details on the dill-icious pickle festival

This news is a big dill for pickle lovers: Picklesburgh is back for its tenth year.

Picklesburgh bills itself as “the destination for all things pickled” and is ranked the No. 1 best specialty food festival in the country by USA TODAY’s 10Best. Over the last decade, more than 800,000 people have visited the festival, according to organizers.

The event features food and drinks with pickled ingredients, as well as merchandise, entertainment and contests — like the Dill-cathlon games, which includes pickle eating, pickle bobbing and pickle juice drinking competitions.

Here’s what to know about the festival, including some of the dill-icious bites that will be available.

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Where is Picklesburgh located?

The annual pickle festival is held in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

What are the dates for Picklesburgh?

Picklesburgh is being held on Friday, July 11, Saturday July 12 and Sunday, July 13.

What are the hours for Picklesburgh?

On Friday and Saturday, the festival is open from noon to 10 p.m. On Sunday, it will be open noon to 6 p.m.

How much are tickets for Picklesburgh?

Admission to Picklesburgh is free, and no tickets are necessary.

Visitors can check out Picklesburgh’s website for more information about location, parking and other tips on navigating the festival.

What food does Picklesburgh have?

Perhaps the most dill-lightful part of Picklesburgh is its many vendors selling food, drinks and merchandise.

Here’s a look at some of the highlights:

• Pickle pizza

  • Giovanni’s Pizza & Pasta: bacon, onion & pickle pizza

  • Junction Pizza: pickle pizza and pickle breadsticks

• Pickle spirits

  • Crooked Creek Distillery: dill moonshine infusion and cucumber lemon dill vodka

  • Excise Distillery: pickle vodka

  • Armen’s Barrels: dill vodka and pickle vodka

  • McLaughlin Distillery: pickle moonshine

  • Wigle Wiskey: eau de pickle and city of champions bourbon

• Pickle cocktails

  • Shorty’s: pickled mango margarita

  • The Warren: sweet and sour pickled watermelon margarita, cool pickled cucumber refresher, and pickled fruit sangria

  • Yuzu: margarita pickle Moscow mule

  • Burgatory: pickle passionfruit margarita

  • Pittsburgh Mobile Bars: strawberry basil, dill lemonade, raspberry shrub or jalepeno limeade cocktails

  • Local Provisions: “Tickle My Pickle” and “Pickle-rita” cocktails

• Pickle pierogies

  • Gosia’s Pierogies

• Pickle sorbet, ice cream, gelato

  • RedBeard’s Sports Bar & Grille: pickle sorbet

  • Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream: pickle gelato, pickled fruit ice cream

  • Ekernally Yours: pickled Hawaiian ice

• Pickle-stuffed pretzels

  • Pretzel Revolution: Old Bay buffalo chicken & pickle stuffed pretzel, pickled cheese dog pretzels, baby dill stuffed pretzels

A full list of vendors and what they are selling is available on Picklesburgh’s website.

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at melina.khan@usatoday.com. 

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Picklesburgh 2025: Hours, location, pickle foods, more