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This annual festival showcases Downtown Pittsburgh and is designed to have broad appeal across the Greater Pittsburgh community including young adults, suburban families, and small-town citizens. Picklesburgh™ is brought to you by The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP), the non-profit organization behind some of Pittsburgh’s most successful, popular, and imaginative events including; Highmark Light Up Night®, the Market Square Farmers Market, Friday & Saturday Night Markets, and the Peoples Gas Holiday Market™ among many others.

Creative, ready-to-eat, pickle menu items are encouraged, along with vendors of a wide variety of pickled and fermented products. Creative pickle-themed merchandise is also encouraged. Applications will remain open until April 22, 2024.

Want to support an award-winning event in Downtown Pittsburgh that showcases all things pickled? Well then, you’re in the right place.

Do you have a bottomless stomach, competitive spirit and love of pickles? Learn more about our Pickle Juice Drinking Contest!

Picklesburgh is not built in a day. Well… actually it is, and we need your help to get all of the brine flowing.