Evansville Pickle Festival - Saturday, SEPT 12

Schedule

Sat Sep 12 2026 at 01:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Main Street Food & Beverage | Evansville, IN

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🥒 2026 Evansville Pickle Festival returns Saturday, September 12th 1pm-7pm, with a VIP early entry at 12pm to 900 Main Street 🥒
GET READY TO ENJOY:
🥒 First Drink for the first 1,000
🥒 Family-friendly for the entire family (children 12 and under are free)
🥒 Pickle Costume Fashion Show featuring Alpaca, goats, bunny, little cow and tortoise at 4pm near main stage. Best costume contestants should check in by 3:30pm.
🥒 30+ vendors many serving up delicious pickle favorites (food trucks, inside food booths, and outdoor tents)
🥒 Premium and VIP Upgrades with express and early entry
🥒 Pickle Competitions at 5pm 1. Brine Chug 2. Bobbing for pickles 3. Hot Pickle Challenge
🥒 Grab & Go Pickle serving unique pickle flavors, pickling stations and cucumber water
🥒 Indoor/Outdoor Bars
🥒 Cornhole Tournament (register on Scoreholio)
🥒 Craft, Merchandise and Boutique Vendors
FOOD TRUCKS & VENDORS Registration: email [email protected] for consideration and interests.
ABOUT EVANSVILLEEVENTS.com
Founded in 2011, Evansville Events has revolutionized the event grid throughout the Midwest with 40 large-scale festivals to date, in addition to 3 annual holiday runs, and 6 annual food weeks; all while also supporting hundreds of charities and businesses over the years. EE specializes in bringing big-city events to the regional city of Evansville. These buzzy experiences continue to drive more than 10,000 event goers each year from around the country. In 2019, Realtor.com recognized and attributed to why millennials find Evansville an attractive place to live, crediting several of the festivals as “buzzy events” and a “driving force”. In 2023, AAA Traveler Magazine featured the Evansville Food Truck Festival as a “Culinary Hit” to more than 680,000 homes throughout the Midwest. EE has helped raise nearly $100,000 for local nonprofits in addition to assisting many local and regional businesses develop and grow.
KIDS DETAILS
- Children 12 & under are FREE & do not need a ticket
WHY ADMISSION CHARGE?
Outdoor/Indoor Festivals are high risk endeavors with months of planning involved. We solicit sponsorships, vendor and admission fees without any guarantee of covering the costs associated with staffing, infrastructure, equipment rentals, permitting, marketing/advertising, management, entertainment, venue rental, insurance and any unknown surprises that may occur due to acts of God, pandemic and or extreme weather conditions. The balance of the monies goes directly back into the community to support exciting world-class events aimed to highlight local business, restaurants, tourism and community development.
OUR GUARANTEE
You will have one of the best days you've ever had in Evansville! We are always sharpening our pencils to ensure a valued-centered experience for all of our guests. We also have team members located at gate areas who will assist to ensure we address any concerns or issues during your visit during the event.
REFUND & EXCHANGE POLICY
*All tickets purchased for The Evansville Pickle Festival by phone or online are final. We Do Not issue refunds or exchanges & this is a Rain or Shine Outdoor event.
VENDORS
Interested food trucks, restaurants, vendors can register here: coming soon!
SPONSORS
For great ways to market your company in the community and be a supporter of live events, live music, local food culture and small business please submit email [email protected]
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Main Street Food & Beverage, 900 Main St, Evansville, IN 47708-1827, United States

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