PICKLEBASH 2

🥒 PICKLEBASH 2 — THE SEARCH FOR MORE PICKLES
September 19, 2026 • Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds / Fair Center
FREE ADMISSION
11:00 AM — Event Opens
11:00 AM — Pickle Place Craft Vendor Fair opens at the Fair Center
11:00 AM–7:00 PM — Kids’ Zone on the event grounds ($10 to bounce all day on the inflatables)
11:30 AM–2:30 PM — Live Music: Doug Brundies at the Outdoor Stage
2:45 PM — Pickle Eating Contest at the Contest Stage
3:00 PM — Iowa & Northern Iowa Football Watch Party at the Fair Center
3:00–4:00 PM — $2 Pickle Shot Happy Hour at the Pickle Bar
3:00 PM–Halftime — Pickle Beer Happy Hour — $2 Off at the Pickle Bar
4:00–5:00 PM — Pre-Concert Line Dancing at the Outdoor Stage
4:45 PM — Pickle Juice Chugging Challenge at the Contest Stage
5:00–7:00 PM — For Those About To Yacht at the Outdoor Stage
7:00 PM — Event Ends
Kids’ Zone • 11 AM–7 PM: Inflatables — $10 Bounce All Day, Petting Zoo, and Corn Boxes.
$100 cash prizes for the Pickle Chugging Contest, Pickle Eating Contest, and Best Dressed Pickle Dancer, plus the Iowa Football Watch Party on the Done Right TV Big Screen with pickle beers $2 off from kickoff until halftime.
Over a dozen vendors with more than 40 different Pickle Foods, Including: Pickle Grilled Cheese, Pickle Popcorn, Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwiches, Double Pickle Smash Burger, Pickle Ice Cream, Pickle Energy Drinks, Pickle Corn Dogs, Pickle on a stick, Pickle Beef Jerky, Pickle Tacos, Fried Pickles, Pickle Nachos, Pickle Egg Rolls and so much more!
Sponsored by: Kwik Star, IITI Group, Done Right TV. and Smokin Mikes Sauce Co.
Pickle Beer Brewed by Exile, Adventurous, Twin Span and Bent River Breweries