Giant Pickle Balloon Promises To Be Big Draw At Picklesburgh Food Festival

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- No, your eyes won't be deceiving you.

Next week, there will be a gigantic pickle floating in the skies over Pittsburgh. It will point the way to the new food festival the city is hosting when Pittsburgh becomes Picklesburgh.

Picklesburgh will be a two-day celebration on July 17 and 18 on the Rachel Carson Bridge.

Organizers say the huge inflatable Heinz pickle balloon will hover over the festival, overseeing the tastiness!

The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership says the balloon was created by Big Ideas Parade Giants, which is the company that makes many of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons. It was built and airbrushed in Arizona.

It's larger than 35 feet wide and was modeled after a Pittsburgh icon, the Heinz pickle pin.

And, let's face it, this is gonna be a really big dill!

The festival will feature more than 40 vendors that will offer food and pickle-themed merchandise.

There will also be entertainment and how-to cooking demonstrations.

For more information on the Picklesburgh festival, check out their website here: http://www.picklesburgh.com/

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