Linwood Pickle Festival

05/31/2026

We were out spreading the word for the 2026 Linwood Pickle Festival at the Midland antique festival today.

05/24/2026

We've named Courtney Kunkel the Director of the Linwood Pickle Festival Pageant.

The Pickle Dill-lightfull Pageant at the Linwood Pickle Festival! This fun and family-friendly natural pageant celebrating personality, confidence, community spirit, and all things pickle!

Category Description (3 categories) only for ages 6 and up. Newborn-5 will go out on stage one time. 4,5 years can say their name and do a walk. (All ages will do a walk with parents. If old enough, will walk alone and say their name)

Categories:

Pickle Festive Wear: Fun, creative, pickle-themed attire that shows personality and festival spirit.

Talent: Contestants may showcase a talent of their choice.

Formal Wear & Question: Contestants model age-appropriate formal wear and answer one on-stage question.

Title and Age Division

Tiny Princess/prince (0–2)
Tiny miss Princess/prince (3–5)
Little miss (6–9)
junior Miss 10–13)
Queen (14–18)

General Rules

This is a natural pageant. Minimal makeup is encouraged. Formal wear should be tasteful and age-appropriate.

Contestants should display good sportsmanship and positive attitudes. Talent music (if they have music) must be submitted before the event. Judging is based on personality, confidence, stage presence, and presentation.

Sample Questions

What is your favorite thing about the Pickle Festival? If you made a pickle flavor, what would it be? What makes you happy? What does kindness mean to you?

05/21/2026

We got a little bit bigger yard sign today in Kawkawlin 😳🥒

05/11/2026

Our yard signs arrived today.

05/06/2026

Field restoration is coming along. We even had our first ball players tonight. Be sure to get your Men’s slow pitch team signed up for the tournament at www.linwoodpicklefestival.com.

05/01/2026

05/01/2026

We've got some awesome entertainment lined up for the Linwood Pickle Festival, August 13th-16th, on Frank's Great Outdoors and Linwood Beach Marina & Campground stage. But who is your favorite??????

04/21/2026

It’s time to bring some life back to the diamond! ⚾️

It’s definitely seen better days and is looking a little rough around the edges, but we’re ready to put in the elbow grease to get it back into playing shape.

This is all leading up to the **Men’s 14-inch Slow Pitch Tournament** during the **Pickle Festival**. It’s going to be a blast seeing this field busy again.
Check out the "before" shots below... stay tuned for the "after!" 🛠️💪

04/21/2026

Get your putters ready, Linwood ⛳️🥒

We are beyond excited to host this year’s Picklefest Miniature Golf Outing at the all-new Parkside Mini Golf! For those who remember the old Dutch Village, you have to see what they’ve done with the place. The renovations are incredible, and it’s the perfect spot to kick off some friendly competition. They will be opening on May 1st.

04/18/2026

🥒 WE NEED A PAGEANT DIRECTOR! 👑

The Linwood Pickle Festival is looking for someone to take the reins of the Pickle Pageant this year!

You’ll have the freedom to decide the format and figure out the judging criteria to make it something really special for our community.

If you’re organized, love a good pageant, and want to help us crown some pickle royalty, we’d love to have you on the team!

Interested? Shoot us a DM or drop a comment below and we can give you more details.