Set in downtown Mount Olive, NC, the award-winning North Carolina Pickle Festival celebrates its most famous product - the humble pickle. The day is filled with 3 stages of live entertainment, free pickles, a classic car show, antique tractors, a pickle eating contest, free pickles, carnival rides, games and activities for children, an artisan village, did we mention free pickles? and so much more. Hours for the festival main day Saturday are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.