I was a bit too young at the time to be able to answer this question myself...
Does anyone know what the official reason was that Brandon stopped having the Pickle Festival? Was it a dwindling turnout? A key organizer retiring? Funding-related??
I can remember as a young guy really looking forward to it, and often wonder if we need something with its combination of fun/randomness during the summer..
The latest reference I can find to it is September, 1998, here