THE 2024 EVENT HAS CONCLUDED AND WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
PLEASE JOIN US NEXT YEAR ON JULY 5 & 6 2025
9 AM to 5 PM, both days
$12.00/ Adult, $5.00/ Youth (ages 4 to 11)
$20.00 adult 2-day pass, $8.00 youth 2-day pass
Many thanks to our Sponsors!
As our BIGGEST event of the year, the festival treats thousands of visitors to lively special events, contests, and demonstrations that celebrate “woodhick” skills. Unique food and craft vendors provide guests with ample shopping and culinary opportunities. There is live music throughout the weekend, crafts and games at the kid’s corner, operating demonstrations of our steam-powered circular sawmill and birch still, blacksmithing, chainsaw carving, and camp cooking. There is no ATM on site so plan your visit accordingly.
Competitions
Our two-day festival hosts a number of competitions that the public can be a part of. Visitors are encouraged to compete in the greased pole, log rolling, crosscut saw, and birling competitions to earn the title “Grand Champion Bark Peeler” and the associated cash prizes.
Can your homemade apple pie take a slice out of the competition to become the best in Potter County? Enter our annual Apple Pie Contest to find out!
RETURNING THIS YEAR: Do you have a Pencil, Cop, or Handlebar mustache? Is your beard a Van Dyke, a Goatee, or full-on ZZ Tops? We have a competition for you. As part of the festivities, we’ll host our second annual Beard & Mustache Competition. Keep growing that facial hair and come out to be part of the fun!
Beard & Mustache Competition Information
Kids can get in on the fun too with frog jumping and seed spitting contest!
Thank you for your continuing support of the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum!
Are you new to the Bark Peelers’ Festival traditions? Check out this video from the 2012 Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsLWykhCQds
