It's PUMPKIN FESTIVAL weekend!!

Our 31st Annual Pumpkin Festival is THIS WEEKEND! October 14 & 15, 2017 10am-5pm Rain or Shine! As always, FREE parking...FREE admission... FREE hayrides... FREE entertainment! It's been a joy for our family to host this event each year and it truly has become a tradition for us, so we're hoping it will become a tradition for your family, if it hasn't already!! A great day for the family, so please come out and enjoy this yearly event! There are free hayrides to our Pumpkin Patch, door prize drawings, entertainment, food, and more! We will have a great variety of foods and many ,many vendors with products of every shape and size! In 2016, we had well over 50 vendors and this year, we have over. 70!!! There will be The Pumpkin Festival Food Stand that will have our famous Bean Soup, Veggie Soup, Hot Dogs (with Kraut or the Sloppy Dog!), Chili, Turkey BBQ, and more! Roan's Apple Dumplings will be here with apple & peach dumplings! Glenda and Scott will be here with their homemade ice cream! Sirak's Smokehouse will be here with their Kielbasa and Steak Sandwiches. Dottie's Chicken will be here with a variety of chicken products. There will also be a wide variety of baked goods and kettle corn! We have live demonstrations of colonial cooking over an open-fire and an encampment reenactment! There will be chainsaw carving demos and items for sale! Our free entertainment this year will be John & Sandy Kogut on Saturday and Mountain Grass on Sunday! Please join us in this awesome tradition! And please share your photos with us by tagging us on Facebook and on Instagram with #olcountrybarn and#olcountrybarnpumpkinfestival Happy Pumpkin Festival! Visit our Facebook Event for more info! 

We are OPEN!

Our apologies for not updating sooner, but... WE ARE OPEN!  We opened for another wonderful season in April!

Please plan a visit up the hill to the Barn to see what's new and exciting in the shop!  We are getting new items on a regular basis, so there's a little bit of something for everyone!

Our hour are Saturdays from 10a-5p and Sundays from 12p-5p.

Find us on Facebook for more up-to-date info and photos!

CLOSED for the Season!

olcountrybarn@yahoo.com

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It's Time for our 30th Annual Pumpkin Festival... THIS WEEKEND!

Join us for the Ol' Country Barn's 30th Annual Pumpkin Festival this weekend!!!
Saturday, October 15, 2016 10a-5p
Sunday, October 16, 2016 10a-5p
Rain or shine, but it looks like beautiful shine!!
...

Open to the Public!

As always, FREE PARKING and FREE ADMISSION!

It's been a joy for our family to host this event each year and it truly has become a tradition for us, so we're hoping it will become a tradition for your family, if it hasn't already!! A great day for the family, so please come out and enjoy this yearly event!

There are free hayrides to our Pumpkin Patch, door prize drawings, entertainment, food, and more!
We will have a great variety of foods and over 70 vendors this year with products of every shape and size!

There will be The Pumpkin Festival Food Stand that will have our famous Bean Soup, Veggie Soup, Hot Dogs (with Kraut or the Sloppy Dog!), Chili, Turkey BBQ, and more!
Roan's Apple Dumplings will be here with apple & peach dumplings! Glenda and Scott will be here with their homemade ice cream! Sirak's Smokehouse will be here with their Kielbasa and Steak Sandwiches. There will also be a variety of baked goods and kettle corn!

We will have a free pumpkin decorating table, a coloring station, and a free BINGO game for the kids!

There will also be live demonstrations of colonial cooking over an open-fire and an encampment reenactment!

Our entertainment this year will be John & Sandy Kogut on Saturday and Mountain Grass on Sunday!

Please join us in this awesome tradition! And please share your photos with us by tagging us on Facebook and on Instagram @olcountrybarn

Happy Pumpkin Festival!

Pumpkin Festival Countdown and What's Happening!

Hello friend and followers!

We are down to less than 2 months until our 30th Annual Pumpkin Festival!  Hard to imagine that our family has been hosting this event for 30 years!!!  Please mark your calendar now for OCTOBER 15 & 16, 2016!  Rain or shine (though we hope and pray for SHINE!)!

We are still accepting applications for vendors, so if you or someone you know would be interested in setting up at our event, please feel free to email us at olcountrybarn@yahoo.com with a description of what you sell and if we don't already have a vendor with the same items, we will send you an application!  (We hope our vendors understand that we try to limit the number of vendors with same/very similar items to ensure that everyone does well.)

Please set some time this fall to come shop at the Barn, the weekend of the Festival or any other weekend!  We are open weekends through December!  Saturdays from 10a-5p and Sundays from 12noon-5p!

Find us on Facebook (click on the link to go there now) or Instagram (we are just learning about Instagram so please bear with us) for more info about what's happening in the shop!  We will also be having some giveaways as we get closer to the Pumpkin Festival!

Thanks for following us and we hope to see you soon!

We are OPEN for the Season! And looking toward the FALL!

Hi followers and friends!  Sorry for going MIA, but we often focus more on our other social media outlets and unfortunately, this one has been neglected!  I'm sorry!!

The Ol' Country Barn is officially OPEN for the season!
We opened in April and will be having the same hours this season as we have the past few years!
We are open Saturdays from 10a-5p and Sundays from 12 noon-5p!

If you are interested in consigning with us, please send us an email at olcountrybarn@yahoo.com with a photo of your products and some descriptions!

We are also (already) looking ahead to the fall!  It's a big year for us and our Pumpkin Festival!
This year will be our 30th ANNUAL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL!  
The dates for the event are October 15 and 16, 2016!
 ((More info on the event can be found at our Event Page on Facebook by clicking this link))
We are collecting info from possible new vendors as well, so if you're interested, email us!!

If you are interested in more info on us and keeping up with what we're doing, please find us on Facebook at this link HERE or Follow us on Instagram HERE!

We have some exciting things in store this year, so please make a visit up to the hill to see us!

Here's a quick video sampling of just a small amount of the items we have in the shop this year!  New items are added weekly!!

Holiday Open House & Evening Hours

In an effort to help with your holiday shopping needs, we will be hosting a Holiday Open House with Evening Shopping Hours on Friday, December 11th from 5pm-8pm! During this event, we will have free refreshments and door prizes and maybe even a visit from the most popular guy this time of year!

From 7p-8pm, Santa will be on the front porch of the Barn for photos and a chat!  Feel free to bring your own camera for some photos or we will take some with ours and send you a free digital photo to your email!

Mark your calendar, bring your shopping list, and make some more family memories at the Ol' Country Barn!

Make sure to find us on Facebook for more info!

ONE WEEK until the Ol' Country Barn Pumpkin Festival!

That's right!  Only ONE MORE WEEK until our 29th Annual Pumpkin Festival!

Here is some info to help you plan your visit!

Saturday, October 17, 2015 10a-5p

Sunday, October 18, 2015 10a-5p

Rain or shine!

Open to the Public!

As always, FREE PARKING and FREE ADMISSION! 

A great day for the family, so please come out and enjoy this family tradition! There are free hayrides to our Pumpkin Patch, door prize drawings, entertainment, food, and more!

We will have a great variety of foods and over 50 vendors this year! 

There will be The Pumpkin Festival Food Stand that will have our famous Bean Soup, Veggie Soup, Hot Dogs (with Kraut or the Sloppy Dog!), Chili, Turkey BBQ, and more! Roan's Apple Dumplings will be here with apple & peach dumplings! Glenda and Scott will be here with their homemade ice cream! The Sugarloaf Ambulance Association will be there with their delicious foods! And we will have Kombucha, Kilebasa & Steak sandwiches, a wide variety of baked goods, and popcorn!

Here's a sampling of what you will find at our vendor's stands this year: hairbows, headbands, cross stitch items, handpainted glassware, Dichronic glass jewelry, sand art, personalized jewlery and charms, flexible hair jewelry, wreaths, ornaments, deco mesh and yarn wreaths, wire and bead wrapped items, antiques, jewelry, scarves, handbags, face painting, handpainted wood, tin and slate items, painted ceramics, handmade soaps, lotions, bodywash, tutus, costumes, natural & organic holistic healing items, honey, whirligigs, dog treats, sewn items, herbal body care items, solar lights, glassware, wood craft items, crocheted knitted items, country/primitive/vintage items, pottery, alpaca wool items with the Alpacas, and so much more!!

We will also have representatitves from Thirty-One Gifts, Damsel in Defense, Avon, Le-Vel Thrive, Younique, ItWorks, Usborne Books, Tastefully Simple, Pink Zebra, Jamberry Nails, Scentsy, Miche Bags, and Origami Owl!

We will be games for the kids! A duck pond and sand art, a pumpkin decorating table, and a coloring station! 

There will be live pottery demonstrations as well as demonstrations of colonial cooking over an open-fire!

More info on the event can be found on our Facebook Page! CLICK THIS LINK to go there now!  We have giveaways posting every couple of days and will have the most up-to-date info on there!

Hope to see you all there!! 

Dates for the 29th Annual Pumpkin Festival at the Ol' Country Barn!

Please mark your calendar now and join us for 


The Ol' Country Barn's 29th Annual Pumpkin Festival!  

Saturday, October 17, 2015 10a-5p
Sunday, October 18, 2015 10a-5p

As always, we will be holding this event come rain or shine!

We are also looking for more new and exciting vendors for our great event, as well as demonstrators and re-enactors!  Please contact us by emailing olcountrybarn@yahoo.com or contacting us on our Facebook page which can be found by clicking HERE!  ((At this time, we are no longer accepting Food Vendors as all of our food spaces are currently filled.))

More information about the Event will be shared via our Facebook Event page as it comes available!  (click to go there now!)

Here is some more info if you may be interested in being a vendor!

Space rental is $30.00 per day per space or $50.00 for two days.  This fee is non-refundable as our show is held rain or shine.  All spaces are approximately 10 feet wide by 10 feet long and are outdoors.  (If you have a 20' x 10' tent, that is considered to be two spaces.)  Spaces may not be on level ground, so be prepared to level your set-up as needed.

Happy Spring! Happy Barn Season!

Spring has FINALLY sprung in northeastern Pennsylvania and with that, the beginning of our Barn Season!  The Ol' Country Barn opened for the season last weekend and will be open each weekend until December!  

Come see what's new and exciting in the shop Saturday from 10a-5p or Sunday from 12p-5p!  

One of the things that we are most excited about are our local town crocks!  We love our local towns and villages and know that our customers do too!  So.... here's what just arrived!

As you can see, there are many of our local communities available and 2 different styles; straight sides or curved sides. The straight side crocks are approximately 5.5" tall and are $36.50.  The curved crocks are about 6.5" tall and are $38.50.  

Keep checking back periodically for more updates and photos of what we have going on in the Shop!  You can also find us on Facebook by clicking HERE!  

Christmas Shopping?

Still have some names on your list not crossed off? 

We have MANY unique items available at the Barn! 

There's still time to get your shopping done with us! 

Come shop with us during regular business hours this weekend (Dec 13 & 14)

 or next weekend (Dec 20 & 21).

We will officially close for the winter beginning 12/22/14 and will reopen in the Spring!

This Weekend!

The time has finally come!  Months of planning and organizing is all for this weekend! The 28th Annual Pumpkin Festival is THIS weekend, October 11 & 12!  It seems that we are going to have good weather and the set up is in full force!  

(Weather pulled from Weather.com for zip 17814 as of 10/9/14)

We invite all of our readers to come visit us, do some shopping for yourselves and get a jump on the holiday shopping, take a ride on our hayride and pick up your pumpkins for the fall!  

For those who haven't visited us at the Barn or our festivals before, we'd like to help you find us!  Below are some directions (and maps from Google Maps Directions) to get to us from some of the nearby cities!  

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From WILLIAMSPORT, PA

To the Ol' Country Barn from Williamsport, PA

Take I-180 E/US-220 N and PA-118 E to School House Dr in Sugarloaf
36.9 mi / 40 min

Take Fritz Hill Rd/T825 to S Comstock Rd/T812
1.8 mi / 5 min

Turn right onto School House Dr
0.3 mi

Slight left onto Fritz Hill Rd/T825
1.5 mi

Turn left onto S Comstock Rd/T812
Destination will be on the left
108 ft

End at Ol Country Barn, 9 Comstock Rd, Benton, PA 17814

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From WILKES-BARRE, PA

To the Ol' Country Barn from the Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Begin at Wyoming Valley Mall at 29 Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702

Take PA-309 N to Hillside Rd in Kingston
6.8 mi / 8 min

Turn left onto Hillside Rd (signs for Penn State WB)
3.2 mi / 6 min

Take PA-118 W to Fritz Hill Rd/T825 in Sugarloaf
21.6 mi / 28 min

Follow Fritz Hill Rd/T825 to S Comstock Rd/T812
0.8 mi / 2 min

Turn right onto Fritz Hill Rd/T825
0.7 mi

Take the 1st right onto S Comstock Rd/T812

Destination will be on the left
108 ft

End at Ol Country Barn, 9 Comstock Rd, Benton, PA 17814

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From BLOOMSBURG, PA

To the Ol' Country Barn from Bloomsburg, PA:

Take PA-487 N/Lightstreet Rd
Continue to follow PA-487 N
22.1 mi

Turn left onto Fritz Hill Rd/T825
0.7 mi

Take the 1st right onto S Comstock Rd/T812
Destination will be on the left
108 ft

End at Ol Country Barn, 9 Comstock Rd, Benton, PA 17814

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Thank you all for taking the time to read our blog!  We look forward to seeing you at the Festival this weekend!

A Glance at our Vendors for the Pumpkin Festival!

With a little over a week until the 28th Annual Pumpkin Festival, we wanted to share a quick glance of what kind of vendors and things you can look forward to seeing!

Our entertainment for the weekend is:
Saturday: Live music with John and Sandy Kogut
Sunday: DJ, Brian McGuire

Some of our vendors include:

* Benton Volunteer Fire Company with fresh cut french fries and a bounce house
* Botanically Yours, LLC Bath & Body products
* Christ United Methodist Church with baked goods
* Damsel in Defense Pro with Self Defense and Safety Items
*Jamberry Nail
* Labradorable Collars with accessories for your pets
* Living Water Designs with handmade baby & mom items
* Mama B's Apothecary with homemade skin care and holistic products
* Pawlowski Mountain Woods with scroll saw wooden ornaments
* Scentsy
* Sirak's Smokehouse with kielbasa, cheese steaks, and scrapple
* Slaughterhouse Boys with various games for the family
* Ed's Produce and Mums
* Sugarloaf Ambulance Stand with various foods
* Tastefully Simple
* Glenda & Scott's Homemade Ice Cream
* Pampered Chef
* Roan's Homemade Apple Dumplings
* Natalie's Craft Kombucha

We'll also have vendors selling: hair bows and kids hair accessories, counted cross stitch items, up-cycled crochet rag baskets, antiques and collectibles, handmade jewelry, handmade bags, unique handmade paper flowers, wreaths, dried flower arrangements, photography, wood crafts, herbs & spices, sterling silver jewelry, solar lights and SO much more!

As always the event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC with FREE Parking and FREE Admission!  
Just a reminder that this event will be Saturday October 11 and Sunday October 12 from 10a-5p RAIN OR SHINE!  

Please email at olcountrybarn@yahoo.com with any questions!  Can't wait to see you there!

1,000 Fans on Facebook... and a GIVEAWAY!

What an exciting day for us here at the Barn!  We hit 1,000 fans on Facebook today!  As a small, family-owned shop, we want to THANK YOU all who follow us on Facebook!  And to say THANKS even more, we are doing a giveaway contest to one lucky person! 

You can enter using our Rafflecopter below or on our Facebook page (giveaway tab)!  A winner will be chosen one week from tomorrow!

Thank you for supporting our small, local business!  We know that Nancy (or Mam to us!) would be so proud and thankful for all 1,000+ of you, as are we!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Countdown Begins....

Dates for the 2014 28th Annual Pumpkin Festival are set!

Please mark your calendar now and join us for 


The Ol' Country Barn's 28th Annual Pumpkin Festival!  

Saturday, October 11, 2014 10a-5p
Sunday, October 12, 2014 10a-5p

As always, we will be holding this event come rain or shine!

We are also looking for more new and exciting vendors for our great event, as well as demonstrators and re-enactors!  Please contact us by emailing olcountrybarn@yahoo.com or contacting us on our Facebook page which can be found by clicking HERE!  

More information about the Event will be shared via our Facebook Event page as it comes available!  (click to go there now!)

Here is some more info if you may be interested in being a vendor!

What can I find at the Ol' Country Barn?

Please take a few minutes to enjoy a slideshow of just some of the kinds of items you can find at our store!  Not all of these items are still available as most of our items are one-of-a-kind!  We have new items available throughout our whole season, so please come visit and take some time to look around!

Pumpkin Festival 2013

Please take a moment to enjoy some of the photos of our
vendor and re-enactors from the 2013 Pumpkin Festival!

(Click the right arrow to begin the show or click the arrows in the upper right corner to enjoy it in a full screen!)

Spring 2014 Opening

We may be getting a little more snow here in Benton, PA, but it's still spring and the snow will soon melt and the birds are starting to chirp!  With the melting snow comes the opening of the Barn for the year!

We will be reopening on SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2014 and SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014!

 Our hours will be 

Saturdays 10a-5p 

and 

Sundays 12noon-5p.

We look forward to seeing our friends and family this year at the Barn! 

Email us at olcountrybarn@yahoo.com or visit our Facebook page with any ideas, suggestions, or anything that you'd like to see in the barn this year! 

Who will be set up at the Festival?

Here is a small sampling of just SOME of the vendors that will be at the Festival!

Ice Cream, Roan's Apple Dumplings, Dip, Dessert, bread and cheesecake mixes; cross stitch items, candles, melts, warmers, primitives, several vendors with handmade jewelry, homemade soap, lip balm, honey, handsewn decor, a large variety of salsas, antiques, Wildtree, Origami Owl, tote & duffle bags, Miche, German Roasted Nuts, Upcycled/reclaimed/recycled home decor, Silpada Sterling Silver Jewelry, Avon, homemade ice cream, hand-crafted wood items, floral arrangements, Tastefully Simple, Infinity scarves, hand-sewn items, homemade skincare products, natural herbal products, crocheted items, reversible aprons, hand-crafted benches and primitive furniture, sterling silver jewelry, handspun yarn, cards, knitted items, wool socks & blankets, watch-face jewelry, jellies, outhouses, hand-crafted soaps, lotions and beauty products, weight-loss products, hair ties and bows, bookmarks, handmade soy candles and tarts, dried herbs, puppets and SO MUCH MORE!!!

Will we see you next weekend (October 12 and 13!)???