More than one thousand Jeep owners are expected to return to Butler on August 10-12 for the second annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival.  Today, Festival organizers announced that online registration will be available for Jeep owners and volunteers who want to be involved in the event that attracted more than 30,000 visitors to the birthplace of the jeep in 2011.

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The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is looking for sponsors who would like to support the event and take advantage of the opportunity to promote their organizations to the thousands of visitors expected to attend the second annual Festival set for August 10-12, 2012.

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The Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival has made it into the record books – the Guinness World Records to be exact. Festival organizers announced that Guinness World Records has officially awarded the record for largest parade of Jeeps to the Festival.

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The Festival’s goals are to raise funds to put Butler on the worldwide map as the “birthplace of the jeep,” attract overnight visitors to ButlerCounty and preserve the history that remains of the American Bantam Car Company.

Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau President Jack Cohen announced that Festival proceeds of $20,000 have been deposited into a special fund to preserve Bantam heritage.

Cohen believes that saving the BantamBuilding and doing more to celebrate ButlerCounty’s Jeep heritage is key to the County’s heritage tourism efforts. “The enthusiastic response we received from Jeep owners who traveled from 25 states and four countries to Butler this past summer is evidence of the passion people have for Jeeps,” he said. “I believe that Butler has the ability to become a destination for Jeep enthusiasts year-round if we are committed to preserving our Jeep heritage and offer reasons to keep them coming back.”

Our Planning Committee is finalizing plans for the 2012 Festival. We have great ideas in the works that we think you’ll be excited about. Check back soon – we hope to have new information posted before Thanksgiving! Participant registration will begin a few weeks later!

Now you can relive the excitement of the inaugural Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival.  Our new video includes highlights of the event, the entire Faces & Places show produced by Armstrong that features the Festival, plus footage of the entire Jeep Parade as the jeeps leave Butler County Community College.

You’ve heard all about it, seen the pictures and watched the videos! Whether you journeyed to Butler and helped make history or you couldn’t make it to our inaugural event, mark you calendar now and make plans to attend the 2012 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival on August 10-12. Visit our “Where to Stay” section and make your reservations today!