![Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-PA-photo-collage Enjoying the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-New-Centerville-PA-photo-collage-696x584.jpg)
If you’re looking for information about the 2023 Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee, you’re in the right place!
![Steam tractors at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Steam-Tractors-2022.jpg)
The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in Somerset County is a 5 day festival that showcases antique agricultural machinery popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
![Working steam tractors are one of the big draws to the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-Steam-Tractor-Parade.jpg)
Since 1953, the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee has been held in New Centerville as a way of keeping alive agricultural traditions and technology that have largely vanished from the modern landscape.
![A memorial to the agricultural pioneers of the past at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-Memorial-New-Centerville-PA.jpg)
The event has become one of the premier antique farm equipment shows in the eastern United States, and draws visitors each year from around the world.
![Steam tractors lined up on display at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee near Rockwood Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-Steam-Tractor-Display.jpg)
The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee: When and Where
The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee runs the Wednesday – Sunday following Labor Day.
![Tractors big and small can be found at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Exhibit-Halls.jpg)
The dates for the 2023 Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee are September 6-10.
![Working steam tractors at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Steam-Tractors-display.jpg)
The event is held on the grounds of the New Centerville Fire Company, 9 miles south of Somerset along Route 281.
If you’re navigating by GPS, use 3054 Kingwood Road, Rockwood, PA 15557 as the address.
![The Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville has been taking place since 1953.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Banner.jpg)
What to See and Do at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee
One of the most interesting events is the daily Parade of Antique Equipment around the Jubilee grounds, which happens at 1:00 pm each day.
![A Gaar-Scott steam tractor on display at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Gaar-Scott-Steam-Tractor.jpg)
Late 19th and early 20th century tractors make their way around an oval track while an announcer tells you a little bit about each tractor and its owner.
![The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee brings the history of the Industrial Revolution into modern times for everyone to enjoy.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Steam-tractors-Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-1.jpg)
Many of the families who participate in the parade have been doing so for multiple generations, passing down a passion for keeping the traditions of old alive.
![1945 Farmall in the antique tractor parade at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-Farmall-Tractor.jpg)
Other equipment, like this steam-powered sawmill, are also fired-up for demonstrations throughout the Jubilee.
![A steam-powered sawmill demonstration at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Steam-Powered-Sawmill.jpg)
Fans of the popular TV series “Forged in Fire” will want to check out the blacksmithing demonstrations.
![Blacksmithing demonstration at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Blacksmithing-Demonstration.jpg)
Just about everywhere you turn on the grounds of the Jubilee, you’ll find a working piece of antique farm equipment and an owner happy to tell you more about what it was used for.
![Steam-powered farm equipment on display at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Steam-Powered-Farm-Equipment-Display.jpg)
In addition to the daily demonstrations of antique machinery, there are a variety contests, live music, and LOTS of food!
![A few of the many food stands at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in Somerset County Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Food-Stands.jpg)
The horse pulling contest is one of my favorite events to watch, and that happens on Saturday afternoon at 2 pm.
![Horse pull at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-Horse-Pulling-Contest-New-Centerville-PA-1.jpg)
The horseshoe pitching contest is another fun event to watch, the forefather to modern cornhole.
![Horseshoe-pitching contest at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Horseshoe-Throwing-Contest-New-Centerville-PA.jpg)
The ATV pulls draw a big crowd at the Jubilee.
![ATV pulls at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-ATV-Pulls-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania.jpg)
Live music performances (typically country, bluegrass, and/or gospel) are held throughout the festival inside the Museum Hall.
![Live music is a part of the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee every year.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-traditional-musical-performances.jpg)
There’s even a quilt show, with some of the quilts offered for sale.
![Quilt show at the Farmers and Threshermans Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Farmers-and-Threshermens-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-Quilt-show.jpg)
Final Thoughts on the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee
The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee celebrates both the agricultural pioneers of America and the tools they used at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
![Case steam tractor on the move during the antique tractor parade at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee near Rockwood Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-Case-Steam-Tractor.jpg)
It’s a family-friendly event heavy on tradition and light on pretense.
![John Deere in the antique farm tractor parade at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in New Centerville Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermans-Jubilee-John-Deere-Tractor.jpg)
No matter where you go on the Jubilee grounds, or what events you watch, the underlying theme is love and respect for country life.
![The Stars and Stripes on display before a horse-pulling contest at the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in Somerset County Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-American-Flag-Horse-Rider.jpg)
If you enjoy learning about history in a first-person way, there’s no better opportunity to observe the evolution of agricultural machinery than by attending the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee in Somerset County!
![The Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee is a country festival where antique machinery takes center stage.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Farmers-and-Threshermas-Jubilee-New-Centerville-Pennsylvania-tractor-show.jpg)
Related Attractions
Mountain Craft Days is a three-day outdoor festival featuring more than 125 artisans and entertainers interpreting rural life in western PA in the 18th and 19th centuries.
![Mountain Craft Days in Somerset features 125 crafts persons, artisans, and entertainers interpreting the rural folkways of western Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mountain-Craft-Days-Somerset-Historical-Center-Somerset-PA-photo-collage.jpg)
Held on the scenic wooded grounds of the Somerset Historical Center the same weekend as the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee, Mountain Craft Days is an excellent way to learn how the first European settlers in western PA lived, worked, ate, and played.
![A gunsmith demonstrating his craft at Mountain Craft Days in Somerset Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mountain-Craft-Days-Gunsmith-Demonstration-Somerset-PA-1.jpg)
The Nittany Antique Machinery Show is yet another celebration of America’s agricultural history and heritage!
![The Nittany Antique Machinery Show takes place on the grounds of Penn's Cave in Centre Hall Pennsylvania.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nittany-Antique-Machinery-Show-and-Flea-Market-Centre-Hall-PA.jpg)
The Nittany Antique Machinery Association holds shows twice a year – the Spring Show is the weekend after Memorial Day; the Fall Show is the weekend after Labor Day.
![The Nittany Antique Machinery Association Fall Show takes place in Centre Hall, PA in September.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nittany-Antique-Machinery-Show-Penns-Cave-Centre-Hall-PA.jpg)
10 Great September Events in Pennsylvania is your guide to even more fairs, festivals, and ethnic heritage celebrations across the state in September.
![10 Great Events in Pennsylvania in September.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Best-Things-to-Do-In-Pennsylvania-in-September.jpg)
21 Must-See Attractions in Somerset County is your guide to even more great things to see and do in the region around the Farmers and Threshermens Jubilee.
![Kayakers on Laurel Hill Lake at Laurel Hill State Park.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kayakers-Laurel-Hill-state-Park-October-2020-.jpg)
22 Fabulous Fall Foliage Destinations in the Laurel Highlands of PA shows you some of the best spots for “leaf peeping” in the region that USA Today called the #3 destination in the entire United States for spectacular fall foliage views!
![A fall foliage farm scene in Fayette County, PA.](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Fayette-County-Barn-Fall-Foliage-October-2020.jpg)
Exploring the Covered Bridges of Somerset County takes you on a tour of all ten historic covered bridges in the county.
![Laurel Highlands fall foliage in full swing at the Barronvale Covered Bridge, Somerset County PA](https://pabucketlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Barronvale-Covered-Bridge-Somerset-County-PA-fall-foliage-front-view.jpg)
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