Jessie Garton of Buffalo, N.Y., gets muddy as her husband Matt drives their Jeep into a mud pit at the Jeep playground at the 2018 Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival.

Enthusiasts of the annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival will find several new things to do and see during next year's event.

The festival's director, Patti Jo Lambert, announced Friday that five new features and the expansion of two existing attractions will be a part of the 2019 festival.

Lambert said the festival's planning committee expects the new features to make the event even more popular to a wider array of people.

“Our participants asked for even more off-road trails, new activities they could do with their Jeep and fun things to do at Cooper's Lake on Saturday night,” Lambert said. “Their feedback inspired our planning committee to create all of the new activities and obtain additional trail-riding opportunities, so Bantam continues to be one of the top Jeep events in the nation.”

Read Sunday's Butler Eagle for more details about the 2019 Jeep Festival.