Brielle Karns shows off her record-breaking champion lamb following the 4-H livestock auction at the 2021 Butler Farm Show. Next week, Karns will show another lamb in the livestock auction at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.

Butler County residents will be among the hundreds of thousands attending the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.

The annual event, which has drawn as many as 500,000 people to its gates in past years, begins Saturday, although many competitors will bring and settle their animals and other items into the venue Friday.

Amy Metrick, a 4-H educator and county director, said about 10 families from Butler County will head to Harrisburg. The only prerequisite for attendance was to have previously shown the same animal — such as a goat, cow or chicken — or other competitive item — such as a quilt, baked goods and art — at another event.

“It's a good family event in the middle of winter,” Metrick said.

The earlier part of the week will mostly revolve around the youth competitions, and in the latter part of the week, as children return to school, the adults have their turn at auctions and contests.

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