The Butler Fall Festival on Saturday included barrel train rides, a bouncy house, bungee trampolines and other kid-friendly activities.

BUTLER — Traditionally, the Butler Fall Festival is a Main Street affair. But this year, it was held at Michelle Krill Memorial Field at Historic Pullman Park.

“We had an issue with (a) lack of volunteers,” said Dahn Kilroy, Butler Fall Festival vice-president.

Saturday's eight volunteers meant the festival needed to be held at a smaller venue. Or at least, at a venue with additional support. Park staff helped this year, according to Kilroy, which made tasks like emptying garbage cans easier to do.

About 60 festival vendors set up shop Saturday afternoon, offering a variety of crafts, merchandise and food. Having the extra space at Pullman Park allowed the festival to have adult games for the first time.

“We always have a kid zone,” Kilroy said. “But we wanted to have something fun for the adults.”

She hoped visitors enjoyed this year's stein-hoisting and barrel-rolling contests.

The new location allowed the festival to physically expand, but Kilroy said the committee looks to have more volunteers in 2020.

“We're hoping next year that we can get back to Main Street,” Kilroy said.Longtime friends Valerie Shaffer and Bev Sasse have attended Butler Fall Festival for the last 20 years. Both considered Pullman Park a nice change.“For those of us who are older, it's much easier to walk (here),” Sasse said.Shaffer added the event looked bigger this year, and seemed to have more vendors.“It looks nice,” Shaffer said.Tom Wieloch, a pottery and yarn crafts vendor from Wexford, attended last year's event, but said he liked being in Pullman Park better.

“(There's) a lot more people this year,” Wieloch said. “It's open ... I can spread out.”Louise Rice, owner of Meadville-based Knots & Folds, sold macramé creations during Saturday's event. While this was her first time at Butler Fall Festival, but she participates in many craft festivals throughout the region. She said downtown locations do have their drawbacks, namely tight quarters.She liked working with the space and openness of Pullman Park, adding that “To be in a ballpark is very Americana.”Potential future volunteers should watch butlerfallfestival.com and the Butler Fall Festival Facebook page for information about next year's event.

Bill and Dianne Kati look at the Butler Art Center display Saturday during the festival.

About 60 vendors set up Saturday at the Butler Fall Festival. The event, traditionally held on Main Street in Butler, was held this year at Michelle Krill Memorial Field at Historic Pullman Park.

Phineas Record (left) of Butler and Matt Hileman of Kittaning hold beers high in a stein hoisting competition hosted by Missing Links Brewery at 2019 Fall Fest at Michelle Krill Field at Pullman Park. The person who could hold their arm extended with stein in hand wins. Hileman held on to win.