2017 Festival Results & Photos

Thank you all for joining us for our 7th annual Festival. We had a total of 2,420 registered Jeeps this year, which was a 12% increase from 2016.  140 sponsors and vendors also joined us at Coopers Lake! There were more than +20,000 people at the Festival grounds over the course of the three days, which was a 20% increase from 2016's attendance. There was also more than 15,000 Jeep lovers in downtown Butler for the Jeep Invasion on Friday night.  Jeepers journeyed from 27 states and Canada to the birthplace of the Jeep! 

Check out the full results of the 2017 event by clicking here.

Videos courtesy of our sponsors and vendors are also being added here.

Save the date for the 2018 Festival, June 8-10! 

Register Your Jeep On-Site at the Festival

If you missed our pre-registration, don’t worry!  You can still be part of one of the most popular Jeep-only events in the entire United States.

On-site registration opens at 8 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 9-11, and closes one hour before the Festival ends each day.  When you arrive at the Festival’s Main Entrance at Cooper’s Lake Campground, simply make the first right turn after you enter the lot and proceed to the large Registration tent (see map for location).  We accept both cash and credit. There is an on-site registration fee of $10.  

Additional passenger wristbands can be purchased on-site as well for anyone who will be driving or riding in a Jeep at Coopers Lake. Adults are $20, Minors 7-17 are $10 and Kids Under 7 are Free but MUST be registered for.  

These are the activities that still have openings available for on-site registration, along with the cost and number of Jeeps that can still register to participate:

Jeep Invasion ($15) – 69 openings

Jeep Playground/On-Site Trails ($50) – 394 openings

Jeeps on the Rock Trail Ride, trail ride times vary ($30) – 316 openings

Moraine Trail Ride, trail ride times vary on Friday and Sunday ($25) – 203 openings

Best of Bantam ($25) – 207 openings

Ruff ‘n Tuff ($25) -- 339 openings

Mystery Road Rally ($30) – 315 openings

Glacial Interpretive Driving Tour ($20) – 29 openings

Historic Travels Tour ($25) – 91 openings

Fun Stuff (various prices) – 83 openings

Muddy 5K ($50) – unlimited

Bantam WingFest ($14 adults, $8 kids 4-12) – unlimited, must purchase online by June 4

Babes of Bantam and the Jeep Team Challenge are sold out.  The Bantam Night Ops Mission #2017 is not available for on-site registration.  See our Activities page for more information.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at Bantam!

The Later You Stay Up, the More You Save! Save 20% with the Night Ops Package Sale!

Now there are even more reasons to start your Bantam weekend on Thursday night, June 8. Our Night Ops Mission #2017 package is rewarding night owls who select trail rides in our later time slots. Select a ride in the 10 p.m. hour and save $25.  If you choose the 11 p.m. hour, you can save $50. 

Our Night Ops package offers much more than a fun stock trail ride in the dark. It also features our most popular Festival activities, including the Jeep Invasion, Playground and On-Trail Trails, the Mystery Road Rally and Ruff 'n Tuff.  The Night Ops Mission #2017 is presented by Rigid Industries and Volant Performance.

Each registered Jeep will also receive an exclusive gift bag at the start of the trail ride. Participants will receive limited-edition Bantam Night Ops Mission #2017 t-shirts (2 per Jeep), a light and a Bantam vehicle flag. In addition, each registered Jeep will receive a $25 voucher to use during the entire month of June at two of Butler County's most popular restaurants, North Country Brewing Company in Slippery Rock and the Harmony Inn in Harmony. Your voucher can also be used at a new Saturday night event that we'll be announcing soon.  With our Night Owl promotion, the package costs $250 for trail rides during the 9 p.m. hour, $225 for 10 p.m. rides and $200 for 11 p.m. rides.

For more details about the Night Ops Mission #2017 package, click here. Trail ride times are limited so don't wait to register because in this instance, both the night owl and the early bird catch the worm!

Check Out Our 2016 Festival Highlights Video!