BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Gas Engine Show, Flea Market & Craft Fair is back for its 49th year of tractors, treats and community togetherness.

The annual show will be held this weekend at Pratt Field at 257 South St., rain or shine. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. Proceeds from the annual event support the United Church of Bernardston.

Attendees can enjoy products from a variety of food vendors and peruse tables featuring antiques and handcrafted goods from local artisans, as well as displays of tractors, vintage cars and even antique ice machines.

“Some make ice, some wash clothes — if it has an engine, we probably have it on display,” Logistics Chair Bob Allen said. “You’re not going to see anything quite like it.”

Since the fair was first held 49 years ago, it has grown to cover 3 acres with exhibitions and welcomes 6,500 visitors annually, Allen said. It began as a tag sale created by Bernardston resident Russell Deane. A few years later, the engine show was added and it exploded in popularity. Today, the show has more than 60 tractors in the tractor parade.

“There’s so much going on,” Allen said.

Allen has been involved in organizing the event for 20 years. Allen said planning and running the event is a team effort, requiring hundreds of volunteer hours.

“It’s more than just me,” Allen said. “There’s the food committee running the pie tables, the engine committee running the exhibit field.”

Allen said his favorite part of the event has been seeing the same faces show up each year as longtime attendees grow older. The 49-year-old event has seen generations of Bernardston residents grow up, and some even become part of the volunteer crew that organizes the event.

He added he also enjoys the various food booths; having breakfast, lunch and dinner with his neighbors throughout the weekend; and, in particular, the ham and bean supper on Saturday.

“We roast a ham over a fire on a spit and there’s music, and it’s great just seeing everyone together,” Allen said.

There will also be tractor rides, a church service and a raffle. Raffle prizes include tickets to performances at the Ja’Duke Center for the Performing Arts, a pizza party at French King Bowling Center, and gift certificates to local businesses such as Marshalls Country Store and Pioneer Valley Tire. Tickets are $1 for one or $5 for six, and the raffle winners will be drawn on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The schedule is as follows:

Friday, May 23

■11:30 a.m. — Food booths open, raffle tickets are available and vendors set up.

■6 p.m. — Auction under the big top.

Saturday, May 24

■6 to 9:30 a.m. — Breakfast (food booths are open all day).

■8 a.m. — Gas Engine Show, Flea Market and Craft Fair open.

■10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Children’s garden tractor pull.

■2 p.m. — Tractor parade.

■5 to 6 p.m. — Ham and bean supper.

Sunday, May 25

■6 to 9:30 a.m. — Breakfast (food booths are open all day).

■8 a.m. — Worship service under the big top.

■9 a.m. — Gas Engine Show, Flea Market and Craft Fair open.

■11 a.m. — Tractor parade.

■1 p.m. — Raffle drawing.

For more information, visit unitedchurchofbernardston.org/gas-engine-show.

Reach Madison Schofield at 413-930-4579 or mschofield@recorder.com.