The 36th annual Harriton Farmstead Fair returns to the grounds of Harriton House in Bryn Mawr on Saturday, Sept. 26, with free admission and parking.

The fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 500 Harriton Rd. Now in its 36th year, the event is organized by the Harriton Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that preserves the historic property under a long-term license agreement with the Township of Lower Merion.

Families will find living history reenactors demonstrating hands-on activities, including cooking in the property's late-18th-century kitchen. Summit Hill, a bluegrass band that has performed at the fair for years, returns to play. Children can decorate pumpkins and play carnival-style games. Craft vendors, farm animals and raptor demonstrations round out the day.

The Attic Treasures Sale, a secondhand market, is back. So are house tours of the circa-1705 stone farmhouse, one of the oldest structures on the Main Line.

Philadelphia's Dock Street Brewing serves as the fair's official beverage vendor, bringing draft and canned beer along with hot and iced coffee.

The fair is the association's primary annual fundraiser. Proceeds support preservation of Harriton House, a designated township landmark, and public programming that interprets the life of Charles Thomson, a secretary of the Continental Congress who once owned the property.

Harriton House and its surrounding park trace back to a 700-acre land grant from William Penn to Rowland Ellis in 1681, according to the Harriton House website. The site is sometimes called the original Bryn Mawr.

For more information, contact the Harriton Association at 610-525-0201 or [email protected].

The Harriton Association's next event is the Heirloom Apple Tasting & Baking Contest, Oct. 24, 2 to 4 p.m.