The South Coast Harvest Festival runs Friday through Sunday at the Westport Fairgrounds, after organizers cancelled it as the nor’easter approached last week.

“We can’t wait to celebrate,” co-organizer Shelly Pea said last Tuesday, shortly after making the decision to postpone the fourth annual festival for one week. “The safety of our guests, vendors, performers, volunteers and crew comes first,” she said.

This year’s festival was to have a few exciting new additions, including a nationally known lumberjack show traveling from Ohio. But though they were forced to cancel due to the schedule change, Peay said the Paul Bunyon Lumberjack Show, with its competitions and demonstrations like log rolling and cutting, and more modern forestry techniques, has already agreed to come to next year’s festival.

The forecast so far looks good for the weekend, though there as of Tuesday a chance of showers was forecast on Sunday, and there should be plenty of activities for adults and kids alongside professionally designed garden displays, live music and entertainment, yard games, mechanical bull rides, pony rides, a petting zoo, agricultural information and more. In all, Peay expects close to 85 vendors, not including food vendors.

Peay and her husband started the festival four years ago and consider it a labor of love — and something needed in this increasingly cellphone- and computer-dominated world.

“It’s not about the money,” she said. “It’s about making a difference and teaching. We need things like this.”

The fair runs Friday, Oct. 2 through Sunday, Oct. 4 at the fairgrounds. Hours are 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.