Shafter’s Colours festival returns this weekend, allowing residents to again celebrate art in its myriad forms.

Running over four days, the event founded in 2010 by almond farmer Larry Starrh and Mike Kotrla, pastor of Congregational Bible Church, remains a community favorite.

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