Shafter’s Colours festival returns this weekend, allowing residents to again celebrate art in its myriad forms.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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