{"id":13613,"date":"2025-10-24T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13613\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:40:09","slug":"glowfest-returns-to-downtown-reading-with-lights-rides-and-live-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13613\/","title":{"rendered":"GlowFEST returns to downtown Reading with lights, rides and live entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Reading\u2019s GlowFEST is back and brighter than ever, the city announced.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and visitors are invited to experience an evening of lights, energy and community spirit Saturday from 4 to 9:30 p.m. in the 500 and 600 blocks of Penn Street, officials said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s GlowFEST features new attractions and family-friendly fun, including a Ferris Wheel on Penn Street and additional carnival rides from Tons of Fun Shows; local food, art, and retail vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Nemesis Fitness\u2019 4th Annual Free Community Glow Run begins at 6 p.m. To register for the run, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/PA\/Reading\/GlowRun3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RunSignUp.com\/Race\/PA\/Reading\/GlowRun3.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Free parking for the event will be available courtesy of the Reading Parking Authority from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Chiarelli Garage, 69 N. Third St., and Cherry Lot, 341 Cherry St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Reading\u2019s GlowFEST is back and brighter than ever, the city announced. Residents and visitors are invited to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,857,182,139,858,28,736,128,130,129,289,706],"class_list":["post-13613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-essential-reading","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-ontap","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}