{"id":191368,"date":"2026-05-13T16:20:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191368\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:20:28","slug":"emtas-fifth-annual-14th-fest-talkerie-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/191368\/","title":{"rendered":"EMTA&#8217;s Fifth Annual 14th\u00a0Fest &#8211; TalkErie.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/talkerie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-8.png\" data-caption=\"EMTA 14th Fest Official Poster.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-8-640x427.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"EMTA 14th Fest\"\/><\/a>EMTA 14th Fest Official Poster.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteenth fest to kick off summer events in downtown Erie<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Erie Downtown Partnership will<br \/>host the fifth annual 14th Fest on Thursday, June 11th, on 14th street between French and<br \/>Holland street. The event is to celebrate the beginning of summer and all that Downtown<br \/>Erie has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEMTA is excited to continue our 14th Fest tradition for the fifth year in a row,\u201d said EMTA<br \/>CEO, Jeremy Peterson. \u201cIt has been an energetic opening to the summer, with local<br \/>vendors and entertainment, shining a light on what we do in midcity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>14th Fest is a family friendly event with free admission and open to the public from 5 to<br \/>10 PM. 14th Fest attractions include live music by Geek Army at 5:30PM, followed by<br \/>Twisted Lid around 8PM.<\/p>\n<p>Other vendors include Odis 12, Kona Ice, Vintage Woodfire Pizza Truck, Chuck &amp; Ginny\u2019s,<br \/>Lavery Brewing, Erie Ale Works, The BrewErie and Union City Family Support Center.<br \/>In addition to the 14th Fest celebration, EMTA will be presenting awards to employees that<br \/>have served the EMTA for 20 years, as well as recognizing the 60th Year of the Authority\u2019s<br \/>operations in a brief ceremony at 5PM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking an opportunity to acknowledge the milestones of our employees who have<br \/>dedicated two decades of their lives to transportation in Erie, while also reflecting on the<br \/>past 60 years of services overall is incredibly important,\u201d says Peterson. \u201cThis ceremony<br \/>lets us reflect on the past and set goals for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information and updates on details, vendors and sponsors can be found at ride-the-<br \/>e.com or on the 14th Fest Facebook event page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EMTA 14th Fest Official Poster. Fourteenth fest to kick off summer events in downtown Erie The Erie Metropolitan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-191368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191368","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=191368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}