{"id":260352,"date":"2026-08-06T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260352\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:14:10","slug":"downtown-reading-color-art-fest-returns-saturday-with-color-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260352\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Reading Color &#038; Art Fest Returns Saturday with Color Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown Reading will be transformed into an outdoor celebration of art, fitness and community this weekend as the Color and Art Fest returns to Penn Street.<\/p>\n<p>The free festival will take place Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. along the 600 and 700 blocks of Penn Street.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the festival is designed to showcase downtown Reading\u2019s creative community while bringing together residents and visitors for an afternoon of art, food, fitness and local shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The day\u2019s signature event will be the Nemesis Fitness Community Color Fest Run, a free, untimed and noncompetitive run that begins at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Participants of all ages and fitness levels are invited to wear white and make their way through downtown as they\u2019re showered with colorful powder before finishing back at the festival.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is required to participate in the run.<\/p>\n<p>To sign up for the run, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/PA\/Reading\/Nemesis5kColorRun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/PA\/Reading\/Nemesis5kColorRun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers can watch live art demonstrations by local artists, including Treasure Lopes and Joy Lin, while also taking part in hands-on creative activities.<\/p>\n<p>Families can also enjoy music by DJ Henry Houdini, a photo booth and other activities designed to make the festival a destination for visitors of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen artisan vendors will line Penn Street, offering handmade artwork, jewelry, flowers and other goods from local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Food vendors will serve a variety of meals, snacks and desserts throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Free parking will be available beginning at 11 a.m. in the South of Penn Garage, 635 Franklin St., courtesy of the Reading Parking Authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Reading will be transformed into an outdoor celebration of art, fitness and community this weekend as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260353,"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-260352","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\/260352","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=260352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}