{"id":273822,"date":"2026-08-28T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273822\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:00:12","slug":"root-2-fruit-free-art-wellness-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273822\/","title":{"rendered":"Root 2 Fruit: Free Art + Wellness Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Permanent Link to Root 2 Fruit: Free Art + Wellness Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westphillylocal.com\/events\/root-2-fruit-free-art-wellness-festival\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Root 2 Fruit: Free Art + Wellness Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"posted\"> September 12, 2026 12:00 pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westphillylocal.com\/places\/cira-green\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cira Green<\/a><\/p>\n<p>September 12, 2026 12:00 pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westphillylocal.com\/events\/root-2-fruit-free-art-wellness-festival\/?eom_ical=71294\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Add to calendar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Root-2-Fruit-Flyer.png\" title=\"Root 2 Fruit: Free Art + Wellness Festival\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Root-2-Fruit-Flyer.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forbidden Fruit announces the return of Root 2 Fruit, Philadelphia\u2019s free creative wellness festival, for its third annual edition on September 12th, 2026, from 12-6 PM at Sunset Social Cira Green (129 S 30th St).<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival will feature 100+ artists across disciplines including live performances, wellness workshops, art galleries, and activities for all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees can expect beginner-friendly wellness sessions, live music, free massages, free smoothies from Blkberry Juice Bar, and a mocktail happy hour by Salt Rim and Fruit Belt. The day will also include make-and-take arts and crafts from Murals on the Move and Fleisher Art Memorial\u2019s ColorWheels, a Resource Garden connecting attendees with local health, financial, and wellness organizations, plus a curated mix of art and wellness vendors from Forbidden Fruit and Melody Market.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2019, Forbidden Fruit is a West Philadelphia-based creative wellness hub that has featured 800+ artists across 100+ events, engaging 9,000+ attendees globally through transformative experiences that bridge art and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Event Details: September 12th, 2026 | 12\u20136 PM | Cira Green \u2013 Sunset Social | Free admission<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.googleapis.com\/maps\/api\/staticmap?size=500x200&amp;maptype=roadmap&amp;markers=color:blue%7C&amp;sensor=false\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Root 2 Fruit: Free Art + Wellness Festival September 12, 2026 12:00 pm Cira Green September 12, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-273822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273822","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=273822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}