Columbia Heights on 14th Street NW. Saturday’s festival is t 11th and Kenyon Streets NW.(Luis Gomez Photos)

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Columbia Heights will celebrate its neighborhood this Saturday, October 6, with the Columbia Heights Day Festival from 10 am until 6 pm at Harriet Tubman Elementary Field (11th and Kenyon Streets NW).

Columbia Heights Day Initiative,  an independent grassroots nonprofit that organizes the Columbia Heights Day Festival, expects more than 12,000 people at the sixth annual event.

The day-long celebration includes everything from yoga workshops to live music, a cupcake eating contest, a KidZone, a petting zoo, local vendors and an entire row of delicious food trucks.

For more information on Columbia Heights Day and for a schedule of events, visit the festival websiste.

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