FireFish Festival lights up Broadway

The annual Lorain FireFish Festival is gearing up for the second day of what has become a Lorain community tradition. The festival, which will continue from 2 p.m. to midnight Oct. 7, fills Broadway with music, food and various forms of art.

“The event is an amazingly transformative art experience for the city of Lorain,” said Joan Perch, of FireFish Arts. “The idea behind the event is, and I feel this event achieves this, to show the beauty, power, strength and potential of the city of Lorain.”

FireFish Festival allows the attendees to literally walk on Broadway and see the various attractions that have been created, Perch said.

“The best way to describe FireFish is that it’s

truly a party in the street,” Perch said. “People are free to walk throughout the street and see some of the best art the community has to present.”

The event centers around a stage that has been built at the north side of the old Lorain Post Office, Perch said.

“The stage, which was built to hold our musical entertainment for the event, will feature many different sounds throughout the event,” Perch said. “The stage will feature country music, hip-hop, rock, and a multitude of other genres.”

The event allows Lorain to bring a world-class festival to the community, Perch said.

“The quality of the art at this festival is some of the best you will ever see,” Perch said. “The event allows everyone in the community to bring something to the festival and there is truly something for here for everyone.”

Kitti Koziura, a volunteer for the FireFish Festival, said she is continually amazed by the event.

“I just love to see the work that is done and everything that goes into it,” Koziura said. “It’s awesome to see an event like this in this city. I’m very proud of

Lorain.”

The FireFish Festival also features student volunteers who work hard to make the event work as well as it does, Perch said.

The event is free and people can come at anytime, according to Perch.

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