FireFish Festival Announces Return To Lorain

LORAIN, OH — The FireFish Festival will return to Lorain on Sept. 11-12. The arts, music and culture celebration will include talent from across Northeast Ohio and will engage guests with 3D art installations, pop-up galleries, interactive exhibits and a range of musical performances.

The festival will again be centered on and along Broadway Avenue, between Erie Avenue and Fifth Street. The party will start at 4 p.m. on Friday night, and continue until 11 p.m. that evening. Festivities will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday and continue until 11 p.m. on Saturday night.

The festival will focus on Lorain artists and the Lorain community on Friday night. An afternoon market featuring local artists and artisans will be held on Saturday. Everything concludes with Saturday evening's FireFish parade of musicians, artists and performers. The parade ends with the Burning of the Fish performance and fireworks finale along the banks of the Black River.

“Anyone who doubts the power of the arts to revitalize and create communities probably missed the FireFish Festival in downtown Lorain,” said Shawn Grieves and Tim Scholl, owners of Union Town Provisions in Lorain. “It has been heartening to see the energy that the visual arts, musicians, comedians and poets brought to downtown Lorain - not to mention the crowds they drew to local businesses, many of them enjoying the energy and economic stimulus that FireFish brings to the downtown entertainment district for the first time.”