Effort Underway to Raise Firebird Festival from Ashes

Early last week the organizer of the Firebird Festival announced he was canceling the event due to problems with finding a location to safely burn the big wooden bird.

The announcement sparked festival lovers to rally behind the event.  A groundswell seems to be forming, including a Facebook page dubbed Citizens for the Phoenixville Firebird Festival.

According to the group's Facebook page the issue of saving the Festival will be a subject of discussion Tuesday night at 6pm during the Phoenixville Borough Council Parks and Recreation Committee meeting.  The meeting takes place in the Borough Council Chambers on the third floor of the new Phoenxville Municipal Building at 351 Bridge Street.  The building is on the original site of the first years of the Firebird Festival.

An announcement on the page reads: "Discussion will take place during the Parks & Rec committee meeting at 6pm on 9/10 just before the Council meeting. You will know more if you can spare an hour to go listen to this meeting."  The Borough Council's monthly meeting is scheduled to being at 7 p.m. in the same room.

Related Patch Stories Provide Background on Recent Years' Saga:

2011 The Bird Burns Tonight

2012 Festival Finds New Home

2012 Firebird Festival Gets Bobblehead

2013 Firebird Festival Goes up in Smoke

2013 Cancelled Festival May Be on Again