This year’s Pottstown GoFourth! Festival Independence Day celebration has something for all ages with activities all day long.

The day will begin with the Rotary Club of Pottstown’s Jul. 4 parade on High Street from Adams to Manatawny, beginning at 10:00 AM. The parade is sponsored by Creative Health Services, Inc. of Pottstown. Pottstown GoFourth! Street Fest will get underway at 11:15 AM and continue until 4 PM.

Stroll High Street from Penn to York to enjoy live music, local restaurant fare, popular food trucks, Pottstown’s brew pubs and beer gardens, artisans and other vendors, nonprofit information exhibits, and tons of children’s activities.

Kids Zone will be focused on the area between Penn and Hanover. Kids Zone activities are free for the kiddos, thanks to Kids Zone sponsors ROG Orthodontics and Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation. Additional face painters will help to accommodate demand for this very popular attraction.

There will be games and entertainment, including two magic shows by Happy the Clown. Scotty Cavanaugh, an “action-comedy juggler” who performs on a unicycle, returns this year. Organizers are excited to welcome Michael Grillo, who will bring George Washington out of the pages of history and onto High Street with his portrayal of the general. Mrs.
Washington will also be present, and they will be camped out in a replica of the General’s Revolutionary War tent. The presentation includes a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Adding to the living history is Rivka Willick, Storyteller for the 21st Century, offering traditional and historical short stories and a taste of times gone by.

Live musical entertainment, sponsored by Switchpoint Foundation, will be featured at Smith Family Plaza in the 100 Block of High Street. JoAnn Bathurst will open the show with the singing of the National Anthem. Following are the Jazz/R&B group Anakai Ney and The Grooveyard. Next up, Hector Rosado y Orchestra Hache will be returning for their seventh performance at the Festival. New to the GoFourth! stage is Middle Class. Middle Class is a group specializing in modern rock and who won the title of Philadelphia’s 102.9 WMGK House Band, joining an elite family of the area’s top musicians and bands.

Down at Memorial Park (75 W. King St.) for the Fireworks Party, the show opens with DJ Q Ball spinning some great tunes for the crowd. Modern Luxe is back by popular demand and will close out the evening. Live sound is sponsored by and provided by Montgomery County Community College’s Sound Recording & Technology Department.

Festivalgoers can enjoy all the events of the day with a beverage from Sly Fox Beer Garden and food from one of the many food trucks. A number of High Street restaurants also will be open to customers. The Rotary Duck Race will take place at 3 PM at High and Hanover streets. This event raises money for vital area nonprofit organizations. The Fireworks Party will kick off at 5 PM in Memorial Park, featuring food trucks, a Sly Fox Beer Garden, Inflatable “rides” for kids, and musical entertainment.

Grandpop Bubbles, a favorite of kids and adults alike, will be in the park from 5:00 PM until dusk. The pyrotechnics, presented by Sky Shooter Displays and sponsored again this year by Precision Polymer Products, Inc., will begin at 9:30 PM.

Parking is available at Montgomery County Community College South Hall, courtesy of the College. Parking is also available on the streets where appropriate (please be considerate of Borough neighbors) and in the Borough of Pottstown lots at South Hanover Street near the train tracks, the lots at High and Evans Street, and the lot on King Street between Hanover and Penn streets. Premium fireworks parking passes are available at Pottstown GoFourth! The Colebrookdale Railroad Fireworks Express will depart at 7:00 PM from the Boyertown station, arriving in plenty of time for the show. Tickets can be purchased at Colebrookdale Railroad.

Pottstown GoFourth! recognizes these valued top-level sponsors to date:

• Fireworks Sponsor – Precision Polymer Products, Inc.
• Entertainment Sponsor – Switchpoint Foundation
• Rotary Club of Pottstown Parade – Creative Health Services, Inc.
• Kids Zone Sponsors – Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation and ROG
  Orthodontics
• Platinum Sponsor – The Hill School Student Philanthropy Council
• Drone Sponsor – Creative Health Services, Inc.
• Gold Sponsors – Fox Rothschild, LLP; PECO, Fast Signs of Pottstown

Sponsorships are still available as planners work to meet significant costs and make this genuine Pottstown community celebration extraordinary. Volunteers also are needed, and donations toward this community event are welcomed.

Website visitors also can purchase Pottstown GoFourth! shirts and other merchandise, see photo albums, and find other information about this event.

“Together with our amazing group of volunteers, we’ve been gearing up all year to bring the Pottstown community the most entertaining Fourth of July celebration possible,” said Amy Francis, Co-Chair. “We are confident that this year’s festivities will not disappoint. We’ve gone to great lengths to ensure that there is something for everyone to enjoy at GoFourth! Fest ’24!”

“We are so excited for the new additions to this year’s event, as well as welcoming back some crowd-favorites who have been with us for several years,” said Co-Chair Amy Wolf. “Our merchandise also has been very well received this year, and we love seeing folks out and about wearing their Pottstown GoFourth! gear and promoting pride in our borough, which is one of the missions of our organization.”

Learn more at Hobart’s Run. The Hobart’s Run neighborhood initiative, a 501(c)(3), was launched by The Hill School in 2016 to create a clean and safe community; foster inclusivity; provide incentives for home ownership and property pride; and generate quality business development. While specifically focusing on a 900-parcel area, Hobart’s Run supports revitalization efforts throughout Pottstown.