Jazz Age on the Delaware

JAZZ AGE PARTY SET TO TAKE-OVER GLEN FOERD MANSION WITH FULL DAY OF 1920’S MUSIC, DANCING, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, DRINK, VINTAGE SHOPPING AND MORE

Jazz Age on the Delaware will return on Saturday, July 29, from 11:00am to 5:00pm, on the estate of Glen Foerd on the Delaware. Enjoy open-air merriment with 1920’s music and dancing, live entertainment, dance lessons, elaborate picnics, vintage-inspired food and drink, vintage shopping, mansion tours, lawn games, antique automobiles, pie baking and fashion contests, and much more. Plan to step out in your best period attire and celebrate the elegance of the era.

Tickets are on sale now at www.jazzageonthedelaware.com. Children 12 and under are free. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit Glen Foerd’s new environmental programs.

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Jazz Age on the Delaware presents the bees knees of entertainment from Philadelphia and New York City. The line-up will include Dandy Wellington & His Band, Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society, The Gin Canaries, The Minsky Sisters, & The Old City Sweethearts.

FOOD AND LIBATIONS
Prohibition may have been law, but in the Twenties, rules were meant to be broken. Enjoy vintage-inspired cocktails, as well as handcrafted beer, while enjoying the sights and sounds of Jazz Age on the Delaware. Jazz Age tips the hat to Prohibition days with no outside spirits allowed on premises. All guests must be 21 or older to drink.

There are two options for your dining pleasure. Bring a picnic basket chock full of your homemade cuisine, or choose from delicious dishes from the area’s best food trucks. Don’t forget to bring a blanket to relax on the lawn! NO outside alcohol is allowed.

PIE BAKING CONTEST
Dust off your grandmother’s recipe box, get out your rolling pin and enter the Jazz Age on the Delaware’s pie baking contest. for more details: http://www.jazzageonthedelaware.com/entertainment/pie-baking-contest/

FASHION CONTEST
What’s better than being the best dressed in high school? Being the best dressed of the 1920s!Put together an outfit that will steal the show! For more details: http://www.jazzageonthedelaware.com/entertainment/fashion-contest/

ABOUT GLEN FOERD ON THE DELAWARE
Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit Glen Foerd, one of Philadelphia’s most beautiful public parks and historic sites. The 18-acre estate is Philadelphia’s only remaining historic Delaware River estate open to the public.
Glen Foerd will be introducing environmental programs and bike-to- boat adventures over the next couple of years. Your ticket to Jazz Age this year will fund the development of new programs that explore the consequential relationship between the environment and people. Experiencing the river and participating in fun, creative programs will increase appreciation for, and understanding of, the environment, resulting in healthier and more livable communities.

For more information about Glen Foerd, visit www.glenfoerd.org or call (215) 632-5330.
For more information about Jazz Age, visit or call (215) 632-5330, follow @phillyjazzage on Twitter and like Jazz Age on the Delaware on Facebook.