The 19th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party
The 19th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party
Live jazz
orchestras
1920s-style
Gourmet drinking
and dining
Jazz Age Lawn Party, now celebrating its 19th year, is the world’s original and most authentic Prohibition-era-inspired gathering. It started in 2005 as a small gathering on NYC’s Governors Island and has since been consistently selected by the New York Times as one of the year’s most memorable events. Jazz Age Lawn Party, a historically sold-out experience, attracts thousands of time travelers each year, who come together to discover the music and zeitgeist of the 1920s. Founded and hosted by Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, it offers a unique, interactive opportunity to relive one of the most colorful and formative epochs in American history. Don’t miss out!
Solo Charleston Dance Contest
Saturdays (June 8th and August 10th) - At Main Stage at 3pm
The Charleston was the taboo dance of the rebellious Flaming Youth and Flapper culture of the 1920s. SPECIAL PRIZES!
The Peabody was a couple's dance, which incorporates traveling across the floor in wide, sweeping and fun formations!
Peabody Dance Contest (Couples)
Sundays (June 9th and August 11th) At Main Stage at 3pm SPECIAL PRIZES!
Four Categories Include:
Mom's Best: Befitting of a pie only Mum could lovingly bake.
Hobo's Choice: This is the pie that a Hobo would steal off a back porch and share around the hobo jungle camp fire.
Most Creative: Make it creative, but keep it delicious
Bandleader's Choice (Best Peach Pie): This category will be judged by event founder and host, Michael Arenella, a native of the Peach State. Peach pies only!To register, email jazzagelawnparty@gmail.com) for participation instructions. SPECIAL PRIZES!
Hosted by Bustles to Boho.
Time to bring your great grandparent's itchy wool bathing suit out of the mothballs. Only Vintage or Vintage-inspired 1920's looks or interpretations are accepted. (No 1940's pin-up or later looks, please!) Can't find a 1920's inspired bathing suit? Visit the Bustles to Boho booth in our Vintage Vendor Village and they will loan or sell you one. Changing rooms also provided in the Bustles To Boho Booth. (to register, email jazzagelawnparty@gmail.com)
To participate, please bring your little ones to the 2nd Stage at 3pm (Sundays Only) Vintage-inspired kiddie-couture encouraged!
Special Prizes for all baby-faced participants!As always, children under 12 are admitted to the event for free, but chaperones must still reserve a free Children’s Ticket. Tickets are going fast and the event will sell out so please don't delay!
Get your tickets today at www.jazzagelawnparty.com
Get ready for live jazz music on two stages, a sprawling dance floor, and performances from the very best!
Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra is the world’s premier Jazz Age dance orchestra, specializing in the Hot Jazz of the 1920s. Composer, musician and crooner Michael Arenella presents a personally transcribed, one-of-a-kind songbook for your listening and dancing pleasure. For Michael, the Jazz Age never really ended, it just fell asleep. Today, he reawakens it wherever he plays.
Witness the bedazzling Dreamland Follies, a ten-lady Art Deco dance spectacle evoking the great Ziegfeld, the fantastic Queen Esther paying tribute to jazz royalty of yore, and Peter Mintun with his incredible piano skills. Listen to the Gelber & Manning band’s beautiful music before enjoying the world-renowned and fun-loving dance troupe, Roddy Caravella and The Canarsie Wobblers, with their scandalous Charleston numbers and rebellious and exuberant spirit of Roaring ‘20s youth.
Go back in time to the 1920s and rub elbows with other fashionable flappers and sporting gents, bedecked in their freshest holiday linens and straw hats. With so many activities on offer, you’ll be spoilt for choice!
Governors Island
Governors Island is a 172-acre island in the heart of New York Harbor, accessible by ferry from Manhattan and Brooklyn. It offers breathtaking views of the city, an award-winning park, lawns, art installations, cultural events, and various historic buildings and landmarks. The island is a unique and picturesque destination for visitors to experience the beauty of New York City and the harbor.
More information about the ferry can be found in the FAQs.
Directions to the Governors Island - Manhattan Ferry
The Governors Island ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. The ferry terminal is accessible as follows:
1 to South Ferry Station
4,5 to Bowling Green Station
R to Whitehall St. Station
Directions to the Governors Island - Brooklyn Ferry
The ferry from Brooklyn departs from Pier 6 at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Columbia Street.
4, 5, 2 or 3 train to Borough Hall
A,C of F train to Jay Street
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