Lancaster Avenue Jazz and Arts Festival is this weekend

If you love Jazz music and arts you have to head to Lancaster Avenue on Saturday for their annual Jazz and Arts Festival .

The FREE all-day event will be held on Saturday, July 20 from Noon to 7 p.m. at Saunders Park Greene on 39th & Powelton Ave.

As a celebration of West Philadelphia and jazz musicians, the event will feature live performances, local vendors, fun children’s activities, and food trucks.

The headliners of the live performances will be Jamaaladeen Tacuma Quintet featuring Odean Pope.

The other performers will be Joe Block Quintet, Timothy Vaughan Inside Outside Ensemble, Mollie Ducoste, Deborah Smith, and returning audience favorite, Glenn Bryan & Friends.

“We are very excited about this year’s Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival,” said Bernadine
Hawes, HopePHL Community Development Corporation Board Chair,

“it’s guaranteed to be an enjoyable day out for anyone in or near West Philadelphia on July 20.”

The Jazz and Arts Festival is organized by HopePHL, the Producer’s Guild of Philadelphia, Penn
Presbyterian Medical Center, and a committee of community members, as well as technical
assistance from Nu Millennium Media Productions.

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