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Saxophonist, educator and composer Tim Warfield will headline the 2018 Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival, which will get underway in Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s Saunders Park Greene, 39th and Powelton Avenue on Saturday, July 21, beginning at noon.

Hosted by People’s Emergency Center (PEC) and PEC Community Development Corporation (PECCDC), this marks the 12th year that this annual event has taken place. This year the FREE Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival offers a family-friendly jazz showcase featuring the best of Philadelphia and beyond. In addition to headliner Tim Warfield with his Organ Band featuring Terell Stafford, there is an exceptional lineup of jazz musicians curated by the Producer’s Guild of Philadelphia. 

Also performing on the Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival stage are jazz performers Glenn Bryan on keyboard, Chris Lewis on saxophone, the vocalist Ella Gahnt, and Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound. The Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble will also be back by popular demand, courtesy of The Mann Center for the Performing Arts. Tim Warfield is expected to take the stage at 2:55 p.m.

Artisans and vendors along with a variety of specialty food trucks will be on site as well. Activities such as a moon bounce, face painting, community resources and digital pop-up computer lab will be available for everyone’s enjoyment. Free parking is available one block away at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s lot at Powelton Avenue and State Street.

Lancaster Avenue Jazz & Arts Festival celebrates the communities surrounding Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia. “[It’s] a celebration of community strengths, relationships, and music,” says PEC and PECCDC President Kathy Desmond. Last year’s festival attracted 4,000 neighbors, families and jazz enthusiasts, according to the organizers.

The rain date for the festival is July 22.

For more information, visit: www.lancasteravejazzfest.com.