The Jazz Age Lawn Party is one of the finest and most well-attended events in New York City. The event was conceived by Michael Arenella (leader of the Dreamland Orchestra) in the 1920’s. According to the wall street journal, it is “the biggest (not to mention the cleanest and most family-oriented) regular event in the ‘Retro Noveau’ movement…” Two weekends in a year, guests are invited to go back and relive America’s most formative era. Jazz has been an important part of American history and it was the height of fashion in the 1920s and the 1930s. To honor the great artists, twice a year the governor’s island goes back in time to recreate and experience the 1920’s.
