The
Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation is an independent, nonprofit
organization that spun off from the Lancaster Sertoma Club in
1962 to maintain the amphitheater and stage its performances.
That same year it launched the free Long’s Park Summer Music
Series. Today, the 13-week season of music is primarily underwritten
by the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival which the Foundation
began in 1979. To contact the Long’s Park Amphitheater
Foundation, call (717) 735-8883 or email info@longspark.org.
Other Long’s Park-Related Organizations…
Lancaster City
Long’s Park was given to the City of Lancaster by Catherine
Long, the daughter of Judge Henry Grimly Long, in 1900. As a city
park, it is supervised and maintained by the City parks bureau.
Lancaster City Police provide park security. The City is also
responsible for all pavilion rentals. To
reserve a pavilion, get information on the petting zoo or firewood
sales or reach someone at the City Parks & Public Property
Department, call (717) 291-4841 between 7 am and 3:30 pm.
Long’s Park Commission
Formed by Lancaster County Orphans’ Court to ensure that
the terms of Catherine Long’s will are followed, the Commission
meets quarterly in January, April, July and October. Members of
the Commission include the Mayor of Lancaster, the City’s
directors of public works and finance and its controller, the
president of Lancaster Sertoma Club, the president of the Long’s
Park Amphitheater Foundation and two members at-large. To contact
the Long’s Park Commission, call Barbara Humble at (717)
291-4739.
Lancaster
Sertoma Club
This 125-member service organization has adopted Long’s Park
as its primary service project. It built the park’s amphitheater
in 1962. Today, the club donates more than $100,000 a year for
the beautification and upkeep of Long’s Park. Its primary
fundraiser is its world-famous chicken barbecue held each May
in Long’s Park. The Guinness Book of World Records
recognizes this community event as the world’s largest chicken
barbecue. For information on the Sertoma’s Chicken Barbecue,
visit
www.lancastersertomabbq.com. To contact Lancaster
Sertoma Club, visit
www.lancastersertoma.org.
