First Friday Rent Party - Chris Stevens at Arch Street Friends Meeting House

PJP is partnering with the Arch Street Meetinghouse, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great Migration: The historic period when millions of Black Americans left the South and moved to the Northeast, Midwest and West. with our First Friday Rent Party Series. The Rent Party was an invention of Great Migrationeers who sometimes faced low wages and high rents. Many found themselves having to pull together a plan to pay the rent. The plan was a house party with liquor, food, music and dancing, all with an admission price. The events happened weekly all over America, whereever these transplanted Southerners traveled....

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PJP is partnering with the Arch Street Meetinghouse, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great Migration: The historic period when millions of Black Americans left the South and moved to the Northeast, Midwest and West. with our First Friday Rent Party Series. The Rent Party was an invention of Great Migrationeers who sometimes faced low wages and high rents. Many found themselves having to pull together a plan to pay the rent. The plan was a house party with liquor, food, music and dancing, all with an admission price. The events happened weekly all over America, whereever these transplanted Southerners traveled.

Our rent parties will celebrate the five southern states from which most Black Philadelphians have family roots: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. These events will also showcase great music by artists like Chris Stevens, as well as feature a buffet of foods curated by Chef Valerie Erwin of Geechee Girl Restaurant.

Trumpeter Chris Stevens, will be our first featured artist for the First Friday Rent Party Series on April 1st at the Arch Street Meetinghouse.

Tickets for these special events are only $25 per party.
Entrance to all 5 parties, (if purchased by March 25), is just $100!
Free parking available - first come, first served.

See you there.

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