The Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization that spun off 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 Entertainment Series. Today, the 13-week season of music and theater 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 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. To contact Lancaster Sertoma Club, visit www.lancastersertomabbq.com.