Vintage Swing Event at the Magnificent Historic Downtown Association in NYC

Svetlana & The Delancey Five at the Downtown Association - swing dancers enjoying the dance floor - for Gotham festival (photo by Nina Galicheva)

Svetlana and the Delancey Five were delighted to be included in the Gotham Jazz Festival lineup, a whole-day multi-band vintage and swing dance at the Magnificent Historic Downtown Association in NYC. This was a glorious come-back of the gathering in April 2023 - the first post the last festival of vintage swing and Roaring 20s music which was cancelled in April 2021 amidst the COVID lock-down.

Downtown Association is located on a quiet Pine Street in Downtown NYC. The Down Town Association remains an island of quiet civility in a bustling Lower Manhattan. As a locus for nourishment, entertainment, relaxation or quiet discourse, the Club has remained of and for its members since its inception in 1859.

The Down Town Association is a member owned social club dedicated to providing our members and guests with the finest hospitality. The Association was the first club established in Lower Manhattan and is the fifth oldest club in New York. Organized at the Astor House on December 23, 1859, the first general meeting of the members was on February 14, 1860. The opulent Clubhouse, our third, was built to the designs of noted architect, and Club member, Charles C. Haight and was dedicated in 1887. An addition, opened in 1911, was designed by noted architect, and Club member, Charles Wetmore. A New York City Landmark, the Down Town Association's Clubhouse is one of New York's finest examples of Romanesque Revival design as well as the third oldest purpose built club building in the United States.

The festival featured lineup of dozens of band - and over a hundred musicians - with hundreds of audience members and guests enjoying themselves, dancing, lounging and enjoying the music, the art, and the community.

Contact Svetlana to plan your next event with vintage and classic jazz music. Whether an intimate jazz trio, a larger swing band or even a full size big band, we bring classy, Old New York to every special event. You won't be able to get your guests off the dance floor!