Gretchen Elise Music & Line Dance Party
September 4, 2025 5:00 pm
40th Street Trolley Portal Gardens
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West Philly based singer-songwriter Gretchen Elise is releasing a new single and video, “Running,” with a cascade of local events:
September 4, 5pm-8pm: Gretchen Elise Music & Line Dance Party at the Trolley Portal Gardens, 40th & Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia.
Help launch Gretchen’s new line dance to “Running” at the Baltimore Ave. Dollar Stroll. Gretchen Elise and guests hosted by Boogie Mandela mix with line dance sets led by Melissa Talley Palmer. Free.
September 5, 10 pm: Gretchen Elise Interview on WRTI’s The Bridge with J. Michael Harrison.
Listen in at 90.1FM in Philadelphia or stream worldwide at www.wrti.org
September 7, 6pm-8pm: Gretchen Elise “Running” Single Release and Video Screening Party, FLXSpace, 5223 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia.
Live music and poetry performances, featuring Gretchen’s own daughter, The Authentic, poet cj, Anam Owili-Eger and a special Q & A with “Running” creative team members. Free. RSVP here: https://sss.ticketbud.com/gretchensingleparty9725
Gretchen first self-produced “Running” in LogicProX and worked with Merc Beatz to produce a fleshed out version including Rhodney Miller (bass) and West Philadelphia’s own Jan Jeffries (percussion) and Irv Jean-Baptiste (guitar). The music video – a narrative short filmed in part at Bartram’s Gardens – is a multipart collaboration with Director Demetrius “Mechie” Hill of Supreme Cinema Six, 2-D animator Sean Tate, and West Philadelphia actor Carlo Campbell.
For more info, visit: https://www.gretchenelise.com
