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- On September 19, 1981, Simon & Garfunkel reunited for a free public concert on the Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park, raising awareness and funding to help restore the world’s most famous urban park.
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Central Park's concert list along with photos, videos, and setlists of their past concerts & performances.
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The Breeders / Man on Man Sep 26, 2024 Denver, Colorado,...
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Sep 25, 2021 · Sixty thousand fans gathered in Central Park to dance to artists like Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez, and Lizzo as part of the 2021 Global Citizen Festival
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- The Band Begins to Play
- Concert Central
- The Music Swells
- Repeat Performers
- Barbershop Quartets
- Classic Comes Alive
- Monumental Composers
- Rock, Pop, and Jazz Arrive
- Elsewhere in Manhattan
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The long tradition of outdoor summer concerts in city parks and open spaces is rooted in a few choice spots, the Battery being one of them. Castle Garden (now Castle Clinton) served as a concert hall from 1824 to 1855, with military bands giving concerts regularly and the "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind performing in 1850. P.T. Barnum brought Ms. ...
Conceived to be both an open space for city dwellers to stretch out and an edifying experience, instructing citizens on essentials of beauty and art, Central Park has always been a site for concerts. Free Saturday afternoon concerts served the goals of the park´s creation, and the first was given in 1859 in the Ramble. (The trees were not then full...
Owing to contemporary rules of Sabbath decorum, Sunday events were off limits until 1877, when Park Commissioners began experimenting with evening concerts to allow six-day-a-week workers to enjoy outdoor entertainment. The Parks Department expanded its musical offerings in 1910 when it built a temporary bandstand in the northern end of the park at...
Edwin Franko Goldman's Goldman Concert Band began performing on the Mall in 1923, and the ensemble continued performing there after his death in 1956, when his son Richard Franko Goldman took over. The Goldman Memorial Band continued after the death of Richard in 1980, performing at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park and the New York Botanical Garden i...
The administration of Parks Commissioner Robert Moses sponsored a Citywide Barbershop Quartet Contest from 1934 until the 1960s. Each borough sent a group to the finals, which were held on the Mall in Central Park. The stage for the finals featured an elaborate setup, with a banner hailing the "Parks Tonsorial Parlor."
When one thinks of concerts in parks, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is a summertime performance by the New York Philharmonic on the Great Lawn. These annual performances began in 1965 at Sheep Meadow and were an immediate success; parkgoers enjoyed a generous free performance by a world-class symphony, and the symphony was exposed to a...
When one thinks of "monuments," the common perception is of a general on a horse, a heroic explorer, or a long list of names delineating those who paid "the supreme sacrifice." But there is another kind of monument, sculptures to creativity, art that honors artists. There are 11 composers commemorated in New York City's parks with monuments, each s...
The Schaefer Brewing Company sponsored jazz and rock concerts at Wollman Rink with performances by Willie Bobo, Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Judy Collins, Led Zeppelin, and Jimmy Cliff, to name just a few. The annual event began in 1966 as the Rheingold Music Festival, and Schaefer picked up sponsorship...
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, an annual event around the jazz great's birthday on August 29, has celebrated jazz at Tompkins Square Park since 1993, just across the street from Bird's house on Avenue A. The City Parks Foundation took responsibility for producing the event in 2003, and each August, concerts take place at both Tompkins Square Par...
In addition to the Philharmonic concerts frequently performed in Van Cortlandt Park, the bandstand at Poe Park (erected in 1925) featured regular classical music concerts that drew large crowds. Beginning in the 1940s, contemporary big bands performed in the park, and singer Rosemary Clooney (aunt of actor George Clooney) is reported to have made h...
The Concert in Central Park is the first live album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on February 16, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded on September 19, 1981, at a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City, where the pair performed in front of 500,000 people.
Aug 19, 2021 · New York marks its emergence from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic with a star-studded free concert in Central Park on Saturday.
Jul 27, 2021 · The mostly free Aug. 21 “ homecoming concert ” — produced by Clive Davis and featuring Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Jennifer Hudson and Paul Simon — will also star Carlos Santana with Rob...
Apr 22, 2022 · At the time, the local city government was working to put together a free concert which would benefit the park itself, according to Groovy History. Central Park was in desperate need of funding to help with upkeep, and a concert was seen as a great way to bring in donations, with organizers aiming to raise some of the more than $3 million they ...
