Central Park Evening Concert

“The Park Commissioners announce that if the weather be fine there will be music by the Park Band, at the north end of the Green, at the Park, to-day, commencing at 5 p.m. The programme is as follows: [lists program].”

“When shall it be announced that a band of music may be heard in the Central Park every evening from seven till eight o’clock? In nearly all the great cities of Europe, and even in Havana, this is an established custom. A movement in this direction is the Wednesday afternoon concert, in addition to the regular performances on Saturday. The first of these this season was given yesterday, under the direction of Theodore Thomas. A large number or ladies were present, and the audience, though perhaps not so large, was rather more select than the throng which fills the Mall on Saturday. The Park is now more than ever a refuge from the uncomfortable summer atmosphere of the city. There the attentions of the Board of Health, with its carbolic acid and cholera disinfectants, are not required. More beautiful than the grounds of any ambitious country seat, the people feel that they have a right to it, and that it is for their benefit to exercise their prerogatives.”