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All programs and events are free to the public unless specifically noted. For full calendar: nyc.gov/parks/soh

Summer on the Hudson is Riverside Park’s annual outdoor arts and culture festival that takes place from 59th Street - 181st Street along the Hudson River from May to October.

05/27/2026

Start your weekend off right at West Harlem Piers Park this Friday at our first Friday Night Jams of the season! Join us on the last Friday of the month for our musical get-happy hour, this month featuring Wes D'Alelio.
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Wes D’Alelio is a New York City–based singer-songwriter, producer, & multi-instrumentalist who devotes his time to notating sheet music for Broadway musicals & touring artists, organizing concert events that showcase local songwriters at iconic NYC bar venues, & of course writing & producing his own original music. A Massachusetts native, Wes combines his New England acoustic roots with dense vocal harmonies, narratively-driven lyrics, & sampled percussion sounds in hopes of delivering a singular sort of mainstream acoustic pop music. He’s currently in the final stages of recording his debut EP “Chronically Online”, which is a collection of songs about the many ways in which technology & social media distract us from the sort of love & friendship that makes life so beautiful.
You can find him at on Instagram, @/WesMakesMusic on TikTok, & on all platforms if you’re interested in performing your own original music in NYC or supporting his efforts as a community organizer.

05/23/2026

Explore Fort Washington Park with Summer on the Hudson and NYC Bird Alliance on a family-friendly birding tour in celebration of Black Birders Week!

🐦 Meet us at W 157th & Broadway by 9am on Saturday, May 30th. There will be some binoculars available, but bring a pair if you have them.

Learn more about this FREE event at the link in our bios. See you there!

05/22/2026

Notice anything new at West Harlem Piers Park? 🎹🎶

As part of their 25th anniversary season, has installed a public piano designed and painted by Harlem artist ! Visit the fishing pier anytime before June 7th to play it yourself, or stop by on May 30th for a very special performance from at 4:30pm!

Free and open to all, weather permitting. Check out the link in our bio to learn more.

05/21/2026

Our new weekly series continues this Saturday at the 102nd St. Field House! Story Hour is designed for your little ones in mind to spark imagination, creativity, and a love of reading, featuring rotating guest readers and much loved titles. Our indoor venue is the perfect spot to get a break from the sun or rain in the middle of your family day.

Free and open to all — come early, seating is first-come, first-served. Check out the link in our bio to learn more and RSVP!

05/20/2026

returns to Riverside Park this summer with their Sunset Sounds series 🎶kicking us off this Friday is The Harmony Bartz Experience !
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The Harmony Bartz Experience, led by Taifa “Harmony” Bartz, daughter of the esteemed jazz saxophonist and two-time Grammy winner Gary Bartz, is an explosion of straight ahead jazz, blues, neo-soul, R&B, and funk, with her jazz vocal stylings woven amongst every song. This band is one of the hottest in the tri-state area and they have performed at uptown venues such as the world renowned Minton’s, The Shrine and Patrick’s Place, at the long-running International African American Festival, the Fort Greene Jazz Festival, and the Old-Timer’s festival at Crotona Park in the Bronx.

05/14/2026

📖 Join us this Saturday (5/16) to discuss author Leslie Day's latest release. Click the link in our bio to learn more or check out https://www.leslieday.nyc/!

05/06/2026

Moosiki Kids Musical Storytime returns to the Locomotive Lawn tomorrow morning to foster a love of reading for young ages with stories and sing alongs! Join us every Thursday this month and next in Riverside Park South to get your little ones moving and grooving 🎶

04/22/2026

Join Riverside Park Conservancy, artist Kenneth Doherty, and Artichoke Dance Company for an afternoon of dance performance and discussion, celebrating Earth Week. Dance performances held at 12pm and 2pm, with artist talk and presentation of the Conservancy’s sustainability initiatives in between.

Within the Waters, created by Lynn Neuman and performed by Artichoke Dance Company, is staged in conversation with Kenneth Doherty’s sculpture The Raft. A lush and dynamic ensemble dance, Within the Waters reflects on three themes: the realities of climate migration, the memories that water holds from what has occurred within it, and the resiliency of communities in the face of disaster.

🌧 RAIN DATE: April 26th

11/11/2025

Join us this Saturday where Akela Reason, art historian and professor of history at the University of Georgia, will discuss the complex history of the New York Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Riverside Park. Her talk derives from her recent book, Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York (Yale University Press). The book illuminates the historical context of Civil War soldiers’ monuments in New York City, exploring the fascinating intersection of art, politics, and memory within these works, while also highlighting the ever-changing ways different constituencies have engaged with them in symbolic and physical terms.
🔗Click the link in our bio to register now!

10/05/2025

Celebrate the Conservancy’s work with compost and appreciate its impact on urban soil at this day of demonstrations, science experiments, and live entertainment from Bash the Trash! We will be joined by our amazing partners at Lower East Side Ecology Center, Earth Matter, Brotherhood Sister Sol, Maggie’s Garden, Food and Climate Consulting, and Hudson Valley Skincare.

🪱Click the link in our bio to pre-register!

Summer on the Hudson events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited, unreserved, and available on a first-come, first-served basis. If there is heavy rain at the time of the event, the event will be canceled. Check for cancelation announcements.

Address

59th To 181st Along The Hudson River
Manhattan, NY
10069

Website

http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/summer_on_the_hudson, http://linktr.ee/SummerOnTheHudson

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