BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Riverside Park Conservancy - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Riverside Park Conservancy X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://riversideparknyc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Riverside Park Conservancy REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260719T080000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260719T093000 DTSTAMP:20260414T164806Z CREATED:20260414T164806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T164806Z UID:10003109-1784448000-1784453400@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Tai Chi DESCRIPTION:Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi\, a slow mov ing martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels. \nSummer on t he Hudson events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited\, unr eserved\, 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. For weat her updates\, check nyc.gov/parks/soh 2 hours before the event. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/tai-chi-5/2026-07-19/ LOCATION:Soldiers and Sailors Monument\, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument\, NY CATEGORIES:Education & Workshops,Health & Wellness,Summer on the Hudson ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/284518690_400545488754464_9112526436432743223_n.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Summer on the Hudson":MAILTO:soh@riversideparknyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T120000 DTSTAMP:20260414T193234Z CREATED:20260414T193234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T193234Z UID:10003322-1784458800-1784462400@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Over\, Under\, Through DESCRIPTION:Join The Movement Creative for a 6-week series to learn the bas ics of parkour. Build your strength\, agility\, coordination\, and mobilit y with fun drills\, partner exercises\, and games to learn jumping\, vault ing\, swinging\, and how to put it all together. Have a blast while gettin g strong! \nSummer on the Hudson events are free and open to the public. S eating is limited\, unreserved\, and available on a first-come\, first-ser ved basis. If there is heavy rain at the time of the event\, the event wil l be canceled. For weather updates\, check nyc.gov/parks/soh 2 hours befor e the event. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/over-under-through-5/2026-07-19/ LOCATION:Parkour Park\, Parkour Park CATEGORIES:Kids & Family,Health & Wellness,Summer on the Hudson ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/DSC09318-scaled-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Summer on the Hudson":MAILTO:soh@riversideparknyc.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T133000 DTSTAMP:20260717T181822Z CREATED:20260618T174949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260717T181822Z UID:10003968-1784458800-1784467800@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Goatham 2026: The Great Goat Graze-Off DESCRIPTION:Goatham has been moved to its rain date Sunday\, July 19th due to weather!\nThe goats are baaaaaack and hungrier than ever! Riverside Par k Conservancy is thrilled to welcome three tenacious\, invasive plant-eati ng goats to face off in New York Citys most anticipated competitive eating event\, The Great Goat Graze-Off\, to be held on Sunday\, July 19\, from 11:00 am'1:30 pm\, in West Harlem on the lawn north of Ten Mile Playground \, at West 151st Street and the West Side Highway. \nThe festivities will be overseen by George Shea of Major League Eating\, best known for hosting Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest. A historic milestone\, The Great Goat Gra ze-Off is currently the ONLY professional eating competition between goats . Stay tuned to learn more about our goat herd! \nWe encourage goat enthus iasts to RSVP here. \nClick here for pedestrian and driving instructions t o get to the event! \n \n\n\n\n\nRiverside Park Conservancy thanks Con Edi son for its generous support of this initiative! URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/goatham-2026-the-great-goat-graze-of f/ CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 026/06/54650828873_d01979a71e_k.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T134551Z CREATED:20260402T192737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T134551Z UID:10003653-1784469600-1784480400@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison DESCRIPTION:Berta Indeed presents Let the Music Play\, community jazz conce rts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists. \nSummer on the H udson events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited\, unreser ved\, and available on a first-come\, first-served basis. If there is heav y rain at the time of the event\, the event will be canceled. For weather updates\, check nyc.gov/parks/soh 2 hours before the event. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/jazz-in-the-park-at-ralph-ellison-2- 2/2026-07-19/ LOCATION:Ralph Ellison Plaza\, Riverside Dr & W 150th St\,\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States CATEGORIES:Music & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 025/02/Ralph-Ellison-Memorial-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T203000 DTSTAMP:20260512T150229Z CREATED:20260512T150229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T150229Z UID:10003599-1784485800-1784493000@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Hudson Classical Theater Company presents Hamlet DESCRIPTION:The Hudson Classical Theater Company Presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare\, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith. \nThough Hamlet claims t hat he is mad in craft\, theres inevitably going to be a little overlap. T hree actors tackle Hamlets desperate struggle to hold it all together in t his imaginative\, visceral\, and immediate production of Shakespeares clas sic. \nHamlet runs June 25 ' July 19. All shows are Thursdays to Sundays a t 6:30pm. No reservations'arrive by 6:15pm for a good seat. Cushions provi ded. Hudson Classical Theater Company Shows are Pay What You Can. Audienc e donations help pay for artists stipends and production costs. \nDirectio ns to The Soldiers & Sailors Monument:\nSubways: Take the 1 to West 86 or West 96\, or take the 2 to West 96. Walk west towards Riverside Park. You can enter the park at West 89th street or take the entrance at West 91st Street. You will see the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Take the path to the right of the monument (not the one closest to the river). Walk around the path and you will be BEHIND the monument where audiences will be seat ed. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/hudson-classical-theater-company-pre sents-hamlet-4/2026-07-19/ LOCATION:Soldiers and Sailors Monument\, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument\, NY CATEGORIES:Special Events,Summer on the Hudson ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/20 26/04/Hamlet-RPC-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="The Hudson Classical Theater Company":MAILTO:info@hudsonclass icaltheatercompany.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T203000 DTSTAMP:20260414T200945Z CREATED:20260414T200945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T200945Z UID:10003263-1784487600-1784493000@riversideparknyc.org SUMMARY:Amplified Sundays featuring Dawn Drake and the ZapOte DESCRIPTION:Live music accompanied by spectacular sunsets over the Hudson R iver. \n\nJuly 5: Wayne Tucker and the Bad Mothas / energetic\, improvisat ional jazz\nJuly 12: Gentleman Brawlers / psychedelic Afro-soul revival an d indie dance\nJuly 19: Dawn Drake and ZapOte / genre-defying pop\, funk\, and groove\nJuly 26: Chispa / love songs for the land rooted in the music al\ntraditions of Latin America\n\nDawn Drake & ZapOte is a female Global South ensemble which celebrates women in world music by incorporating Afro -Cuban and Brazilian rhythms\, pop and funk into a mix that is meant to ma ke you move! With original lyrics that focus on love\, empathy\, environm ental and social justice themes\, the band offers a chance to celebrate li fe and create community through shared experience. A genre bender\, ZapOte has a unique sound based on Dawns musical influences which draw from Cuba n salsa and timba\, Haitian kompa as well as Congolese ndombolo and Nigeri an Afro-beat. Youll find some of New Yorks finest female musicians playing in this band! \nOriginally from Virginia\, Dawn started playing piano at age five. Her mother was a church organist and singer and North Carolina s hag dancer and Dawn grew up listening to everything from Slovenian polka ( from her fathers side)\, gospel\, funk and classic rock. \nDawn chose to l eave Virginia after high school\, heading out in a 1977 Ford Pickup truck to attend college at UC Berkeley on a scholarship and a Pell Grant. Lookin g for something beyond her experiences\, she found joy in music\, educatio n and learning about other cultures. She spent a year studying abroad in G hana\, West Africa through UC Berkeley and started playing percussion ther e. \nAfter further travels\, New York City became her home where she found a job cocktail waitressing on Bleecker street upon arrival. She quickly b egan to pursue writing\, art\, dance and music and landed herself in the e clectic NYC music scene. She went on to pursue Afro-Cuban bat (sacred drum s of the Yoruba people) and Latin percussion in Cuba and NYC\, as well as samba percussion in Brazil and NYC. She also achieved a Masters degree in Ethnomusicology and an MFA in Composition and Performance from California Institute of the Arts. \nDawn moved to Brooklyn permanently in 2003. Curre ntly\, she continues to play electric bass and percussion with artists fro m around the globe in addition to leading her band ZapOte. You can find he r original music on all platforms under the artist name Dawn Drake as well as on her website and music page: https://www.dawndrake.com. \nSummer on the Hudson events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited\, un reserved\, 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. For wea ther updates\, check nyc.gov/parks/soh 2 hours before the event. URL:https://riversideparknyc.org/event/amplified-sundays-featuring-dawn-dra ke-and-the-zapote/ LOCATION:Pier i\, Pier i at W 70th Street\, NY CATEGORIES:Music & Dance,Summer on the Hudson ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riversideparknyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2 026/04/Dawn-Drake-ZapOte-Photo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Summer on the Hudson":MAILTO:soh@riversideparknyc.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR