Events for October 2026 – Riverside Park Conservancy

Submit a photo of your dog(s) in Riverside Park by September 23rd for chance to have their photo featured in our 2027 calendar!

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3 events 27 3 events, 27 Featured 8:00 am - 9:30 am Tai Chi Featured September 27 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am Tai Chi Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels. 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, […] Read more, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison September 27 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists. Read more, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm THREAD: A Dance Performance by Kinesis Project September 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm THREAD: A Dance Performance by Kinesis Project Join Kinesis Project in our sparkling experiment as we bring THREAD to life along the pathways of Riverside Park South. Enjoy this brand new, large scale work as it leads, surprises and meanders up the River’s side. 5:30pm: Audience Gathers at Locomotive Lawn 5:45pm: Performance Begins THREAD is the company's third dance work based on […] Read more	1 event 28 1 event, 28 Featured 9:00 am - 11:00 am PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St Featured September 28 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St PlacePartner Opportunities are weekly/monthly occasions for volunteers to work alongside our field staff and ParkTenders. Steward with us! Read more	2 events 29 2 events, 29 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Bodyroll Workout September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Bodyroll Workout Find your inner dancer and get your body moving with pure joy at this cathartic dance aerobics class with VIVA! Low stakes, all fun, and open to all levels. 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 […] Read more, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Joyflow September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Joyflow A music-based journey blending gentle movement and free form dance, for all abilities. Read more	4 events 30 4 events, 30 Featured 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club Featured September 30 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club PlacePartner Opportunities are weekly/monthly occasions for volunteers to work alongside our field staff and ParkTenders. Steward with us! Read more, Featured 9:00 am - 11:00 am PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St Featured September 30 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St PlacePartner Opportunities are weekly/monthly occasions for volunteers to work alongside our field staff and ParkTenders. Steward with us! Read more, Featured 9:00 am - 12:00 pm PlacePartner Opportunity: Sakura Park and Claremont at W 122nd St Featured September 30 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm PlacePartner Opportunity: Sakura Park and Claremont at W 122nd St PlacePartner Opportunities are weekly/monthly occasions for volunteers to work alongside our field staff and ParkTenders. Steward with us! Read more + 1 More

September 27

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September 27 @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am

Tai Chi

September 27 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

September 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

THREAD: A Dance Performance by Kinesis Project

September 28

A volunteer wearing long pants and sleeves and a baseball cap, centered in the image, smiling at the camera, holding weeds and standing on a slope covered in mugwort.

September 28 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St

September 29

September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Bodyroll Workout

September 29 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Joyflow

September 30

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September 30 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

Two volunteers standing on a wooded slope, holding weeds and smiling at the camera.

September 30 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St

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September 30 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: Sakura Park and Claremont at W 122nd St

October 1

Two volunteers standing on either side of a staff member, on a slope next to the retaining wall in Riverside Park. They're holding supplies for weeding. The vegetation is very green and the sky is overcast.

October 1 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Canopy Club at W 97th-120th St

October 2

October 2 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: South Park at W 68th St

October 3

A group of fourteen volunteers standing in a group for the camera, in the fall or winter months most likely as the ground and trees are bare and brown. There's a bucket with gloves in front of the volunteers. They all look bundled up and happy.

October 3 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: The Bird Sanctuary at W 120th St

October 3 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

City of Forest Day: Meet the West Harlem Forest

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October 3 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Little Red Lighthouse Festival

October 4

October 4 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Sketch Jam

October 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Charlotte Mayerson’s Overlook Concerts

October 4 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

October 5

A volunteer wearing long pants and sleeves and a baseball cap, centered in the image, smiling at the camera, holding weeds and standing on a slope covered in mugwort.

October 5 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St

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October 5 @ 1:45 pm - 4:30 pm

Works in Public 2026 Unveiling

There are no events on this day.

October 7

October 7 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Camel Gardens at W 143rd St

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October 7 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

Two volunteers standing on a wooded slope, holding weeds and smiling at the camera.

October 7 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St

October 8

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October 8 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Tunnel Gardens at W 148th St

Three volunteers standing on the left side, on a mulched path on a Riverside Drive Island, paying attention to what our gardener, who is standed on a vegetated slope, is explaining. It looks to be springtime in the park.

October 8 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Island Vibes at W 97th-116th St

October 9

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October 9 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Forest Bathing

October 9 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: South Park at W 68th St

October 10

A group of fourteen volunteers standing in a group for the camera, in the fall or winter months most likely as the ground and trees are bare and brown. There's a bucket with gloves in front of the volunteers. They all look bundled up and happy.

October 10 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: The Bird Sanctuary at W 120th St

Two volunteers, one standing on the left, one kneeling on the right, in a garden bed in the park. They're surrounded by plant pots and smiling for the camera.

October 10 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

It’s My Park Day: Fall Edition!

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October 10 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

October 11

October 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Charlotte Mayerson’s Overlook Concerts

October 11 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

October 12

A volunteer wearing long pants and sleeves and a baseball cap, centered in the image, smiling at the camera, holding weeds and standing on a slope covered in mugwort.

October 12 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St

There are no events on this day.

October 14

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October 14 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

Two volunteers standing on a wooded slope, holding weeds and smiling at the camera.

October 14 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

[CANCELED] PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St

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October 14 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: Sakura Park and Claremont at W 122nd St

October 15

Two volunteers standing on either side of a staff member, on a slope next to the retaining wall in Riverside Park. They're holding supplies for weeding. The vegetation is very green and the sky is overcast.

October 15 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Canopy Club at W 97th-120th St

October 16

October 16 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: South Park at W 68th St

October 16 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: Sunset Gardening at W 153rd St

October 17

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October 17 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

October 17 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

C-Words: Six New Short Plays Presented By Creative Women New York

October 18

October 18 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Garden People: 45 Years in Bloom

October 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Charlotte Mayerson’s Overlook Concerts

October 18 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

October 19

A volunteer wearing long pants and sleeves and a baseball cap, centered in the image, smiling at the camera, holding weeds and standing on a slope covered in mugwort.

October 19 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St

There are no events on this day.

October 21

October 21 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Camel Gardens at W 143rd St

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October 21 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

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October 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Grassroots Volunteer Orientation (evening session)

October 22

Three volunteers standing on the left side, on a mulched path on a Riverside Drive Island, paying attention to what our gardener, who is standed on a vegetated slope, is explaining. It looks to be springtime in the park.

October 22 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Island Vibes at W 97th-116th St

October 23

October 23 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: South Park at W 68th St

October 24

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October 24 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Ralph Ellison Memorial at W 150th St

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October 24 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Riverside Park Pup Halloween Parade

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October 24 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

October 25

October 25 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

October 26

A volunteer wearing long pants and sleeves and a baseball cap, centered in the image, smiling at the camera, holding weeds and standing on a slope covered in mugwort.

October 26 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Compost Compound at W 95th St

There are no events on this day.

October 28

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October 28 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: West Harlem Forest Tree Club

Two volunteers standing on a wooded slope, holding weeds and smiling at the camera.

October 28 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: The Sweet Spot at W 72nd-96th St

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October 28 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

PlacePartner Opportunity: Sakura Park and Claremont at W 122nd St

October 29

Two volunteers standing on either side of a staff member, on a slope next to the retaining wall in Riverside Park. They're holding supplies for weeding. The vegetation is very green and the sky is overcast.

October 29 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: Canopy Club at W 97th-120th St

October 30

October 30 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

PlacePartner Opportunity: South Park at W 68th St

October 31

October 31 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

¡EN ESPAÑOL! Tree Club del Bosque de West Harlem

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October 31 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Hippo Halloween Parade