Celebrate the welcome arrival of spring inside the park among RCTA friends with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on Saturday April 5, from 6 to 9pm, at the Peter Jay Sharp Volunteer House (just inside Riverside Park near 107th St.). By tradition, and like most RCTA events, this party is potluck. RCTA will provide the basics, but if you could bring a bottle of wine or seltzer, or a bag of chips or some dip, anything really, your efforts will be greatly appreciated. Feel free to bring guests.

Start the summer with the classical music of Musica Bella Orchestra of New York.

Join us for a kid-friendly evening of bluegrass, featuring Citigrass.

Join us for an evening of cool jazz performed by the Bob Kindred Ensemble.

Join us for an evening of jazz featuring world-renowned bassist Ron McClure and his ensemble.

The Atwaters/Ed Baker (RCTA member Ed Baker, Ron Spitzer, Mark B. Lonergan, and Mark Brotter) bring their unique brand of blues, rock and roots music to the RCTA lawns. Together and separately they have performed and recorded with artists as diverse as Dr. John, Bobby Radcliffe, Band Of Susans, Ernie K-Doe, and others too numerous to mention.

Join us for an evening of an evening Mozart, Handel, and other classical music performed by the renowned Gotham Winds Ensemble.

Pe de Boi, the samba band headed by Brazilian-born Marcio Sapel, opened for Rod Stewart at the Meadowlands and performs in such local clubs as S.O.B.'s, Jazz Forum, the Blue Note, and the Village Gate. Sapel hemself has performed with Paul Winters, Billy Joel, Keith Richards, Oscar Castro Neves, and Walter Wanderley.

Efendi, headed by Scott Wilson playing his unique "Baglama Hydra"—a combination oud, saz, and bouzouki—perform music from Turkey, Armenia, Israel, and Greece.