The Concert in Central Park show named the musicians individually and did not bill them as "Simon & Garfunkel"; that the two singers would perform together on stage in a reunion was not officially announced until only a week before the concert when it was published in New York newspapers. The two stated in interviews that further collaboration was not planned. The concert took place on Saturday, September 19, 1981, on the Great Lawn, the central open space of Central Park. The first spectators, many carrying chairs or picnic blankets, arrived at daybreak to secure a good spot. The Parks Department originally expected about 300,000
Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert (album) Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert [LIVE] is an album with 77 minutes of highlights, from the roughly five-hour long "Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert" that took place in the Rose Hall Theatre at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 17, 2005. All net profits from the sale of the CD will be donated to the "Higher Ground Relief Fund" established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to benefit the musicians, music industry related enterprises and other individuals and entities from the areas in Greater