Promenade concert
Vauxhall Gardens and Ranelagh Gardens were the most famous of these gardens.  The composer George Frideric Handel had his music played there in the 18th century. The gardens were very fashionable until the 19th century.  Aristocratic people, royalty and ordinary people all mixed there.  Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks was performed in Vauxhall Gardens to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.  The composer Dr Thomas Arne was appointed composer of Vauxhall Gardens in 1745.  It was here that many of his songs became popular, including Rule Britannia''.  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn performed in Ranelagh Gardens on their visits to London.