Patwardhan Park in Bandra is where you should be this Saturday, not for a walk, not for a run, and not to simply relax outdoors — but for live music. Allow us to let you in on a little secret. This music will hit visitors there out of the blue. It will start with just one person singing. Then another person will join, followed by another, and another, till it turns into a full-blown choir. The set-list will be a mix of carols and pop songs. And it will be conducted by Tristan Knelange, a Dutch conductor now based in Mumbai.

But what's the purpose of it all, you might ask. So here's the thing. A couple of months ago, Anca Florescu Abraham — a Romanian architect based in the city — and Tina Nandi Stephens, a photographer, were fed up with absurd restrictions imposed in BMC and privately run parks. They decided to take matters into their hands and started an initiative called Love Your Parks Mumbai (LYPM), as reported in these pages first. The intention is simple — rethink the way we approach open public spaces. Why should children be kept off the grass? Why aren't balls allowed inside some gardens? These are some of the questions that LYPM is raising. And the flash choir slated for this weekend is part of the modus operandi to seek the answers.