6:41 PM: Steve Aliment and Annie O’Neill are performing country/rock in Belvedere Park right now as the Admiral Neighborhood Association kicks off this year’s three-concert Admiral Music in the Parks series. The day’s soggy start did not dissuade concertgoers – here are some of the first folks to show up:

New this year, as ANA president Joanie Jacobs reminded everyone just before the music began, crafts and a board-game library:

Plus, a stroller and bike corral – and the knitting circle is back. (Bubbles too!) Still time to get here – the music is expected to be on till 8 pm. And if you just can’t be here tonight, the next two Thursday nights have AMP concerts too – different bands, different parks, listed here.

8:00 PM: After a high-energy hour-and-a-half set – and some dancing, as our photo shows – AMP concert #1 is over, chilly but dry; ANA estimates a turnout of 200+. See you at California Place Park (by the ex-Admiral Church turned HUB) next Thursday for Michael Pearsall and Friends!