Yarkon Park

{{Short description|Public park in Tel Aviv, Israel}} {{about|the public park near the mouth of the Yarkon River|the Yarkon National Park at the springs of the Yarkon River|Antipatris}} {{Infobox park | name = Yarkon Park | image = Hayarkon-TelAviv.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = | type = Urban park | location = Tel Aviv, Israel | coordinates = {{coord|32|06|00|N|34|48|36|E|region:IL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | area = 3.5 km² | established = {{start date|1951}}, Opened {{start date|1973}} | operator = Tel Aviv municipality | visitation_num = 16 million | status = Open all year }} '''Yarkon Park''' ({{langx|he|פארק הירקון}}, ''Park HaYarkon'') is a park in Tel Aviv, Israel, with about sixteen million visits annually.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041224100907/http://www.tel-aviv-insider.com/park-hayarkon.php Park Hayarkon – the Central Park of Tel Aviv] </ref> Named after the Yarkon River, which flows through it, the park includes extensive lawns, sports facilities, botanical gardens, an aviary, a water park, two outdoor concert venues and lakes. The park covers an area of 3.5 km². At 375 hectares, it is slightly larger than Central Park in New York and double the size of Hyde Park in London.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Alon-Mozes |first1=Tal |last2=Gilad-Ilsar |first2=Shirili |date=2020-01-02 |title=Modern park for a modern city: planning Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park during the 1960s-1970s |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2019.1671055 |journal=Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=80–94 |doi=10.1080/14601176.2019.1671055 |s2cid=211653497 |issn=1460-1176|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==History== thumb|The area which became Yarkon Park, showing Jewish land ownership (green shading) in June 1947. Light green is land in private Jewish ownership and dark green is JNF land. [[File:Seven Mills - Informative Sign.jpg|thumb|Seven Mills sign in Yarkon Park: “Nothing remains of the impoverished Jarisha village which was situated here in the past”. Noga Kadman's ''Erased from Space and Consciousness'' notes that Israeli signage and literature does not mention the Palestinian Arab population who used the mills.<ref name=Kadman>{{cite book | last1=Kadman | first1=N. | last2=Yiftachel | first2=O. | title=Erased from Space and Consciousness: Israel and the Depopulated Palestinian Villages of 1948 | publisher=Indiana University Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-253-01682-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIdNCgAAQBAJ | pages=110, 122|ref=none|quote=Another example is the westernmost watermill in the Seven Mills compound of HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv, described on the JNF website as “one of the five mills built along the banks of the Yarkon river in the Ottoman period.” The mill was used by villagers of Jarisha, which goes unmentioned. The use of the term “Ottoman,” just like the emphasis on the Crusader period of village sites, fits well the tendency of presenting the historical periods between the Jewish exile to Babylon up to the establishment of the State of Israel as a sequence of foreign occupations, while ignoring the local Arab population that was living in the country at the same time… In most cases (sixty-five), the Arabic name of the landscape feature is echoed in the Hebraized name, even if the village itself is left unmarked and unmentioned. Examples include Tel Grisa by Jarisha village in Tel Aviv’s HaYarkon Park; Tsemach Beach, near which the village of Samakh used to stand; the Hadas Stream passing by Biyar ‘Adas village in Hod HaSharon; the Nurit Spring once serving the village of Nuris on the Gilbo‘a ridge, and the Nah.ash Well by the village of Dayr Nakhkhas. Ronnie Kokhavi-Nehab calls this phenomenon “present-absence,” pointing out its recurrence in the names of places within kibbutzim, “such as the name of the stream flowing by the kibbutz, or a ruin remaining within its boundaries, or a grove still bearing fruit, or the name of land plots in the field.”}}</ref>]] In 1925, the municipality of Tel Aviv invited urban planner Patrick Geddes to prepare an expansion of the city towards the Yarkon, which was considered the city's natural border. Palestinian Arab and Jewish farmers grew vegetables and maintained orchards on the banks of the river, and Geddes suggested a park should be established on the Yarkon's southern bank.<ref name=":0" /> Planting of trees began in the early 1940s, starting on the river's southern bank and expanding eastward with the city, though at that time, without a comprehensive plan. This was implemented for the benefit of the city's inhabitants, predominantly Olim from Europe who were unaccustomed to the region's climate, and with the goal of establishing Jewish ownership, European imagery, and a callback to a biblical landscape likely more verdant than that of the region in the 20th century.<ref name=":0" />

1948 brought about unprecedented change to the region. The mass displacement of Palestinians, along with urban overcrowding caused by the arrival of one million Jews from Europe and the Middle East presented Prime Minister Ben Gurion with an opportunity to establish new parks. In 1950, the government of Israel established 175 hectares on the northern bank of the Yarkon, for the purpose of establishing a park, and a planting project then began on the Yarkon's northern bank.<ref name=":0" /> This northern area had been within the village lands of Al-Shaykh Muwannis; today the park also covers parts of the village lands of Jarisha, Al-Mas'udiyya and Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Meishar |first=Naama |year=2017 |title=Up/Rooting: Breaching Landscape Architecture in the Jewish-Arab City |journal=AJS Review |publisher=Project Muse |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=99–100 |doi=10.1017/s0364009417000101 |issn=0364-0094 |s2cid=164647567 |quote=Ha-Yarkon Park was established in 1952 on the lands of the village of Al-Shaykh Muwannis. Inaugurated in 1974, this 3.5-square-kilometer lawny park also covers the lands of Jarisha, Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi, and Masʻudiya (fig. 3). [Footnote 64. “Netiʻat ha-park ha-leʼumi me-ʻever la-Yarkon,” 5 May 1952 (memorandum by Seʻadiya Shoshani, the head of the Planting and Gardening Department in Tel Aviv–Jaffa Municipality). This memorandum announces a planting ceremony on May 13, 1952 “near the Shaykh-Muwannis village with presence of the prime minister” (translation by the author). |ref=none}}</ref>

In 1959, the Mapai (Labor Party) came into power in Tel Aviv. They were already in power on the national level. This union of local and national government allowed the inception of various large scale projects in Tel-Aviv. In 1961, damage to the Yarkon's banks lead the municipality to initiate development of a comprehensive plan for Yarkon Park.<ref name=":0" /> When it was opened to the public in 1973, it was called Ganei Yehoshua, honoring Yehoshua Rabinovich, the mayor of Tel Aviv between 1969 and 1974.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000327/http://www.jewishindependent.ca/archives/Dec04/archives04Dec24-05.html Changing pollution into paradise]</ref>

==Landmarks== The ''Seven Mills'' section of the park contains the remnants of Jarisha/Jarisha Mills,<ref name=GaneyYehosha>{{Cite web |title=The Seven Mills Site on the Uja - the Yarkon - River Banks |url=http://tennis.park.co.il/en/domain/seven-mills/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Ganey Yehosha |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702230137/http://tennis.park.co.il/en/domain/seven-mills/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Haaretz>{{Cite news |title=טיול בזמן אל טחנת הקמח המשוחזרת בפארק הירקון בתל אביב |language=he |work=הארץ |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/travel/travel-in-israel/MAGAZINE-1.8222576 |access-date=2022-04-10}}</ref> a Palestinian village that was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Walid |last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |title=All that Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 |date=1992 |publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies |isbn=978-0-88728-224-9 |language=en}}</ref>

Tel Gerisa is an archaeological site in the park, that has been identified by Benjamin Mazar<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Negev |first1=Avraham |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3JtAAAAMAAJ |title=Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land |last2=Gibson |first2=Shimon |date=2001 |publisher=Continuum |isbn=978-0-8264-1316-1 |pages=194–195 |language=en}}</ref> and Yohanan Aharoni<ref>{{Cite book |last=Eero Junkkaala |url=https://www.academia.edu/35716749 |title=Three Conquests Of Canaan |date=2003 |publisher=Abo Akademi University Press}}</ref> with the biblical Gath Rimmon. The landmark preserves the name of the historically nearby Palestinian Arab village of Jarisha, after which the Tel was named.<ref name=Kadman/>

The Rock Garden, one of the largest of its kind in the world, reflects Israel's geological diversity. In its 4-hectare enclosure, the rocks are interspersed with some 3,500 species of plants, including over 2.4 hectares of cacti. The 2-hectare Tropical Garden has a wooden walkway shaded by palm trees, leading to a small lake. The rainforest-like microclimate supports a large variety of orchids and vines.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Yarkon River runs through the park and reaches the Mediterranean Sea at the park's western edge, then connects into the Tel Aviv Port, an entertainment and tourism center. Despite clean-up efforts in the last few years, the river is still polluted. Despite its polluted waters, in July 2011 Tel Aviv's mayor, Ron Huldai, jumped into the water and swam in the lake. Nevertheless, the region has retained its biodiversity. It is home to an abundance of insects, water fowl, golden jackals, porcupines and mongoose.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/at-tel-aviv-s-yarkon-park-they-re-sweating-the-small-stuff-1.307026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811002048/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/at-tel-aviv-s-yarkon-park-they-re-sweating-the-small-stuff-1.307026|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 11, 2010|title=At Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, they're sweating the small stuff |author-first1=Zafrir|author-last1=Rinat|date=10 August 2010|website=Haaretz}}</ref>

The park has six gardens: ''Gan HaBanim'' (Fallen Soldiers Memorial Garden), ''Gan Nifga'ei HaTeror'' (Terror Victims Memorial Garden), ''Gan HaSlaim'' (Rock Garden), ''Gan HaKaktusim'' (Cacti Garden), ''HaGan HaGazum'' (Trimmed Garden), and ''HaGan HaTropi'' (Tropical Garden).thumb|center|652x652px|Yarkon Park from Kiryat Atidim to the Mediterranean Sea<gallery> File:Ha Banim Garden, Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel.jpg|HaBanim Garden, Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel File:Yarkon River in the Winter.jpg|Yarkon River, Tel Aviv File:Lake of Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv.jpg|Lake of Yarkon Park File:Hayarkon IMG 8516.JPG|Yarkon River File:Hayarkon IMG 2644.JPG|Hayarkon File:Yarkon park wide view.jpg|Yarkon park wide view File:PikiWiki Israel 15306 Tel-Aviv - Yarkon park.jpg|PikiWiki Israel 15306 Tel-Aviv - Yarkon park File:Yarkon Park Seminar Group Photo.JPG|Yarkon Park Seminar Group Photo File:אגם פארק הירקון.jpg|Lake of Yarkon River File:PikiWiki Israel 4089 Hayarkon River.jpg|Hayarkon River File:PikiWiki Israel 4093 Hayarkon River.jpg|Hayarkon River File:90851 yarkon park on saturday morning PikiWiki Israel.jpg|Yarkon Park on saturday morning File:PikiWiki Israel 84594 yarkon park.jpg|Israel country flag in Yarkon Park File:PikiWiki Israel 53352 the cactus garden at ganei yehoshua park.jpg|Cactus Garden at Yarkon Park File:PikiWiki Israel 15702 Bridge over Yarkon river Tel Aviv.JPG|Bridge over Yarkon river Tel Aviv File:Ifatke park hayarkon.jpg|Special Sunset in Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv </gallery>

==Music events== [[File:Paul McCartney, Tel Aviv 069.JPG|thumb|Paul McCartney concert in 2008]] Many popular musical acts have played the park, including Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, David Bowie, Carlos Santana, Dire Straits, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Aerosmith, Metallica, U2, Depeche Mode, Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ugly Kid Joe, Linkin Park, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Cocker, Morrissey, Eurythmics, Westlife, Five, Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams, Rihanna, Sia, OneRepublic, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rod Stewart, Queen + Adam Lambert, Noa Kirel, Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez.

American singer Britney Spears performed in the park on July 3, 2017, as part of her Britney: Live in Concert. It was attended by a crowd of 60,000 people.<ref name="News">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=9 July 2023 |title=Watch Britney Spears Performing In Tel Aviv for 60K Crowd |url=http://all-noise.co.uk/watch-britney-spears-performing-in-tel-aviv-for-60k-crowd/21393/}}</ref> Due to the concert, the Israeli Labor Party delayed their election for a new chairperson by a day. It was originally scheduled for July 3, the same day as Spears's concert, but party officials feared traffic jams and that party members would choose the concert over finding a polling station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/05/britney-spears-gig-forces-israeli-labour-party-to-delay-leadership-contest-security-tel-aviv-concert|title=Oops! Britney Spears gig forces Israeli Labour party to delay leadership contest|work=The Guardian|date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

Michael Jackson performed there, on September 19/21, 1993 during his Dangerous World Tour attended by a crowd of 70,000 people in the first show and 100,000 people in the second show.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-michael-jackson-visit-to-israel-was-taste-of-normalcy-for-teens | title=Behind the Headlines: Michael Jackson Visit to Israel Was Taste of Normalcy for Teens | date=20 March 2015 }}</ref>

Italian opera house La Scala performed a free outdoor concert of Verdi's ''Requiem'' in the park as a part of Tel Aviv's 100th anniversary celebrations, attracting about 100,000 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/07/17/Opera-Celebrates-Tel-Avivs-centennial/UPI-66951247828324/ |title=Opera Celebrates Tel Aviv's centennial|work=Entertainment News|date=17 July 2009}}</ref>

American singer Jennifer Lopez performed in the park as part of her It's My Party (tour) on August 1, 2019. It was attended by a crowd of 57,000 people.

=== Concerts === {| class="wikitable" |+List of concerts at Yarkon Park |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Tour ! scope="col" | Tickets ! scope="col" | Gross |- | rowspan="2" | 1985 | May 1 | rowspan="2" | Dire Straits | rowspan="2" | Brothers in Arms Tour | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |- | May 2 |-

| rowspan="3" | 1987 | July 21 | rowspan="2" | Tina Turner | rowspan="2" | Break Every Rule Tour | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} | rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |- | July 22 |-

| September 5 | Bob Dylan | Temples in Flames Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="6" | 1993 | May 22 | Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion Tour | 40,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| June 17 | Elton John | The One Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| June 30 | Metallica | Nowhere Else to Roam Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| September 19 | rowspan="2" | Michael Jackson | rowspan="2" | Dangerous World Tour | rowspan="2" | 170,000<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-michael-jackson-visit-to-israel-was-taste-of-normalcy-for-teens | title=Behind the Headlines: Michael Jackson Visit to Israel Was Taste of Normalcy for Teens | date=20 March 2015 }}</ref> | {{n/a}} |- | September 21 | {{n/a}} |-

| October 4 | Madonna | The Girlie Show World Tour | 80,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| 1994 | July 12 | Aerosmith | Get a Grip Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| 1996 | July 3 | David Bowie | Outside Summer Festivals Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| 1997 | September 30 | U2 | PopMart Tour | 31,566 | $1,809,388 |-

| 2001 | May 16 | Westlife | Where Dreams Come True Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| 2008 | September 25 | Paul McCartney | Friendship First Concert | 45,000<ref>{{cite web |last=Macintyre |first=Donald |date=25 September 2008 |title=First Night: Sir Paul McCartney, Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-sir-paul-mccartney-hayarkon-park-tel-aviv-942942.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/first-night-sir-paul-mccartney-hayarkon-park-tel-aviv-942942.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |website=Independent.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="2" | 2010 | September 28 | Ozzy Osbourne | Scream World Tour | 25,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| November 15 | Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns World Tour | 45,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| 2011 | April 14 | Justin Bieber | My World Tour | 23,000<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=3 May 2017 |title=Justin Bieber: Very excited to visit Israel for the second time |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/229058}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="2" | 2012 | July 3 | Guns N' Roses | Up Close and Personal Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| September 10 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | I'm with You Tour | 50,000<ref>{{cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Jessica |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers give it away to 50,000 at Tel Aviv show |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/red-hot-chili-peppers-play-tel-aviv/ |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="2" | 2013 | May 7 | Depeche Mode | Delta Machine Tour | 49,325 | $1,752,446 |-

| October 22 | Rihanna | Diamonds World Tour | 50,554 | $6,121,631 |-

| rowspan="3" | 2014 | May 28 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience World Tour | 44,634 | $5,169,975 |-

| June 4 | The Rolling Stones | 14 On Fire | 48,167 | $8,276,709 |-

| September 13 | Lady Gaga | ArtRave: The Artpop Ball | 18,984 | $1,786,945 |-

| rowspan="3" | 2015 | May 2 | Robbie Williams | Let Me Entertain You Tour | 40,000<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=40,000 Israelis let pop star Robbie Williams entertain them |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/40000-israelis-let-pop-star-robbie-williams-entertain-them/ |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| May 28 | OneRepublic | Native Tour | 20,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Friedman |first=Ami |date=13 August 2016 |title=Is One Republic returning to Israel? |newspaper=Ynetnews |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4840983,00.html}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| October 3 | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi Live! | 56,000<ref>{{cite web |last= |title=Empathetic Jon Bon Jovi dedicates song 'We Don't Run' to Israelfirst=The Time of Israel |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/empathetic-jon-bon-jovi-dedicates-song-we-dont-run-to-israel/ |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="3" | 2016 | September 12 | Queen + Adam Lambert | 2016 Summer Festival Tour | 50,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Bier-Katz |first=Yael |date=12 September 2016 |title=Queen rocks it out in Tel Aviv |newspaper=Ynetnews |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4853854,00.html}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| May 26 | Elton John | Wonderful Crazy Night Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| August 11 | Sia | Nostalgic for the Present Tour | 39,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Pitchon |first=Avi |title=Sia's Electronic Rain Beautifully Pierces Tel Aviv's Humidity |newspaper=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2016-08-14/ty-article-magazine/.premium/sias-electronic-rain-pierces-tel-avivs-humidity/0000017f-e35c-d804-ad7f-f3feeb910000}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="6" | 2017 | May 3 | Justin Bieber | Purpose World Tour | 53,813<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Top 100 Worldwide Concert Grosses |url=https://www.pollstar.com/Chart/2017/07/2017MidYearTop100WorldwideConcertGrosses_576.pdf}}</ref> | $6,495,093 |-

| May 17 | Aerosmith | Aero-Vederci Baby! Tour | 50,000<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=16 May 2017 |title=Steven Tyler tours Israel ahead of farewell tour in TLV |url=https://www.israel21c.org/steven-tyler-tours-israel-ahead-of-farewell-tour-in-tlv/}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| June 14 | Rod Stewart | The Hits Tour | 20,000<ref>{{cite news |last=Shechnik |first=Raz |date=15 June 2017 |title=Rod Stewart duets with Israeli singer Rita in Tel Aviv concert |newspaper=Ynetnews |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4976385,00.html}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| July 3 | Britney Spears | Britney: Live in Concert | 60,000<ref name="News" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Apaza |first=Kevin |title=Massive: Britney Spears Performs For 60K Crowd In Tel Aviv, Israel |url=https://www.directlyrics.com/massive-britney-spears-performs-for-60k-crowd-in-tel-aviv-israel-news.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Britney Spears performs for 55,000 fans in Israel |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/britney-spears-performs-for-55000-fans-in-israel |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| July 15 | Guns N' Roses | Not In This Lifetime... Tour | 57,204 | $6,761,681 |-

| July 19 | Radiohead | A Moon Shaped Pool Tour | 48,011 | $6,221,906 |-

| rowspan="2" | 2018 | May 26 | Enrique Iglesias | Enrique Iglesias Live | 41,365 | $2,946,286 |-

| June 28 | Maluma | Fame Tour | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="2" | 2019 | July 25 | Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale Tour | 50,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| August 1 | Jennifer Lopez | It's My Party | 57,000<ref>{{cite web |title=J-Lo celebrates 50 with an adoring, dancing crowd in Tel Aviv |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/j-lo-celebrates-50-with-an-adoring-dancing-crowd-in-tel-aviv/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=August 2, 2019 |date=August 11, 2019}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="2" | 2022 | May 9 | rowspan="2" | Maroon 5 | rowspan="2" | 2022 Tour | 60,000 | {{n/a}} |- |May 10 | 50,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| rowspan="7" | 2023 | March 14 | Travis Scott | {{n/a}} | 35,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| June 1 | Robbie Williams | XXV Tour | 30,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| June 5 | Guns N' Roses | Guns N' Roses 2023 Tour | 60,000 | {{n/a}} |-

| September 23 | Noa Kirel | | 60,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Noa Kirel wows 60,000 in Yarkon Park, hosts Cyprus Eurovision representative |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/culture/article/hytwlz9ka |website=Y Net News |access-date=September 21, 2023 |date=September 21, 2023}}</ref> | {{n/a}} |-

==Sports== Yarkon Park contains several sporting facilities, numerous bike paths, and rowers use the Yarkon River which flows through the park.

===Sportek Tel Aviv=== A multi-sport centre, Sportek Tel Aviv, is located in the park, and facilitates various sports such as rock climbing, soccer, and Australian rules football. The facilities include a full size rugby union pitch, which is the home grounds of ASA Tel Aviv and Tel Aviv Ibex.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?CNumber=423617 Yarkon National Park at the ''Israel Nature and National Parks Protection Authority''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302192508/http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?CNumber=423617 |date=2006-03-02 }} * [http://www.goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Articles/Sites/The+Yarkon+Park.htm Yarkon Park]

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