Editing Strawberry Fields (memorial) (section)

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The memorial is often covered with flowers, candles in glasses, and other belongings left behind by Lennon's fans.  On Lennon's birthday (October 9) and on the anniversary of his death (December 8), people gather to sing songs and pay tribute, staying late into what is often a cold night. The tributes usually run all night, but for a period through the late 1990s and early 2000s, mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] enforced a curfew, which prohibited people from being inside Central Park after it closed each day at 1:00 a.m.<ref>{{cite web | last=Kilgannon | first=Corey | title=Strawberry Fields Not Forever As Fans Protest a Curfew | website=The New York Times | date=December 5, 2002 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/05/nyregion/strawberry-fields-not-forever-as-fans-protest-a-curfew.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30641457/|title=No all-night Lennon vigil|last=Rose|first=Derek|date=December 8, 2000|work=New York Daily News|access-date=April 15, 2019|pages=981|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}</ref> Gatherings also take place on the birthdays of other Beatles. Impromptu memorial gatherings for other musicians, including [[Jerry Garcia]] and [[George Harrison]], have occurred at the memorial. In the days following the [[September 11 attacks]], candlelight vigils were held at the Imagine Circle to remember those killed.

On weekends, musicians often play for the enjoyment of thousands of fans from around the world who visit the site. These musicians formerly conflicted frequently with each other, but since at least 2016, had adhered to an informal code of conduct.<ref>{{cite web | title=At Strawberry Fields, Feuding Musicians Give Peace a Chance | website=The New York Times | last=Kilgannon | first=Corey | date=May 1, 2016 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/nyregion/at-strawberry-fields-feuding-musicians-give-peace-a-chance.html | access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref>

''Strawberry Fields'', an opera by [[Michael Torke]] to a libretto by [[A. R. Gurney]], takes place at the memorial. Act II of a trilogy entitled ''Central Park'' jointly commissioned by [[Glimmerglass Opera]], [[New York City Opera]], and [[Great Performances]], it was premiered by the Glimmerglass Festival on July 24, 1999, and was later produced by New York City Opera.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaeltorke.com/strawberry-fields|title=Strawberry Fields|website=MICHAEL TORKE|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/26/arts/opera-review-playwrights-as-librettists-for-a-trilogy-set-in-a-park.html|title=OPERA REVIEW; Playwrights As Librettists For a Trilogy Set in a Park (Published 1999)|first=Allan|last=Kozinn|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 26, 1999|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/15/arts/city-opera-review-park-bench-habitues-play-out-life-in-song.html|title=CITY OPERA REVIEW; Park Bench Habitues Play Out Life in Song (Published 1999)|first=Bernard|last=Holland|newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 15, 1999|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref>