Although the term Promenade Concert is normally associated today with the series of concerts founded in 1895 by Robert Newman and the conductor Henry Wood - a festival known today as the BBC Proms - the term originally referred to concerts in the pleasure gardens of London where the audience could stroll about while listening to the music ( French se promener = to walk ) .
These concerts took place in the leisure gardens ( parks ) where people could walk about while listening to the music ( French se promener = to walk ) .