Many folks were breathing easier Monday after back-to-back events over the weekend in Marshall Park seemed to go off without a hitch.

No significant problems were reported, said Sacramento Police Sgt. Norm Leong, the department's spokesman.

Neighbors surrounding the park praised the way the Bloc Concert Series' Saturday concert and Sunday's Midfest Summer Celebration were managed by the city and organizers. Paragary Restaurant Group and Lomeli Events managed Saturday's events, while Midtown Business Association (MBA) and T & M Organization for the Arts managed Sunday's.

The vibe from Sunday's festival got a special thumbs-up from residents. The park at 915 27th St. came alive with a throbbing drum circle, colorful local business vendors and graffiti artists working on murals, in addition to live concerts playing both days.

"Sunday, as a stand-alone event -- it was pretty good. The crowd that they attracted was really great. They managed the noise level pretty well," said Bill Burgua, who lives on 28th Street across from the park. Burgua also co-chairs the Marshall School/New Era Park Neighborhood Association.

"They learned from Cinco de Mayo that they have to monitor the noise real closely. They seem to have gotten better at that," he said.

The city kept organizers on their toes over the weekend after neighbors made strong complaints about Cinco de Mayo problems, which included noise, lack of parking restriction enforcement and a reported stabbing. The city warned that future permits for more Marshall Park concerts would depend on how the weekend went.

The city's Parks and Recreation Department will hold a debriefing on the weekend's events later this week.

Longtime resident Yvonne Berdan said inside her I Street house, a few doors down from the park, all she could hear of the music was an incessant thump of drums and bass that felt intrusive. Noting she's not into rock, she said the weekend still went better than expected.

"As far as I'm concerned, it was okay. I appreciated that they ended right at 8 o'clock," said Berdan, 63. "If they played classical rather than rock, I'd be much happier."

During the weekend, Sacramento police used handheld sound meters to monitor the amplified sound 150 feet from the source and in front of the closest residence, an apartment building on 28th Street.

The amplified noise level from concert speakers was kept below the 86 decibel level approved for parks. Police asked organizers to turn the sound down a few times, and they did, Leong said, adding that the decibel level was kept mostly in the 70s but got up to 80 once.

Despite working with so many different bands and eight different sound boards, the sound technician adjusted noise levels within minutes, said MBA Operations Manager Aja Uranga-Foster, adding, "The sound crew was the star of the show."

The event was promoted as a fundraiser for a park fountain, which could cost up to $100,000 or more.

Paragary Restaurant Group expects the estimated $15,000 in expenses for Saturday will outweigh the revenue at the first-time event, as the crowd was smaller than expected, said Trevor Shults, the company's events and promotions manager.

That would likely mean there wouldn't be enough money for the park's fountain fund from this event, he said.

But the company is happy there were no big problems and expects future concerts, if approved, would draw more people and more revenue, he said, adding "We think the event was a huge success."

Organizers said crowd size was small partly because they decided not to buy expensive radio ads in the final days before Midfest. Ads were pulled when permits weren't awarded until Friday following some neighbors' outcry over the event's scheduling on the heels of a Cinco de Mayo street party that they felt got out of control.

A noise level had not been established for Cinco, Shults said.

Neighbors remain wary of a plan to host a summer series of last Saturday concerts in Marshall Park. One event a year would be enough for the park, they said.

But Marshall Park and the adjacent block of bars and restaurants have had four events in the last month: Cinco, an amplified movie screening and the weekend's two events, Burgua said. Events such as those just add to problems some neighbors see every weekend due to the high number of bars and restaurants on J Street between 27th and 28th streets, he added.

"We're just getting overwhelmed by all of this," he said. "Events like this need to be spread around the city."