The JOY Encore: The Celebration Continues

JOY doesn’t stop for anything—not even a state of emergency.

When inclement weather forced us to postpone the final day of Newark Arts Festival 2025: JOY, we made a promise: the celebration would continue. Because the artists, the community, and the moments we create together deserve to be experienced fully.

The JOY Encore brings those experiences roaring back to life—extending the spirit of creativity, resilience, and celebration that defined this year’s festival. Proof that joy is persistent, defiant, and unstoppable.

Explore the lineup below to see when and where these powerful experiences will unfold. Mark your calendars. Bring your people. Join us in keeping the JOY alive across Newark.

And take JOY home with you. Our curated merchandise—including our exclusive capsule collection, JOY candles by Riesfield NYC, and Laleah Raymond’s JOY picture book—will be available for purchase online and at select events. Because joy isn’t just something you experience. It’s something you carry forward.

Because JOY lives here and it always gets the last word.