Newark Days

Newark Days 2025 | Sept 18-21 🎡
📅 Annual Celebration 🎉✨
👇Explore our website for more info! 🌐 Newark Days 2023 will be September 14-17 (Thursday-Sunday).

See newarkdays.org for schedule and event/vendor registration information. Newark Days is a four day festival held to commemorate the birthday of the City of Newark, California. It is held every year in September. Typical events at the celebration include a carnival, parade, food and game booths, the Newark Mile 4k race, live stage shows, car show, an arts, crafts & trade fair, a community informa

tion fair, and a variety of kid friendly activities including kids crafts and a coloring contest. These events and more are enjoyed by over 100,000 people every year. The festival is organized every year by Newark Days Celebration Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is made up entirely of volunteers. The volunteers of the Newark Days Committee work throughout the year to plan and execute all the events. In all, over 200 volunteers come together to make this a truly wonderful celebration of Newark's birthday. History:
The City of Newark has been celebrating its birthday, September 22, 1955 – annually since incorporation. A parade was at the heart of it – and old-timers remember when the City’s first Mayor, George Silliman’s car broke down and he walked the parade route down Thornton Avenue. Members of the Newark Chamber of Commerce – who later turned the festivities over to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, planned the early years of what is now called Newark Days. In the 60’s – a group called “Newark Birthday Celebration” was formed… The weekend events were held on the Newark Pavilion grounds, in the Newark High School auditorium and of course, the Thornton Avenue parade. The “Newark Birthday Celebration” dissolved at the end of the 60’s and for several years – the only celebration commemorating the City’s birthday was put on in Newark Community Park by the Newark Recreation Department – a one-day event with games and a birthday cake. In 1972 Shirley Sisk ran for City Council and in walking door-to-door during the campaign, the predominant question was – “when is the Newark birthday celebration coming back?”. Shirley and her husband Frank had volunteered and worked with the old “Newark Birthday Celebration”, so in the Summer of 1972 a meeting was called to see if there were enough volunteers to plan an event for that September. Interest was high and “Newark Days Celebration” was formed. The Newark Rotary offered to bring in a carnival and the committee put together food booths and games at the Pavilion. The weekend was a huge success. The next step was to form a nonprofit corporation. The original signers were: William & Bonnie Chivers, Robert Jaeger (Executive Director of the Newark Chamber of Commerce), Barbara Lane, Marilyn Rogers, Frank & Shirley Sisk, and John Fulgaro. From that small step Newark Days has grown from a weekend event to 4 days centered in the Newark Community Park & Community Center as well as the adjacent MacGregor School Grounds. The parade now goes down Newark Blvd, and ends on Cedar Blvd, a much longer walk if a car breaks down!

09/21/2025

The party is not over yet. The 7️⃣0️⃣th Annual Newark Days Celebration has a full lineup for today.

Check out the schedule of events and activities sure to make this one to remember 🎉🏵

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📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

09/20/2025

A new activity for Newark Days Celebration - Celebrating the 70s! 🏵🕺🎉

Monster Truck Rides - going on today 9/20 and tomorrow 9/21

📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560 (right in front of the Community Center building)

fun

09/20/2025

Want to beat the rush for pick up for the Newark Mile registration?

Come over ASAP to the registration area to get your race packet.

Afterward, have peace of mind to warm up and stretch before the race kicks off at 9am 🏃‍♂️

09/19/2025

Newark Days Celebration is just getting into its groove with day 2 😎

Come get you boogie on 🕺💃🎉

🕔 Opening today 9/19 at 5pm
📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

09/19/2025

Newark Days Celebration is just getting into its groove with day 2 😎

Come celebrate the 70th annual Newark Days, and the start of the weekend with us tonight! 💃🕺🎉🏵

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🕔 Opening today 9/19 at 5pm
📍35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

09/18/2025

Come one, come all!
Tonight's the night! 🌉

Tonight is opening night of the 70th annual Newark Days Celebration : Celebrating the 70s 🕺🎉

FREE ENTRY all 4 days! (9/18 - 9/21)

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Tonight's schedule & event map

🕔 5pm - 10pm
📍 35501 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

Dancing, live music, food festival, and carnival rides (special $2/ride tonight only)

09/17/2025

Who's getting hungry for Newark Days Celebration? 😎 🥙🌯🍲🥨🍡

Make sure you make room for the many diverse foods, treats, and drinks that will be served up.

There will also be the popular Beer and Wine Pavilion 🍻🥂 🎉
(sponsored by O'Sullivan's Sports Bar)

Starting tomorrow 9/18 🗓 @ 5pm 🕔

09/16/2025

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GET READY! 🎉

☑️ Plan your time at the 70th annual Newark Days Celebration with the scheduled events happening at the Main Stage and Lawn Stage areas.

🗓 Unique events are happening each day from Thurs. 9/18 - Sun. 9/21

📍 35501 Cedar Blvd.
Newark, CA 94560

🔗 www.newarkdays.org 🔗

09/15/2025

Opening night for the 2025 Newark Days Celebration is almost here! Join us Thursday for special $2 rides at the carnival! See the full schedule at newarkdays.org/schedule

09/12/2025

⚠️ Early packet pickup ⚠️

Want to avoid the lines on race day?

You can pick up your race bib, timing chip, and Newark Mile T-shirt on....

🗓 Sun, Sept. 14, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00pm

📍Located in front of the Newark Community Center, 35501 Cedar Blvd., Newark, CA
(at the corner of Cedar Blvd. & Chapman Dr.)

09/12/2025

📢 Newark Days Celebration is only 1 week away, and we still have more to add to the party 🎉

Another 1st in celebrating Newark's 70th, on Saturday and Sunday (9/20 & 9/21) there will be monster truck rides & viewing! 🛻

Presented by MONSTER TRUCK GARAGE. This is a chance to take a ride down the streets of Newark high up on a monster truck!

🎟 Tickets are $10/person
🕐 Exact times subject to change

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Newark, CA
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