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Newark Days is an annual celebration that takes place in Newark, California every September to celebrate the incorporation of the city of Newark on September 22, 1955. In its current form it is a four-day event, Thursday through Sunday, in mid to late September. It is centered on Newark Community Park & Community Center as well as the adjacent MacGregor School Grounds. In addition to carnival rides, food and game booths, and stage shows, it includes a race and a parade along "the Newark Mile" (a stretch of Newark Blvd.) on the Saturday morning. Annual attendance for the celebration is more than 100,000.




History


What is now called Newark Days was originally planned by members of the Newark Chamber of Commerce. They later turned the festivities over to the Jaycees. In the 1960s a group called "Newark Birthday Celebration" was formed. However, the event was not put on during the late 1960s.
In 1972, Shirley Sisk called a meeting 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 club brought in a carnival, and the committee put together food booths and games at the Pavilion. The weekend was a huge success, and a nonprofit corporation (Newark Days Celebration, Inc.) was formed to make it a regular annual event. Newark Days Celebration, Inc. has continued to organize the event with a fully volunteer executive board and committee of approximately 30 members that work year-round, with more than 100 additional volunteers that join to assist at the event itself.
In 2005, Newark Days celebrated Newark's 50th anniversary with a 1950s theme and the return of Arknew, a kangaroo that was Newark's old town mascot.
The festival was held virtually in 2020 due to concerns around COVID-19. The 2021 celebration was cancelled just weeks before the event due to increasing infection numbers from the COVID Delta variant. Newark Days returned in 2022 with a full in-person festival.




Themes


The celebration has a theme that is determined every year, which influences the feel of the event through items such as decorations, t-shirt design, and tailored parade entries. The following have been the Newark Days themes:

1988 Every Day's a Holiday
1989 People, Pride & Progress
1990 The Magic of Newark
1991 Newark Then & Now
1992 Where Fairy Tales Come True
1993 Railroad Days
1994 The Best of the West
1995 Remembering When
1996 There's No Place Like Home
1997 It's a Small World
1998 Under the Big Top
1999 Every Day's a Holiday
2000 The Sounds of Music
2001 Newarks of the World
2002 Celebrate America
2003 Every Day's a Holiday
2004 Exploring the West
2005 50 Golden Years
2006 It's all Here
2007 Cirque de Newark
2008 Celebrate America
2009 Celebrating the Arts
2010 Color the World
2011 Fantasy Comes Alive
2012 Country Jamboree
2013 All That Jazz
2014 Be a Kid Again
2015 Set Sail for Newark
2016 Voyage to the Stars
2017 A Jungle Adventure
2018 It's a Wizard's World
2019 Heros Are Super
2020 Celebrate Virtually
2021 (Cancelled due to COVID Delta Variant)
2022 Under the Sea
2023 Newark Rocks!
2024 Let the Games Begin




External links



Newark Days Official Website
Newark Mile Official Website




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