
Sunday Soiree
Close out the weekend on a high note at the Sunday afternoon House Music party—a soulful day of music, movement, and community at Mulberry Commons. Dance under the sun to the best in classic and soulful house music, spun live by DJs Herb Martin and T Mallory, who know how to set the vibe just right. Whether you're grooving on the grass or just soaking in the sounds, it's the perfect Sunday escape.
🎧 Live House DJs
🍽️ Local Food Trucks
🕺 Good Vibes + Community Energy
Bring your lawn chairs, dancing shoes, and your crew—it’s soulful rhythms, sunshine, and serious vibes all afternoon long.
Let the beat move you.

2nd Annual Fitness Festival
2nd Annual Fit Fest: Yoga with Sakina Williams
Find your flow at the 2nd Annual Fit Fest with Yoga led by the amazing Sakina Williams! Join us for a rejuvenating outdoor yoga session in Mulberry Commons East. All levels are welcome — whether you’re a seasoned yogi or just beginning your practice.
✨ Don’t forget to bring your own yoga mat and plenty of water.
📍 Mulberry Commons (East)
📅 September 20, 2025
🕒 10:00am - 11:00am
Breathe, stretch, and connect — the perfect way to refresh your body and mind!
Vybez Inna Park
Feel the island rhythm take over at Vybez Inna Park—a Caribbean DJ and dance party bringing the heat, flavor, and energy of the islands straight to the heart of the city!
Get ready to move to the sounds of dancehall, soca, reggae, calypso, Afrobeat, and more, spun by top Caribbean deejays who know how to keep the crowd jumping. Whether you're ready to wuk up, wine down, or just soak in the culture, Vybez Inna Park is the ultimate outdoor celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and community.
Bring your flags, your crew, and your best moves—we’re bringing the vybez and you bring the vibes!

Ubiquity Soul House
Ubiquity Soul returns to Mulberry Commons for its annual house music festival brought to you by deejay T-Wise.
Rain date: Aug 31

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open
Vybez Inna Park
Feel the island rhythm take over at Vybez Inna Park—a Caribbean DJ and dance party bringing the heat, flavor, and energy of the islands straight to the heart of the city!
Get ready to move to the sounds of dancehall, soca, reggae, calypso, Afrobeat, and more, spun by top Caribbean deejays who know how to keep the crowd jumping. Whether you're ready to wuk up, wine down, or just soak in the culture, Vybez Inna Park is the ultimate outdoor celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and community.
Bring your flags, your crew, and your best moves—we’re bringing the vybez and you bring the vibes!

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Sunday Soiree
Close out the weekend on a high note at the Sunday afternoon House Music party—a soulful day of music, movement, and community at Mulberry Commons. Dance under the sun to the best in classic and soulful house music, spun live by DJs Herb Martin and T Mallory, who know how to set the vibe just right. Whether you're grooving on the grass or just soaking in the sounds, it's the perfect Sunday escape.
🎧 Live House DJs
🍽️ Local Food Trucks
🕺 Good Vibes + Community Energy
Bring your lawn chairs, dancing shoes, and your crew—it’s soulful rhythms, sunshine, and serious vibes all afternoon long.
Let the beat move you.
Vybez Inna Park
Feel the island rhythm take over at Vybez Inna Park—a Caribbean DJ and dance party bringing the heat, flavor, and energy of the islands straight to the heart of the city!
Get ready to move to the sounds of dancehall, soca, reggae, calypso, Afrobeat, and more, spun by top Caribbean deejays who know how to keep the crowd jumping. Whether you're ready to wuk up, wine down, or just soak in the culture, Vybez Inna Park is the ultimate outdoor celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and community.
Bring your flags, your crew, and your best moves—we’re bringing the vybez and you bring the vibes!

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open


BrownMill Game Night
Join BrownMill for a chill evening of games, music, and good vibes at Game Night in the Park—a celebration of community, creativity, and connection under the open sky. From classic board games and card tables to giant Jenga, Connect Four, and spades showdowns, there’s something for everyone. Whether you're coming to compete, connect, or just kick back, this is your space to relax, have fun, and vibe with the BrownMill community.
Pull up with your crew or come solo—BrownMill Game Night in the Park is all about bringing folks together the BrownMill way: cool, creative, and community-focused.
Vybez Inna Park
Feel the island rhythm take over at Vybez Inna Park—a Caribbean DJ and dance party bringing the heat, flavor, and energy of the islands straight to the heart of the city!
Get ready to move to the sounds of dancehall, soca, reggae, calypso, Afrobeat, and more, spun by top Caribbean deejays who know how to keep the crowd jumping. Whether you're ready to wuk up, wine down, or just soak in the culture, Vybez Inna Park is the ultimate outdoor celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and community.
Bring your flags, your crew, and your best moves—we’re bringing the vybez and you bring the vibes!

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Newark Pride Finale
Newark’s Annual LGBTQ+ Pride Festival has become a regionally-anticipated event since 2005 drawing thousands of people to Downtown Newark in honor of Sakia Gunn. This year marks 20 years of service and the dawn of a new way forward.
2025 is the year We’re celebrating “Reclaiming OUR Time: Legacy of Resistance” by uplifting the vibrant spirit and diversity of our LGBTQ+ community and city — and we want YOU to be a part of it! Whether you’re an artisan, food truck owner, small business, or nonprofit, this is your time to shine.
Vybez Inna Park
Feel the island rhythm take over at Vybez Inna Park—a Caribbean DJ and dance party bringing the heat, flavor, and energy of the islands straight to the heart of the city!
Get ready to move to the sounds of dancehall, soca, reggae, calypso, Afrobeat, and more, spun by top Caribbean deejays who know how to keep the crowd jumping. Whether you're ready to wuk up, wine down, or just soak in the culture, Vybez Inna Park is the ultimate outdoor celebration of Caribbean music, dance, and community.
Bring your flags, your crew, and your best moves—we’re bringing the vybez and you bring the vibes!

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Afterwork Wednesdays: The Soul Music Project
Feel the rhythm and let the stress melt away with After Work Wednesdays: House Music Deejays—a weekly outdoor dance escape featuring live DJ sets spinning soulful, deep, and classic house music.
Join us in the park for a curated sound experience led by some of the city’s finest house music DJs. Whether you're a seasoned dancer, a house head, or just here to move and vibe, this is your midweek dose of energy, community, and sound.
Bring your friends, your flow, and your best two-step—because the beat doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.
Free | All Ages | Dance Floor Open

Don’t Touch My Hair Exhibit, an Immersive Art Experience Created by Ayana Stafford Morris
Created by Ayana Stafford Morris
Step into a bold and beautiful celebration of Black hair, identity, and cultural pride with Don’t Touch My Hair, an immersive outdoor art experience that invites reflection, education, and empowerment. Through powerful visual art, storytelling, and interactive elements, this installation explores the historical, political, and deeply personal significance of Black hair. From braids to locs, twists to afros, each piece honors the beauty, resilience, and expression of Black identity.
This is more than an art exhibit—it’s a sensory journey and a call to respect, uplift, and understand. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the space, listen to the stories, and leave with deeper awareness and appreciation.
Come experience art that speaks volumes—without saying a word.
Free and open to the public.

North to Shore + Newark Grounds Present: Night Fest
The Newark Grounds Night Fest hosted in the newly established cultural corridor in downtown Newark. This mini-festival will feature a performance stage curated by FORSA! with music provided by Bunkr, Roky’s Reign and Arrow the Symbol and a picnic space for community gatherings. The marketplace will highlight care, local food initiatives, education and handmade artisan goods. Urban farmers will offer local crops for purchase and Have You Met Newark will host art and history tours to explore the Newark Grounds footprint including Four Corners Public Arts, Project for Empty Space, Gateways to Newark: Portraits, and select pieces from New Jersey Transit’s public art program.

Summer Jam - Who's Next? Festival Stage
Summer Jam’s Who’s Next Festival Stage, an exciting kickoff to the most iconic night in Hip Hop. The FREE Festival Stage event will be held outdoors at Mulberry Commons Park-directly across from Prudential Center, in the Arts and Education District.. It will be followed by Summer Jam, the largest live Hip Hop music and culture celebration in America taking place at the Prudential Center at 8 p.m.
Presented in partnership with the City of Newark and Mayor Ras J. Baraka, the Who’s Next Festival Stage is a celebration of emerging talent and a gift to the community, bringing together Summer Jam fans for an unforgettable afternoon of music, energy, and culture.

Brick City Run Club - Sundays
Sunday’s #BrickCity30, the flagship run, 30 minutes on the clock, choose your own adventure. Brick City Run Club is a run club for everyone, even if you don't consider yourself a runner. Sunday’s #BrickCity30 welcomes anyone looking for an opportunity to better themselves. All ages and fitness levels are welcome.
