Are you ready to kick of the Summer 2016 season at #Newark Riverfront Park?!?! Join us this Saturday, May 21st for the 5th Annual Walk to the Water and River Day in partnership with Newark Celebration 350!
Meet on the steps of Newark City Hall at 11am and Walk to the Water in symbolic reclamation of the Riverfront for the people!
Upon arrival at Riverfront Park, take part of the River Day festivities and get a taste of the upcoming 2016 season with a day filled with family friendly fun and activities featuring:
Keynote Speaker: Junius Williams
Performances by:
Shabazz High School Marching Band
Poetry by Urban Kween
Son del Caribe
Rancho de Casa Ribatejo
East Side High School Winter Color Guard
The Play of the Passaic by Earth Wing Protector Kid Heroes of Hawkins Street School
Capoeira Mucurumim
Los Pleneritos
J Read
Newark 350 Play by Yendor Productions
Boat Tours with the Hackensack Riverkeeper
DJ Omar Abdallah
Hosted by Tehsuan Glover
Rain Date – June 4th