

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Joy Fest 2026
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: May 16th, 2026
11 am - 2 pm,
Pack Square Park, Asheville, NC 
From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, we’ll gather for a joyful afternoon of movement, music, creativity, and community.

The day will feature a Joy Parade hosted by Amy Dickens of Joyfully You alongside the Street Creature Puppet Collective, inviting playful expression and collective celebration.

Travis Redtail will lead us in song, offering moments of shared rhythm and grounding.
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Local artists will be vending, community partners will be tabling and sharing information about mental health resources, and we will be raising funds to support accessible, peer-centered mental health programming in our region.
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JoyFest is a fundraiser, but it is also a reminder that joy can coexist with grief, that celebration can be an act of resistance, and that caring for mental health is a collective effort.

https://www.joyfestavl.org/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/asheville/joy-fest-2026/200029679164435
- **Event Categories**: festivals, health-wellness, mental-health, nonprofit, it, art, parades
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 581

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029679164435?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=asheville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Asheville
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Pack Square Park
- **lat**: 35.595426754669
- **long**: -82.550294777193
- **full address**: Pack Square Park, 121 College St,Asheville, North Carolina, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: NAMI Western Carolina (https://allevents.in/org/nami-western-carolina/27074148)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/52af78c9981656cc0f80955c82f1c037909ef8a87b72bede62ae262e78f0ce0e-rimg-w1200-h558-dcf1bf91-gmir?v=1772727994
- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/1b628d99cc49925bfeb449cf41d223ce6fe9d698e5ec37a52960f90a57c78ddf-rimg-w300-h300-dcc4ecd6-gmir?v=1773768559

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 11:00 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Pack Square Park, 121 College St,Asheville, North Carolina, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** NAMI Western Carolina
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, health-wellness, mental-health, nonprofit, it, art, parades
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Joy Fest 2026 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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