Nia Fest

05/30/2026

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

The wait is over!

R&B superstar J. Holiday is officially coming to the Skyway NIA Festival as our 2026 HEADLINER! 🔥🎤

Check out this special message from J. Holiday himself and get ready for an unforgettable day of music, culture, food, community, and celebration.

📅 Saturday, August 8, 2026
📍 Skyway Park
🎟️ FREE Concert in the Park

From the beginning, the NIA Festival has been about bringing our community together through culture, unity, and positive experiences. This year, we're taking it to another level.

Tag someone you're bringing with you and share this post to help spread the word!

Skyway, are y'all ready? 👀🔥

05/30/2026

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON 🚨
For months, you've been asking who will headline the 2026 Skyway Nia Festival.
We're finally ready to tell you.
Let's just say we've secured a nationally recognized R&B artist with hit records, a powerful live show, and a catalog that many of you know by heart.
👀 Any guesses?
The official headliner announcement drops soon.
📅 Skyway Nia Festival
Saturday, August 8, 2026
📍 Skyway Park
This year's festival is shaping up to be our biggest one yet.
Stay tuned. You're not going to want to miss this.

05/06/2026

The Nia Festival Community Meeting is happening May 12th from 6PM–8PM at the Skyway Fire Station!

Come share ideas, give feedback, learn about volunteer opportunities, and help shape the future of the Nia Festival. Whether you’ve attended before or want to get involved for the first time, we’d love to see you there.

Light refreshments will be provided. 🖤💚❤️

05/06/2026

Last year, Skyway showed OUT. 🔥

The energy at NIA Fest wasn’t just a concert — it was a reminder of what happens when community comes together with love, culture, music, and purpose. Families danced together. Kids ran through the park smiling. Local artists touched the stage. Vendors connected with the community. And for one powerful day, Skyway felt alive in a different way. ✨

From the music… to the food… to the people dancing in front of the stage until sunset — NIA Fest 2025 was bigger than an event. It was a statement.

A statement that Skyway has culture. Skyway has talent. Skyway has pride. And we’re only getting started. 🖤💚

2026 is on the way… and trust us, we’re building something even bigger.

05/02/2026

🚨 SAVE THE DATE, SKYWAY! 🚨

The NIA Festival is back and we’re bringing the energy, the culture, and the community together for another unforgettable summer in the park! 🌞🎶✊🏾

Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 8th, 2026 and get ready for an afternoon full of:

🎤 Live Music
🎉 Family Fun
🎮 Games
🍴 Food
🛍️ Vendors
🤝 Community

From 1–7 PM, Skyway Park will once again come alive with the sounds, spirit, and celebration that make NIA Fest one of Skyway’s most powerful community traditions.

This is more than a festival.
It’s a celebration of culture, purpose, and community. ❤️🖤💚

Bring your family. Bring your people. Bring your lawn chairs.
And get ready for another beautiful day in the park with the community.

📍 King County Skyway Park
🗓️ Saturday, 8/8/26
⏰ 1–7 PM

Support the movement: $SkywayNiaFest

04/24/2026

A few moments from the 2025 Skyway Nia Festival — a historic day for Skyway. ✨

What we built together was bigger than an event. It was a celebration of culture, community, creativity, and the power of showing up for one another.

Thank you to every performer, vendor, sponsor, volunteer, and every single person who came out and made this year unforgettable. Your energy, love, and support helped make history.

Skyway showed up. Skyway showed out. And we’re just getting started.


Nia Fest.
Headliner: Ro James
Other acts in photo: Brayla and Lia PlusSum

11/07/2025

Applications for the Youth Sparks Grant Project close this Friday, November 7.

Thanks to the advocacy of our young leaders and the support of the King County Council, Skyway Coalition will help guide funds to establish the Youth Sparks Grant Project.
The Youth Sparks Grant Project is youth-centered and youth-inspired. Over 100 young people shared testimony to King County Councilmembers on the importance of youth programming in Skyway. Their equity-centered vision informed all aspects of this innovative grant opportunity.
The goal of the Youth Sparks Grant Project is to strengthen local youth programming efforts. Seven awards are available for projects that have happened, or will happen, between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2026.
Learn more: https://skywaycoalition.org/youth-sparks-grant-project

08/11/2025

Thank you, Skyway!
What an unforgettable, historic day at the Skyway Nia Festival. We are so grateful to our Skyway family and the larger community for showing up, celebrating with us, and making this day one for the books.

A huge thank you to every performer, vendor, volunteer, and to everyone who attended, shared our flyer, or simply told a friend about the event—you are the heartbeat of this festival.

We’re taking a little time to rest and recharge, but soon we’ll be back at the drawing board, crafting the next great event for our community.

If you captured any photos or videos from the day, we’d love to see them! 📸
Please share them on your socials and tag the Skyway Nia Festival page so we can relive the memories together.

From the bottom of our hearts—thank you, community!

08/08/2025

🔥 24 HOURS UNTIL HISTORY 🔥
Skyway… are you READY? Because tomorrow, we change the game.

For the first time EVER, a nationally recognized artist is hitting the stage at Skyway Park — and if you miss it, you’ll be hearing about it all year.

🎤 RO JAMES – Mr. “Permission” himself – is coming to shut it down with that smooth, soulful heat.
And he’s not coming alone… we’ve got an unforgettable lineup that’s going to have the park rocking from start to finish:

⚡ Opening the show: Oya Storms – setting the tone with raw, unstoppable energy
🎶 Lia Plussum & Friends – featuring:
• Lia Plussum
• Brayla
• Medearis “MD” Dixson
🌟 Headliner: Ro James – closing out the night with a historic performance

📍 Skyway Park
📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕐 1PM–7PM | 🎤 Ro James at 6PM
🎟️ FREE | ALL AGES | COMMUNITY LOVE

🚨 You’ll either be in the crowd making history… or stuck watching everyone else’s videos wishing you were there. Don’t play yourself.

Tag your crew. Clear your schedule. Tomorrow, Skyway takes the spotlight.

08/07/2025