Night of Joy was an annual contemporary Christian music festival that took place from 1983 to 2017 at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The festival was normally hosted at the Magic Kingdom in early September. It was cancelled in 2018 and replaced with a mainstream Eat to the Beat concert series, with Christian pop rock artists MercyMe and Tauren Wells joining the lineup. Night of Joy inspired two other Christian rock festivals in the Orlando region: Cornerstone Florida, which ran in the month of May from 2003 to 2007, and Rock the Universe at Universal Studios Florida, in operation since 1998. Venues Most concerts were held at the Magic Kingdom, in front of the Cinderella Castle. Other venues included: Disney's Hollywood Studios for the 2008 and 2009 concerts ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex for the 2016 and 2017 concerts Six artists have performed at all three venues: Casting Crowns, Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Newsboys, Red and tobyMac. Several other artists have performed at two of these venues. Later Years (2010-2017) 2017 Friday, September 8: TobyMac MercyMe Zach Williams Natalie Grant Danny Gokey Matt Maher Colton Dixon Rend Collective Saturday, September 9 (cancelled): Amy Grant Steven Curtis Chapman Kirk Franklin Jordan Feliz Crowder Jeremy Camp Tye Tribbett The event returned at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and was scheduled to last two nights, but the September 9 event was cancelled as a precautionary measure against Hurricane Irma. Park tickets for September 9 could either be honored on September 8 or returned for a full refund. 2016 Friday, September 9: Stars Go Dim Matthew West Francesca Battistelli Zealand Worship Crowder Chris Tomlin OBB MercyMe Casting Crowns Thruflyte Saturday, September 10: Veridia Thousand Foot Krutch Hillsong Young & Free RED For King & Country Tim Timmons Switchfoot Derek Minor Newsboys 2015 Friday, September 11: TobyMac MercyMe Jeremy Camp Colton Dixon Big Daddy Weave Francesca Battistelli Rend Collective I Am They Saturday, September 12: Skillet Lecrae For King & Country Mandisa Matt Maher Jamie Grace Seventh Time Down Veridia 2015 Friday, September 11: TobyMac MercyMe Jeremy Camp Colton Dixon Big Daddy Weave Francesca Battistelli Rend Collective I Am They Saturday, September 12: Skillet Lecrae For King and Country Mandisa Matt Maher Jamie Grace Seventh Time Down Veridia 2014 Friday, September 5: Matthew West Chris Tomlin Hillsong United Building 429 Mandisa For King and Country Matt Maher The Neverclaim Saturday, September 6: MercyMe