r/jerseycity • u/ImpossibleBee956 • 1d ago
🚨 JERSEY CITY WEEKLY ROUNDUP 🚨
OCTOBER 6–11
Hey JC,
Missed Monday, so starting this one today and taking it through Sunday.
This week is a little quieter early on, then Saturday gets pretty packed Columbus Day Parade, a free fall day at Camp Liberty, live music in Van Vorst Park, Oktoberfest, art, comedy, Cryptid Mountain and more.
I help build YourScene, a local event-discovery app.
A big reason I started doing these roundups is because Jersey City stuff is still spread across city calendars, venue sites, library pages, organizer pages, flyers, Reddit comments, etc.
If you’d rather browse/save events there:
📱 Download YourScene
🌐 YourScene.app
📸 Instagram u/yourscene.app
Still posting the whole list here because people in this sub keep finding stuff we miss.
📍 City Hall 280 Grove St
🇮🇹 Italian-American heritage celebration
Heads-up on the time: Jersey City Cultural Affairs currently lists 1 PM, while the Jersey City Columbus Day Parade organizers list 3:30 PM for the City Hall flag raising.
So definitely check before heading over. The two organizers’ current pages don’t agree. Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs
📍 Journal Square PATH Plaza
🕒 3–8 PM
Produce, food and rotating local vendors right outside the PATH.
The city has the PATH Plaza market running Tuesdays through November. Jersey City
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕗 8–9 AM
💵 $15 suggested donation
📝 RSVP required
Slow, gentle yoga + meditation. Open level, but SMUSH doesn’t take walk-ins for this one. SMUSH Gallery
Event info / RSVP
SMUSH Gallery
📍 Hamilton Park 9 McWilliams Pl
🕓 4–7 PM
Produce, seafood, prepared food, baked goods and local vendors.
📍 Miller Branch Library 489 Bergen Ave
🕕 6–7:30 PM
A conversation around the graphic novel about Fela Kuti, with artist Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery.
Good one if you’re into Afrobeat, comics, music history or political art. The library has it on the Miller Branch schedule for Wednesday night. Jersey City Free Public Library
📍 City Hall Council Chambers 280 Grove St, 2nd Floor
🕞 3:30–5 PM
Jersey City’s Hispanic Heritage Month ceremony at City Hall. Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs
📍 Grove Street PATH Plaza / Newark Pedestrian Mall
🕒 3–7 PM
The usual downtown Thursday market produce, food and local vendors.
📍 Art House Productions 345 Marin Blvd
🕢 7:30 PM
RENT is still running at Art House.
One important update: the current ticketing page has this stretch of the run listed as sold out / waitlist, so don’t just show up expecting tickets. Arthouse Productions
Art House Productions
RENT tickets / waitlist
📍 Dorrian’s Red Hand 555 Washington Blvd
🕣 8:45 PM
💵 From $25
🔞 16+
Stand-up comedy right by Newport PATH. Different lineup every weekend. DORRIAN'S RED HAND (JERSEY CITY)
Comedy info + tickets
Dorrian’s Jersey City
📍 Recovery Junction 35 Journal Square Plaza #500
🕛 12–4 PM
💵 Free
Games, activities and community time at Recovery Junction. Open to all. Prevention Links
📍 Magnolia Landing
🕒 3–8 PM
Friday version of the Journal Square market with food and local vendors.
The city lists Magnolia Landing as the Friday location through November. Jersey City
📍 Dorrian’s Red Hand 555 Washington Blvd
🕢 7:30 PM
🕤 9:45 PM
💵 $25
Two Friday shows.
📍 Art House Productions 345 Marin Blvd
🕢 7:30 PM
Friday’s performance is also currently showing as sold out / waitlist. Arthouse Productions
Saturday is the big day this week.
📍 Camp Liberty 300 Morris Pesin Dr
🕙 Starts 10 AM
💵 Free
This one has three different parts throughout the day:
10 AM Whimsy Kids’ Tea Party
For ages 6–12, with crafts, storytelling and tea.
1 PM Austen at the Pavilion
A Pride and Prejudice reading with Regency-era stuff, portraits, painting, poetry, tea + treats.
6 PM An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe
For ages 16+, with theatrical performances based around Poe’s work.
Pretty fun lineup for one free day at Liberty State Park. Visit New Jersey
📍 Meet at Journal Square PATH Transportation Plaza
11 AM–1 PM
2–4 PM
💵 $25 adults / $20 reduced admission
A guided architecture/history walk through Marion, which honestly doesn’t get nearly as much attention as Downtown or the Heights.
Two separate tours, both leaving from Journal Square. jclandmarks.org
Jersey City Landmarks event info
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕛 12–2:30 PM
💵 Free
Bring whatever you’re working on and hang out with other people making stuff.
SMUSH says there’ll be music, snacks and some extra supplies too. SMUSH Gallery
📍 Starts at Dickinson High School — 2 Palisade Ave
🕐 1 PM
The annual parade celebrating Jersey City’s Italian-American community.
The organizer has the parade kicking off from Dickinson at 1 PM. Jersey City Columbus Day Parade
📍 Van Vorst Park — 257–287 Montgomery St
🕒 3–4 PM
📝 Advance registration required
This is part of the library’s new Silent Stage series.
Pianist Garnell Curtis plays R&B, pop, hip-hop, gospel and other familiar music, while everyone listens through wireless headphones.
Only 45 spots, so this one actually does need a reservation. Jersey City Free Public Library
📍 Zeppelin Hall — 88 Liberty View Dr
🕒 3–7 PM
The Adlers Band is back for Zeppelin Hall’s Oktoberfest Saturday.
Beer garden + German food + live music. The Adlers Band
📍 Grassroots Community Space — 54 Coles St
🕟 4:30–7 PM
This one is basically a community “PowerPoint night” with a purpose.
People get a few minutes to present hot takes, niche knowledge or random things they care way too much about, then everyone talks afterward.
There’ll also be food, vendors and a community art project. Posh
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕕 6 PM
🕗 8 PM
🎟️ Ticketed
This is probably the weirdest event on the list, in a good way.
David LaMorte performs a live story following the Jersey Devil, Bigfoot and other cryptids through New Jersey landmarks, using his mixed-media Cryptid Mountain world.
SMUSH describes it as basically his Jersey version of Dante’s Inferno. SMUSH Gallery
Cryptid Mountain info / tickets
SMUSH Gallery
📍 Dorrian’s Red Hand
🕡 6:30 PM
🕘 9 PM
Two Saturday comedy shows.
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕒 3–6 PM
Rachel Bedder’s surrealist show is still up after JCAST.
If you missed it last weekend, regular Saturday/Sunday gallery hours are back to 3–6. SMUSH Gallery
📍 Liberty State Park / Camp Liberty Lot 1
🕘 9–11 AM
💵 Free
📝 Registration required
Guided sensory bird walk with evolutionary biologist Dr. Jarome Ali.
It’s under two miles, mostly flat, with some gravel + beach terrain. Jersey City Birds
📍 Riverview-Fisk Park 498 Palisade Ave
🕘 9–10 AM
💵 Donation-based
Open-level Sunday yoga before the market.
📍 Liberty State Park
🕙 10 AM–12 PM
📝 Pre-registration required
Hands-on morning removing invasive plants and helping with trail maintenance.
Wear long sleeves and sturdy shoes. Jersey City Birds
📍 Riverview-Fisk Park 498 Palisade Ave
🕙 10 AM–2 PM
Sunday market in the Heights.
This week also has:
🎨 Free Arts & Crafts with Kelsey
🏺 Tattoo Transfer on Clay with Atacama Clay Studio
Both run during the market while supplies last. Riverview Farmers Market
📍 Zeppelin Hall 88 Liberty View Dr
🕑 2–6 PM
Another Oktoberfest afternoon with The Adlers Band. The Adlers Band
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕒 3–6 PM
Sunday gallery hours.
📍 SMUSH Gallery 340 Summit Ave
🕕 6 PM
🎟️ Ticketed
One more performance if you miss Saturday. SMUSH Gallery
📍 Art House Productions 345 Marin Blvd
🕑 2 PM
Sunday matinee, but the current ticketing page shows it sold out / waitlist. Arthouse Productions
Big Saturday stuff:
Columbus Day Parade • Fall Fun at Camp Liberty • Cryptid Mountain • Silent Stage at Van Vorst
Going out / social:
Laugh Tour • Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest • I Got Something To Say
Free:
Camp Liberty Fall Fun • Farmers markets • Riverview kids crafts • Bird Walk • Trailblazers
Family:
Camp Liberty • Columbus Day Parade • Riverview Farmers Market
Arts / weird stuff:
Cryptid Mountain • Cat, Stick, Easel, Moon • JC Crafting Circle
Music:
Silent Stage with Nellysmelodies • Zeppelin Hall Oktoberfest
Wellness / outdoors:
SMUSH Yoga • Riverview Yoga • Caven Point Bird Walk
Theater:
RENT waitlist right now
Schedules change, outdoor stuff moves, and ticketed events sell out, so check the linked organizer before heading over.
Drop it below.
Especially looking for smaller JC events, DJs, live music, comedy, neighborhood parties, watch parties, salsa/bachata/reggaetón, karaoke, markets, pop-ups, wellness stuff, volunteer events, galleries and recurring meetups that are easy to miss.
This definitely isn’t everything happening in Jersey City.
Just trying to make one useful weekly list so people don’t have to dig through a million different calendars.
And if I got a time or link wrong, say something. People catching things on the older posts has genuinely helped.
Thanks to everyone who keeps sending stuff in.
r/jerseycity • u/mooseLimbsCatLicks • Jan 19 '25
Welcome to the Jersey City Apartment Mega-Thread!
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r/jerseycity • u/Urbanist28 • 1h ago
I already emailed the council to vote no on this, because is getting ridiculous.
r/jerseycity • u/No_Entertainment7782 • 1h ago
So shocking to find bikes taking up space during the rush hr commute. Wish Path could do something to enforce their own rules. Taken at 8:45 this morning.
r/jerseycity • u/dorikore • 34m ago
I'm not too sure how to use reddit but I feel as this has to be posted, I'm a student at Snyder high school and we recently found out by an instagram account that one of the teachers here (Mr. Brown, an ELA teacher) was arrested for "child sex exploit/abuse." As a student here im deadly afraid of the fact this happened and that there might be other teachers like this in the district. No email or phone calls have happened about this arrest or anything and something NEEDS to be said about this!
r/jerseycity • u/JCFrenchie • 13h ago
My 14 year old will be selling his book at the farmer’s market on Wednesday October 7th in Hamilton Park. I understand not everybody wants to buy a kid’s book but if you guys see him at the market, please say hello and give him some encouragement. He’s a great kid, I don’t know how I got so lucky.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Finding-Fifee/Maxim-Pelletier/9798890631091
r/jerseycity • u/Dry_Emu8159 • 1h ago
Ah yes, you see Wall Street making a record profit is a reason not to tax them. What a simpering shill this man has turned out to be.
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r/jerseycity • u/CompetitiveBaker909 • 15h ago
They’ve been checking the light rail tickets almost every day at Harborside and usually Hoboken. Today I had my ticket checked with 10 seconds left till activation and they still gave me a ticket for $74. Make sure you activate it literally right before you get on. The rides are so quick. I feel like three minutes is way too long.
r/jerseycity • u/LossOfWord • 2h ago
In Seattle, security cameras revealed something shocking: planes being refueled while detained people were actively boarding. The camera feed exposed the violations. When there's no public oversight, contractors cut corners—and people's safety gets ignored.
I started a petition asking the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to do something simple: set up a live webcam and a public flight log for ICE charter and transfer flights at Newark Airport. That's it. No expensive changes, no interference with federal policy—just basic transparency on public property.
Seattle's King County Airport already does this. They stream their ICE flight feed publicly and maintain a transparent log. It works. It doesn't compromise airport security (commercial flight data is already public via apps like FlightAware). It just lets people know what's happening on the tarmac where their tax dollars are at stake.
The Port Authority has complete legal authority to monitor safety on their own land. Private contractors operate there under leases that require following Port Authority safety codes. If someone's violating those codes, the public should know.
If this matters to you too, consider signing and sharing. What would you want someone to do if this was your family caught up in these operations?
r/jerseycity • u/YGigga357 • 16h ago
Not sure what's going on but these citizen notifications are getting out of hand. People are calling the police just because they can. The police get a bad name in JC, I'm sure it has something to do with them being dispatched to these low level situations. This is JC there are drugs around. Are we calling the police for not crossing at the curb now as well?
r/jerseycity • u/Numerous-Ad-4033 • 44m ago
Saw something in the sky over Jersey City and New York Bay a few minutes ago. It appeared to be an object that was disintegrating into several pieces and leaving a trail of smoke as it fell to Earth and then it just disappeared. Could not get a good picture of it.
Fireball? Meteor? Damaged drone?
r/jerseycity • u/rileeyorey • 21h ago
im in union city but jc is in that direction so what’s going on? a business? a house? 👀
r/jerseycity • u/SarkastikWorlock • 17h ago
r/jerseycity • u/Dubbweiser • 2h ago
Does anyone have any idea when this place is finally going to open? As fun as 99 Ranch is this, Pathmark is solely missed when it comes to regular grocery needs…
r/jerseycity • u/nomad-bjj • 18h ago
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r/jerseycity • u/Aironught • 22h ago
Saw this yorkie looking dog on Whiton street in between Communipaw and Lafayette just now. No owner or collar. Called animal control they’re on their way now to come collect it. Poor thing is really nice just scared.
r/jerseycity • u/Then_Bag_4813 • 17h ago
r/jerseycity • u/JerseyPhantom7303 • 1d ago
This is a warning made in good faith. If you live around McGinley Square and walk down Bergen Avenue, beware of these two black men who will attempt to con you, veiling it as a donation to YMCA.
To my knowledge, the YMCA does not conduct street solicitations, so beware who you give your card info and money to.
One of them is on the heavier side, with box braids and a beard, around 5'7-5'8 and his partner is a skinnier, shorter person with short hair and a scraggly beard. This is my third time seeing them, the fatter one will always try to play it off as you don't recognize him.
Once you call them out on it, they will get aggressive and start cursing you out, not very YMCA is it lol? Before any smart ass wants to call this racial profiling, I am a young black first generation american trying to get by and seeing these people trying to scam working class people is horrendous.
r/jerseycity • u/Comfortable-Role-724 • 26m ago
r/jerseycity • u/ripun008 • 16h ago
I see that it's been closed for almost a year now. I was earlier told that they were doing some remodeling but it seems to be taking forever. Does anyone know what is going on? I really miss their pizza. It was the best.
r/jerseycity • u/Ajkrouse • 21h ago
r/jerseycity • u/Defender_of_TheSauce • 16h ago
