🖼️ Interested in art around your neighborhood? JC Fridays, the city's quarterly art festival, has a number of events with a special focus on inclusion and accessibility.
🎷Ya like jazz? Then you'll love the Jersey City Jazz Festival, the largest jazz celebration in the tri-state area with the majority of events free to the public!
🌃 Looking for good vibes? Check out the Jersey City Night Market, an outdoor event with food, drink, artisan goods, and music, featuring local small businesses.
🚲 Cycling fan? BikeJC's Ward Tour is back! Enjoy a 15-mile ride throughout all 6 wards at a reasonable 10mph. Pre-registration and number pickup required.
Friday (6/3)
JC Fridays: Viva Greenville with Deliverance Children's Ministry
3-7pm at Ferris Triangle Park
Highlighting the beauty of Greenville area of Jersey City with captions of historic architecture, events in the part, community outreach and the vitality of its residents. Viva Greenville series by Maria Lupianez, Susana Martin, Eli Ramos and some upcoming Teen Artists from neighboring school.
Artist & Maker Market
3-9pm Friday & 12-6pm Saturday at Grove Street PATH
Shop local & handmade art, vintage, music, artisan goods, and more!
JC Fridays: Revisiting the Great American Road Trip with Project Greenville
4-7pm Fri/Sat at 128 Winfield Ave
...There are little reminders of that trip all over my home, and my heart, which inspired me to invite you all to share and reminisce with me; and celebrate the All-American Road Trip together! In an unusual move I will be sharing some of my photos and souvenirs from that long-ago road trip and have invited local artists to add their favorite photos, drawings, paintings and writing from their own adventures, or even fantasies, in the US :)
Free Wine Tasting: Picnic Wines
5-7pm at CoolVines
Dining al fresco? Skip the White Claws! Twist open one of these refreshing sippers and create the ultimate picnic experience.
JC Fridays: Team Wilderness Photography Collection
5-7pm at AndCo
We will be celebrating the artwork of Team Wilderness's Wilderness Photography Club. The Club helps teens embrace their creative side by learning how to use professional photography equipment. They venture into the outdoors on hikes and learn how to hone their craft and improve their skills. This event will celebrate their best work and highlight their growth. This event will display our teens' best work and highlight their growth.
JC Fridays: Paint N Sip Night & 'You Goddess' Art Show
6-8pm at Gia Gelato
For a new and exciting experience, why not come on over to Gia Gelato & Cafe and share in a fun-filled Paint & Sip night. Come join us for an evening of creativity in a casual environment suited to painters of all levels.
JC Fridays: Spring Market at Zero to 80
6-9pm at SMUSH Gallery
Shop our Spring Market at Zero to 80! Artisan makers and culture workers from Jersey City and beyond set up shop inside our current exhibition, Zero to 80: An Affordable Art Show to bring you original artwork, prints, stickers, buttons, totes and much more. Featuring Doodlealldayy, MUYU, Bleriot Thompson, and Charise Virgo. Both the Spring Market and Zero to 80 include and celebrate artists with disabilities.
JC Fridays: Jazz Festival Kick-Off Party
7pm at The Statuary
Kick-Off Organ Party with the Akiko Tsuruga Quartet June 3rd Doors @ 6 Music @ 7
Free Movie Night on the Pier: Shrek
8:23pm (sunset) at J. Owen Grundy Park
Bring your own chair, food & drinks available for purchase
Green Pear Dinner Theater: A Night In Spain
8-10pm at Green Pear Heights
Featuring Barbara Martinez, Albert Alabedra, and Elisabeth Torras
Tickets $60
Jazz Performance at Moore's Place
8-11pm Friday & 7-10pm Sunday at Moore's Lounge
Weekly jazz performances by local musician Winard Harper
Saturday (6/4)
Wake-n-Rake
9am-1pm at Harsimus Cemetery
Join us every Saturday after 9am for outdoor volunteer work! (We recommend covers shoes or boots, long sleeves and long pants)
The Jersey City Record Riot
9am-5pm at Grove Street PATH Plaza
Shop for vinyl under sunny skies in beautiful downtown Jersey City!
Garden In Liberty State Park
10am at the Nature Center (275 Freedom Way)
Volunteers needed this Saturday for gardening and trail maintenance at the Nature Center. To rsvp email the Center at lspnaturecenter@dep.Nj.gov We will meet at the nature center (275 Freedom Way) 6/4 at 10am! Please remember to wear long sleeves and pants!
Washington Park Wellness Fair
10am-2pm at Washington Park [Union City]
LOCAL FRIENDS! Next Saturday June 4, we present the first ever Washington Park Wellness Fair! Giveaways, free health screenings, yoga, craft activities and yoga for kids, meditation, music and more! 10am-2pm in the heart of Hudson County!
Smorgasburg
11am-6pm at Harborside Place
Outdoor food market featuring a variety of vendors
Spring Cleaning Sale: Living Room Home + Play
11am-7pm at Living Room
Did someone say 🚨SALE🚨?!?! @livingroomjc is hosting its first Spring Cleaning Sale! Join us June 4th from 11am-7pm as we clean house. We will be offering goodies at 30%-50% and the BEST PART: we will be donating a portion of the proceeds to some of our favorite local organizations @yorkstreetproject and @hudsonpridecenter
Celebrate Urban Birds
12-2pm at Canco Park
Jersey City Reservoir Preservation Alliance & Canco Park Conservancy host "Celebrate Urban Birds" including a Birds of Prey presentation of LIVE birds including owls and other raptors. Come sit in our green classroom under the trees to meet some of the birds that call Jersey City home.
Jersey City Jazz Festival
12-8pm Saturday and 12-6pm Sunday at 107 Morgan St
The largest jazz festival in the tri-state area is a Jersey City-wide that features over 300 musicians performing on stages, in clubs, and in parks, with the overwhelming majority of the events free-to-the-public.
Jersey City Night Market
4-10pm in front of City Hall
Join us as we celebrate small business and all that is chill about Jersey City!!!!! Eat delicious and international bites, shop from our artists and artisans & vibe to some music!
Sunday (6/5)
Yoga In The Park
10:30-11:30am at Riverview Park
Free with donation, suggested $10. Pre-registration & bringing your own mat recommended
Jersey City Ward Tour 2022
11am-6pm, route starts from City Hall
The Jersey City Ward Tour is back on Sunday, June 5, 2022, at 11:00am. 2,000 Bikes. 15 Miles. 6 Wards. 1 Great Day in Jersey City!
A Pride Celebration & Queer Cinema Screening
12-6pm at [Hoboken] Historical Museum
On Sunday, June 5th, Hudson Pride Center, the Hoboken Historical Museum @hobokenmuseum, and Thomas Edison Film Festival (TEFF) @thomasedisonff are uniting for a Pride Celebration & Queer Cinema Screening!
Family Fun Day
1-6pm at Bayside Park
Includes mini golf, backyard games, food & music in support of DCM's Haiti Humanitarian mission and youth enrichment
Tickets $40
Student Recital with Segunda Quimbamba
3:15pm at Nimbus Arts Center
Segunda Quimbamba with the spring class honors and celebrates in community with you our passion and love for Puerto Rico's rich folkloric traditions: la Bomba y la Plena. Don't miss it! The students have been committed to learning the history, traditions with the drums and dances, passing it forward.
Tickets $5-15