Ghana Flag Raising Ceremony
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
City Hall Council Chambers, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City
Community/Cultural
Official ceremony celebrating Ghana’s independence at Jersey City City Hall.

Fastlife After Work Party
5:00 PM
The Ashford, 145 Newark Avenue, Jersey City
Nightlife
After-work social event featuring DJ Fastlife, Smoke Black, and Ralphie Mercado.

Christine Santelli & Heather Hardy Live
7:30 PM
Location: 503 Social Club, 503 3rd Street, Hoboken
Live Music (Blues/Americana)
A soulful evening with Grammy-nominated songwriter Christine Santelli and violinist Heather “Lil’ Mama” Hardy.
Cost: $20 advance / $25 at door; BYOB.

All That Roxx Live
9:00 PM
Pig and Parrot Last Resort, 125 Washington Street, Hoboken
Live Music
High-energy live performance by the band All That Roxx.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
Spring Craft Beer Tasting
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Pint Bar, 34 Wayne Street, Jersey City
Type: Food & Drink
Description: Hosted by the Jersey City Kiwanis Club, featuring a selection of spring craft beers.

2026 St. Patrick’s Day Parade (JC)
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Jersey City
Type: Parade/Holiday
Description: The annual Jersey City St. Patrick’s Day celebration through the city streets.

Hoboken LepreCon Bar Crawl
12:00 PM
Various Bars, Hoboken
Social/Holiday
The massive annual St. Paddy’s themed bar crawl across Hoboken.

Where Deep Waters Cross featuring Carolyn Dorfman Dance
7:30 PM
White Eagle Hall, 337 Newark Ave, Jersey City
Dance/Multidisciplinary
A collaboration between Carolyn Dorfman Dance and Jersey City Poet Laureate Rashad Wright.

Chess Tournament at Cafe Lafayette
10:00 AM
Cafe Lafayette, 74 Maple Street, Jersey City
Competition
Description: Competitive tournament with cash prizes for the top three finishers.



Sunday, March 8, 2026

(International Women’s Day)
Siren Song: International Women’s Day Celebration
1:00 PM
902 Brewing Co., 101 Pacific Avenue, Jersey City
Live Music & Art
Showcase of local women-fronted musical acts and artists to raise funds for women’s initiatives.

In Her Footsteps: A Celebration of Women in History
Time: 1:00 PM
Museum of Jersey City History, 298 Academy Street, Jersey City
Immersive Multimedia/History
Interactive experience featuring actors portraying influential women from history.

International Women’s Day Run (5K)
10:00 AM
Overpeck County Park, 40 Fort Lee Road, Leonia (near Secaucus)
Fitness/Charity
Inaugural 5K run/walk benefitting JBWS survivors of domestic abuse.

The Currys Live
3:00 PM
Hoboken
Live Music (Indie Folk-Rock)
Description: Harmony-driven performance by the indie band The Currys; kids are welcome for free.
Cost: $20

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Jersey City Events
29th Annual Toy Drive Donations
Donations for the annual toy drive are being accepted all day.
City of Jersey City City Hall, 280 Grove St, Jersey City, NJ.
9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

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Events in Jersey City

Live Music: Brent Birckhead Jazz 

 The Jersey City Theater Center will open its 20th Anniversary Season with a performance by saxophonist Brent Birckhead and his band. A free reception will follow the performance.

White Eagle Hall, 337 Newark Ave.

 7:30 p.m.. 

LSC After Dark: ’90s Night  An adults-only Thursday night event at the Liberty Science Center featuring DJs, dancing, themed laser and planetarium shows, food, and drinks.

 Liberty Science Center, 222 Jersey City Blvd.

6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.. 

29th Annual Toy Drive Donations: The Office of Cultural Affairs is accepting donations for its annual toy drive.

Various locations, including the Office of Cultural Affairs at 194 Newark Ave.

 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. 

Historic Downtown Farmers Market: A farmers’ market offering fresh and local produce.

Grove Street PATH Plaza.

3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. 

Events in Hoboken

Downtown Farmers Market 

 A farmers’ market offering fresh produce and goods from local New Jersey farms and businesses.

 Garden Street Plaza at Garden and Fourth Street.

 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. 

Clueless Comedy: A stand-up comedy fundraiser. Check event details for the specific location in Hoboken.

8:00 p.m.. 

Events in Bayonne

Bayonne Elks Special Friends Dance 

An event for individuals with special needs hosted by the Bayonne Elks.

Bayonne Elks Lodge.  6:00 p.m.. 

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In honor of National Photography Day, join photographer and educator Roberto Rosa III for a special edition of Street Lens—a hands-on photography experience celebrating Hoboken’s landmarks and everyday beauty.

Armed with your camera—whether it’s an iPhone, Android, or DSLR—you’ll explore iconic sites such as Lackawanna Terminal, the waterfront, the Little League field, Sybil’s Cave, and Washington Street, capturing the city through both a creative and documentary lens.

Perfect for beginners and hobbyists alike, this workshop focuses on street photography—from people to architecture, fleeting moments to timeless scenes.

Join us on Saturday, August 23rd, from 10 AM – 12 PM and celebrate National Photography Day by exploring Hoboken’s streets through a new lens!

Register Here

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Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla, Riverside Medical and Council President Jen Giattino today announced that all employees of any local Hoboken business are now eligible for rapid, COVID-19 testing through the Riverside testing location in Hoboken. The testing expansion reflects Hobokenâ€s commitment to assisting small businesses with additional safety precautions in preparation for a gradual re-opening. Employees of Hoboken businesses do not need to have COVID-19 symptoms in order to receive a test.

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The Boil Water Advisory was issued as a result of non-utility work performed by a contractor near a 36-inch water transmission line that supplies water to the cities of Jersey City and Hoboken. The contractor was working in an industrial area of Jersey City, near the intersection of Howell Street and Duffield Avenue putting in sheet piling when the main ruptured.

As a precaution, SUEZ issued a Boil Water Advisory on Tuesday, April 28. Water tankers remained available to both communities while SUEZ crews worked through the night to restore pressure to both cities.

Repairs to the 36-inch main will continue as the area has maintained full pressure. Should customers experience any further issues they should contact customer service at 1-800-575-4433.

For more information and details regarding the Boil Water Advisory customers can reference the FAQ on mysuezwater.com: https://www.mysuezwater.com/sites/default/files/2020JerseyCityHobokenBoilWaterFAQapproved.pdf

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 By Sally Deering

For those of you who know Frank Sinatra Drive as the long and winding road on Hobokenâ€s waterfront, well, kids, its time you knew some Hoboken history. Letâ€s just say Ol†Blue Eyes grew up in Hoboken back when almost every corner had a gin joint and if you could carry a tune, some music-lover on a barstool bought you a drink.

Those were the days when Hoboken native son Frankie Sinatra walked the Mile Square City dreaming of someday making it big. And make it he did! Superstar, legend, and boy, what a voice. Itâ€s been said that back in the 1990s, while Sinatra was in Manhattan, he would tell the limo driver to take him to Hoboken where his black limo could be seen cruising up and down the old neighborhoods.

If you want to see just how much impact Sinatra has had on fans of his music, then you might want to head over to Frank Sinatra Park on Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 pm for the Sinatra Idol contest where 14 contestants from as far as London, and Mexico will hit the stage and channel the swinging vocal style of Ol†Blue Eyes as they compete for prizes and bragging rights to the title, Sinatra Idol.

Sinatra Idol hosts are Gary Simpson and Geri Fallo, the director of Hobokenâ€s Cultural Affairs department who will introduce the contestants. Judges are Bob Foster, director of the Hoboken Historical Museum; Dave Post, bandleader for the Swingadelic Big Band; Jack Silbert, music writer and editor (The New York Times, New Jersey Monthly, Weird NJ); Joyce Flinn, owner of Elysian Cafe & Schnackenbergâ€s Luncheonette in Hoboken; and Jay Lustig, founder/editor NJARTS.net. Jerry Pearce, the 2017 Sinatra Idol winner will perform.  

Contestant Barry Oliver Lawton,

Dorchester, MA

 Sponsored by Hobokenâ€s Cultural Affairs office, Sinatra Idol will require contestants to sing a Sinatra tune, and although the contestants donâ€t have to sound like Sinatra, they must convey Sinatraâ€s swinginâ€, finger-snapping cool. Contestants this year are James Beckman, Elizabeth, NJ; John Busalschi, Wilmington, NC; Peter Cannella, Gloucester City NJ; Paul Capello, St. Augustine, FL; Joe Cracco, Massapequa, NY; Gabriel Diaz, Mexico City, Mexico; Frank Gamrus, Madison, IN; Dylan Kaplan, Hoboken, NJ; Dan Lauzon, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Barry Oliver Lawton, Dorchester, MA; David Martinez, Elmont, NY; Jerry Padula, Esq, Waterbury, CT; Humphrey Uddoh, Jersey City, NJ; and, Stanley Volk, London, England.

Contestant Frank Gamrus,

Madison, Indiana

A garment industry retiree, Stanley Volk will be visiting Hoboken for the first time for the Sinatra Idol contest. Hailing from London, England, Volk used to sing in Barber Shop Quartets. He has competed on TVs The X Factor and made it to the third round several times. Heâ€s been a huge fan of Sinatraâ€s ever since the 60s, he says. 

“Though I grew up with the pop scene, The Beatles, etc., I never really took to that sort of music,” Volk says from London. “Modern Jazz was my thing, particularly Big Bands. We had a lot in London at that time. I saw Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sara Vaughan, Buddy Rich, et. al. at the Ronny Scott club where it all happened.”

For Sinatra Idol, Volk plans to sing a Sinatra tune from the 1958 album “Only the Lonely” although his favorite Sinatra tune is Angel Eyes, he says.

“There is so much feeling and emotion in his interpretation of that song,” Volk says.

Sinatra Idol contestant James Beckham of Elizabeth also grew up listening to Big Band music and got turned on to Sinatra when he won a contest in college with Sinatraâ€s rendition of the Cole Porter classic and Sinatra signature song, Iâ€ve Got You Under My Skin.

“From that day on, I continued learning the music of Sinatra and other Big Band Swing artists,” Beckham says. “I eventually built my own show, Jamesâ€s Big Band Classics that I perform at local coffee shops, restaurants and assisted living communities.”

Contestant Humphrey Uddoh of Jersey City is an attorney who works for New York City Transit. Back in the day, Uddohâ€s mom knew Sammy Davis Jr.â€s wife, Mae Britt, and Uddoh had the opportunity to watch the great singer Sammy Davis, Jr. rehearse and perform Those special times inspired Uddoh to sing during his college years at Vassar College. During college, however, Uddoh started smoking cigarettes and gave up on singing. Smoke free for the past five years, Uddoh takes his singing seriously and studies with a former singer with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Singing “My Way”, Uddoh competed in Sinatra Idol last year and came in 3rd Place. This year he plans to step up his game with Fly Me To The Moon, he says, and even though his singing may be inspired by Sinatra, heâ€s not trying to sound like Sinatra.

“I sing in a crooner style,” Uddoh says.

Contestant Humphrey Uddoh,

Jersey City

“When asked if heâ€s channeling Sinatra when he performs on stage, Uddoh says, “yes!”

I feel his energy,” Uddoh says.

If you go

Thurs, June 14, 6:30 pm

SINATRA IDOL

Sinatra Park on Frank Sinatra Drive, HOB

For more info: www.hobokennj.gov

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Art in the Park is a 6 week creative arts program for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years old. There are eight 6-week sessions. Sessions take place on different days, in different parks, at different times. Online Registration begins March 5, 2018 www.hobokennj.gov/register Choose either Pier A or Elysian Park • Early Morning: 9am to 10:30am or • Mid-Morning: 11am to 12:30pm Elysian Park, located at Hudson St. bet. 10th & 11th Sts. Mondays: June 18, 25, July 9, 16, 23, 30 Tuesdays: June 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24, 31 Thursdays: June 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, Aug. 2 Pier A Park, located at 1st St. & Sinatra Drive Wednesdays: June 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 1 Cost per 6 week session is $35.  Each session will accept 70 children. Child must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Dress child in messy clothes as clay or paints may stain clothes. In case of rain, you will receive an email letting you know whether class is cancelled or rescheduled . For more information contact 201-420-2000 Ex. 5100. Special thanks to Hoboken Family Alliance for their continued support For full details, view this message on the web.

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