Weekend Round-Up: Liberty Harbor Street Fair, Honoring Women Entrepreneurs, and More

Happy Weekend Jersey City! We've got street festivals, brunch parties, and more happening this weekend.

National Coffee Day at The Grind Shop
This Saturday is National Coffee Day and to celebrate, The Grind Shop is offering $1 small drip coffee all day long. Stay tuned to their IG for more surprises and specials as the day goes on!

The All About Downtown Street Fair 2018

The 8th Annual All About Downtown Street Fair is this Saturday and it promises to be bigger and better than ever.

La Festa Italiana Returns for 2018

La Festa Italiana is back for its 115th year in Jersey City!

Weekend Round-Up: Mt. Carmel Feast, Lucky 7's Rock & Roll BBQ and More

Happy Weekend, Jersey City! If you're staying in town, there are some great festivals and plenty to eat and drink. Here's what's going on:

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Feast, 7/12-7/16 - 99 Broadway
The Mt. Carmel Annual Feast is back again this year, running from 6:30-12am on both Friday and Saturday and until 11pm on Sunday. There will be music, rides, a nghtly 50/50, an outdoor Italian cafe and lots of great Italian/Italian-American food.

La Festa Italiana 2017 is Here

La Festa Italiana kicks off today! The annual street festival hosted by Holy Rosary Church will run through Sunday 8/13, giving you plenty of time to enjoy all the rice balls, zeppole, and wine & peaches you can handle.

The Hamilton Park BBQ Festival 2016

This Saturday 9/24, is the 7th Annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival. Put on to help benefit the Hamilton Park Conservancy, this event features barbecue vendors from New York, New Jersey, and beyond along with handcrafted goods, live music, and more.

La Festa Italiana 2016

Beginning this Wednesday, 8/10 through Sunday, 8/14, the ever-popular La Festa Italiana will be running on 6th Street between Brunswick and Monmouth. 

Weekend Events

It seems like as soon as the temperatures start rising above 75 degrees, the weekends in Jersey City start filling up fast and this one is no exception. See what's going on and everywhere you can be eating and drinking this weekend:

All About Downtown Street Fair 2015

The 2015 All About Downtown Street Fair is nearly upon us and it's promising to be bigger and better than ever with over 200 vendors, an expected attendance of over 25,000, two extra hours of festival time (it runs from 11:00am-8:00pm), over ten food trucks from all around New York and New Jersey, and almost non-stop live music. The fair will stretch from Newark Avenue at Grove Plaza all the way down to Jersey Ave.

Weekend Events

Ready for the wekeend?! Lets start making plans.

Tonight, head to WORD bookstore at 7:30pm to hear chef Dale Talde, the chef behind local restaurants Talde and Carrino Provisions,  speak about his new cookbook, Asian-American.

On Friday, O'Leary's Publik House will be celebrating one year in business with $2 domestic drafts all day and lots of other drink specials after 4pm. 

Zeppelin Hall is hosting a a country music weekend with live music Friday and Saturday nights, slow smoked barbecue, and it's also their Wonderful World of Spam weekend.

Weekend Events

Happy Weekend Jersey City! Here's what's going on:

The Journal Square Green Market runs from 11:00am-8:00pm.Village Yoga will be there holding a yoga class from 1:00pm-2:00pm and Bang Me Bakery with be there with a limited amount of their newly revamped Bust a Nutter Butter cookie along with their other offerings.

This Friday is the last Groove on Grove of the season, combining with the Artists & Makers Market at Grove Plaza as part of the JC Fridays festivities happening all around town. Expect to see a lot of great vendors out there including Raval, Orale, Milk Sugar Love, Iced Tea Fusion, Koro Koro and more along with (yes, alcohol) live music, craft vendors, jewelry stands, and henna.

Your Memorial Day Weekend

It's Memorial Day Weekend in Jersey City!

The Jersey City Food Truck Rally is back again tomorrow in the lot across from Madame Claude's on Brunswick between 4th and 5th Streets. This week, ME Casa Express, Chopping Block, and El Chilango will be there along with Peace.Love.Pops and Gaby's Kitchen, serving up empanadas! The rally begins at 3pm and runs until 9pm.

Weekend Events

There's a lot going on this weekend, Jersey City!

Get ready for fall with Pint's Pumpkin Oktoberfest tonight.

Tomorrow, there's the All About Downtown Street Fair which will be full of fun, food, and shopping.

Saturday is also the day for Washington Park Live, an arts and music festival from 10am-6pm. There's a ton of bands, art installations, a beer garden, food & drinks provided by ModCup, Lizzmonade, El Chilango, Orange and Olive Caterers and more.

The All About Downtown Street Fair Returns for 2014!

This Saturday is the HDSID All About Downtown Street Fair with live music, family-friendly activities, and over 125 local vendors for you to check out, offering everything from jewelry to furniture to lots and lots of food.

The 4th Annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival

On Saturday, Hamiltion Park will hold it's 4th Annual BBQ Festival from 12 pm to 8pm!




The festival is a family-friendly event with live music, games, drinks, crafts from Not Yo Mama's Craft Fair, and of course, BBQ!

Event Recap: The All About Downtown Street Fair

This year's All About Downtown Street Fair had gorgeous weather, vendors from all around Jersey City, and tons of people in attendance. It was a great day with plenty to do, see, eat, drink, and enjoy!

The food trucks were a big hit and every time I passed by, I saw people lining up and looking at menus. I tried a carnitas taco from the El Paso truck which was there in stand form. It was delicious - great amount of pork, perfectly cooked tortilla, plenty of lime, cilantro and onion.

 

There was a mix of NYC and NJ and specifically Jersey City food vendors all throughout the fair which I was very happy to see. While it was fun to have the NY trucks around, I'm really glad the organizers brought in so many local options and businesses as well - after all, the fair is about Downtown so it deserves to be well represented. 

Reminder: 3rd Annual All About Downtown Street Fair

Just a reminder, tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 20th) is the 3rd Annual All About Downtown Street Fair. There will be live music, crafts, face-painting, art, food, and beer for everyone to enjoy!

Why You Should go to La Festa Italiana: An Essay in Photographs

As I mentioned, La Festa Italiana is a really fun annual festival and street fair held in Jersey City. It ends tomorrow night, so you've got two more nights to go (or go again) and here's why you should:

 Live Entertainment

 

Delenio's Menu & the meatballs which were really good. Flavorful, juicy, and in a slightly tart tomato sauce.