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May is officially here, which means an abundance of spring blooms and outdoor activities. This weekend, locals can enjoy all kinds of fun events in the Hoboken + Jersey City area, including a tie-dye and cocktail event, a theater production, and a Cinco de Mayo bash. Below is the list of (over 190!) Hoboken + Jersey City events happening this weekend, May 1st through May 4th, 2025. Don’t forget — you can also submit your events to our community guide HERE.

Disclaimer: This is a community resource. Submit events HERE and view the full calendar HERE. The Hoboken Girl is not affiliated with hosting unless explicitly stated.

770 Jackson Street Plaza, Hoboken (behind Monroe Center)

Sunday — May 4th at 11AM-4PM

Join Main Street Pops Artisan Market at its new Jackson Street location, featuring local artists + makers, live music, outdoor games, and seasonal activities.

Grove Street PATH Plaza, Downtown Jersey City

Wednesdays — until 9/17 at 3PM-8PM Saturdays — until 9/17 at 12PM-6PM

HDSID’s Handmade Market kicks off on May 7th including a rotation of over 200 artists and vendors selling artisanal treats, jewelry, ceramics, soaps, homegoods, paintings, thrift + vintage, woodworking, + much more. The events are free to attend.

Il Tavolo di Palmisano 700 Clinton Street, Hoboken

Enjoy crafted martinis including espresso martinis, raspberry limoncello martinis, + more, a beautiful + friendly atmosphere, and an overall good experience.

Liberty Prime Steakhouse 111 Montgomery Street, Jersey City

Saturday — May 10th at 12PM-4PM

The Little Things Event Planning is teaming up with Liberty Prime Steakhouse for a free one-of-a-kind event featuring the region’s top artisans, creators, and makers where the community can get together and enjoy the experience, music, food + drinks, just in time for Mother’s Day. There will be a free welcome mimosa for adults, limited items from the new brunch menu for purchase, giveaways, event experts, + vendors selling jewelry, baked goods, skin care products, flowers, and more all curated for the special women in your lives. Parking is available.

Dorrian’s Red Hand 555 Washington Street, Jersey City

Thursday — May 1st at 8:45PM Friday — May 2nd at 7:30PM + 9:45PM Saturday — May 3rd at 6:30PM + 9PM

Enjoy five comedy shows this week, hosted by Turner Sparks and Tom Kelly featuring comedians from HBO, Netflix is a Joke, Howard Stern, and more. Show tickets are $25 for all shows plus a 2-item minimum per person + 20% gratuity.

This 6-bed, 3-bath two-family home in North Bergen is available to buy for $999,000. Located steps from Braddock Park, the property features a 2-car garage, separate living + dining spaces, back and side yards, a patio, and a garden, among other things.

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Art lovers of all kinds — from seasoned curators and collectors to newcomers — flock to New York City in May to experience the area’s vibrant art scene.

“May in New York is a special moment on the cultural calendar — the city is in full bloom,” said Amy Hau, director of the Noguchi Museum in Queens. Art fairs such as TEFAF and Frieze bring together artists and galleries from around the world, but the scope and volume can be overwhelming.

“For anyone just starting to collect, I always say — don’t be intimidated by the big fairs, even if they can feel like a bit of a visual overload,” Hau said. “Just go, look around, and see what resonates with you. Even if you’re not buying, these fairs are an inspiring, low-pressure way to learn, explore and connect with artists and gallerists.”

Here is a selection of some of the May fairs that will introduce visitors to works and experiences, including 18th-century portraits, new voices in contemporary art and an interactive art scavenger hunt. Venues range from an elegant Beaux-Arts building on Manhattan’s East Side to a former warehouse in the Powerhouse Arts District in downtown Jersey City, N.J. Some offer free admission.

Clio Art Fair

May 1-4 and 8-11 at 528-532 West 28th Street

More than 70 self-represented contemporary and emerging artists are displaying about 250 works, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, mixed media works and installations, at Clio Art Fair, named for the Greek Muse of history and the poetry she inspired. The artists have their own exhibition spaces to encourage relaxed and direct interaction with visitors, and prices range from $250 to $25,000. “Behave as if God Exists,” an immersive performance project, explores spiritual, social and existential themes through live actions and interventions by artists.

Esther II

May 6-10 at New York Estonian House, 243 East 34th Street

Twenty-five galleries from 18 cities around the world will fill the elegant New York Estonian House for Esther’s second year. Founders Margot Samel and Olga Temnikova, gallerists with strong connections to Tallinn, Estonia, discarded the traditional art fair booth concept in favor of shared gallery spaces. Artworks, site-specific installations, performances and events will be presented — and experienced — throughout the four-story Beaux-Arts building, once a gathering spot for Estonian refugees after World War II. “Return to Innocence,” a series of sculptural candle holders by the Tallinn artist Edith Karlson, will guide visitors, and the basement will be transformed into a showroom that will include custom-made products by the Estonian designer Laivi.

SPRING/BREAK Art Show

May 6-12 at 75 Varick Street

Nontraditional exhibition venues, free spaces for independent curators and reduced-cost spaces for galleries and nonprofits — strategies designed to reduce upfront risk and encourage experimental work — are a few of the hallmarks of SPRING/BREAK Art Show. More than 350 midcareer and emerging artists will be showcased at a landmark building that was once home to many firms in printing and related trades. Among them is the actor Alia Shawkat, whose paintings chart her Assyrian lineage and family migration, reflecting the immigrant story motif that recurs in this year’s theme of “PARADISE LOST + FOUND.”

Future Fair

May 7-10 at Chelsea Industrial, 535 West 28th Street

Future Fair’s fifth anniversary edition will feature nearly 70 local, national and international exhibitors. A quarter are minority-owned, a quarter are global and over half are led by women. Since its founding in 2020, the fair has embraced a cooperative business model, initially profit sharing with founding galleries. Starting this year, the fair will commit 15 percent of its profits toward a pay-it-forward fund that allocates grants to rising art dealers. Visitors can swing by a culinary pop-up by the Brooklyn restaurant Stowaway and grab some Southern-inspired fare and limited-edition anniversary beers crafted by Grimm Artisanal Ales.

Art Fair 14C

May 8-11 at 157B First Street, Jersey City

“Our name (14C) is a wink to the ‘What exit?’ joke about New Jersey,” Robinson Holloway, Art Fair 14C’s chief executive, wrote in an email, “and we embrace our Jersey roots and celebrate the art of our native state.” But exhibitors are wide ranging and include the International Sculpture Center, an artists collective from Brooklyn and a small New Jersey nonprofit that works with artists with disabilities. The Pompidou Center in Paris, which plans a North American outpost in Jersey City, she said, will provide programming, including a workshop for children based on masterpieces from their permanent collection in cooperation with the Jersey City Free Public Library. The venue is a former warehouse for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in the Powerhouse Arts District. Tours will be available before regular hours for visitors who are visually impaired or need low sensory environments.

The Other Art Fair Brooklyn

May 8-11 at ZeroSpace, 337-345 Butler Street

The 15th edition of the Other Art Fair Brooklyn, presented by Saatchi Art, continues its mission to support artists and make the art world more accessible and inclusive in unexpected and fun ways. A wide variety of works, in forms including documentary photography and embroidery, by 125 New York-area artists, will be shown along with immersive installations, performances and artist-led activities. Highlights include a fantasy drawing experience by the portrait painter Ben Lenovitz, an interactive art scavenger hunt led by the multimedia artist Joe Kraft and machine-free tattoo pop-ups. Special Mother’s Day weekend events feature photographic portrait sessions with the artist and author Anna Marie Tendler and hands-on workshops for making paper flowers.

The American Art Fair

May 10-13 at Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street

The American Art Fair, now in its 18th year, exclusively celebrates 18th- to 21st-century American works. More than 400 landscapes, portraits, still lifes and sculptures — from folk Art and the Hudson River School through the modernist movements — will be on view. The fair offers a series of lectures, such as one tied to the “Sargent and Paris” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that looks at the early years of the American painter John Singer Sargent’s career, from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a young art student through the mid-1880s.

More Art Events

There are plenty of art goings-on in New York City beyond the fairs.

MoMA PS1 in Queens will present the first U.S. museum exhibition of the Angolan-born artist Sandra Poulson. Her sculptures, made from furniture and influenced by daily life and customs in her hometown, Luanda, examine how intimate spaces become spheres for political consciousness.

Nature lovers may enjoy the photo-based work inspired by the gardens of the poet Emily Dickinson at Rick Wester Fine Art in Chelsea, or a respite at the Davis Center in Central Park, which opened last week and has a series of special events planned.

NYC Tourism + Conventions’ Spring 2025 Arts Guide provides a raft of art exhibitions, live performances, festivals and outdoor public art programs, including museums, memorials, monuments and attractions that are always free or are free on specific days and times. A special website this year lists places and events that commemorate 400 years of New York City history.

“Don’t miss some of the great museum exhibitions that will be on view,” Hau of the Noguchi Museum said. “This season’s highlight is definitely the Amy Sherald show at the Whitney.”

She also recommends visiting the newly renovated Frick Museum, checking out the public art along the High Line, stopping by the nearby Chelsea galleries and taking a ferry to Queens to visit the institution she leads, which is dedicated to the work of the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Special exhibits, art-making activities, musical performances, and dance and culinary programs are among the events planned at the museum in May, many to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

“And visitors shouldn’t forget the garden,” she added. “It’s one of the most beautiful times to experience our outdoor space, offering a quiet, contemplative escape from the energy and pace of the city.”

It’s a bit of a cliche to echo the sentiment that spring is the season of newness, but with four new restaurants in Jersey City Heights, it’s hard to argue. From a pop-up European-style market to a petite spot inspired by the owner’s Grandma, there are a variety of newcomers worth a visit this season. Read on for more about these four new businesses in Jersey City Heights, NJ.

This restaurant hosted its grand opening on April 26th in the space that was previously home to Heights Deli and Grill. Apnaa Lahore serves Pakistani and Indian cuisine prepared using Halal meats. This restaurant is open from 11AM to 12AM daily, seven days a week.

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This cozy BYOB spot is run by Jersey City local Andrew Ifill, the chef and owner. Carol Ann, the namesake of the restaurant, is Andrew’s grandmother. Carol Ann’s Table is open for dinner Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. With only four tables and a menu focused on comforting classics like roasted chicken, short ribs, and the standout Carol Ann’s burger, it feels like a visit to Grandma’s house. Team HG recently visited and will return soon for another taste of the banana pudding — classic Grandma cuisine.

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Event space and French-influenced restaurant Box Cafe has been a Heights neighbor for many years, and this summer it will add a new pop-up Gourmet Market. The Market will run from Tuesday through Saturday, 10AM to 3PM. Shoppers can pick up baked goods, candy, gifts, freshly prepared food to-go, and more.

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Yakitame Bento + Katsu will open soon at 501 Central Avenue. This address was previously the location of two Peruvian businesses operated by the same family: El Rinkoncito Peruano, which opened in 2013 and later transitioned to Lomo Truck HQ. Lomo Truck HQ closed in March 2025. Yakitame will serve Korean and Japanese cuisine.

Discover the Answer at Holy Name Cemetery's Final Open House of the Season – May 17 & 18

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Time is running out. Don’t miss your final opportunity this spring to attend the Holy Name Cemetery & Mausoleum Open House in Jersey City—before 2025 prices end on May 18.

Whether you're exploring burial options for the future or seeking a sacred resting place for a loved one, this two-day event offers a rare window into one of New Jersey’s most revered Catholic cemeteries.

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During this special open house, you'll experience:

Holding a Loved One’s Cremated Remains at Home?

Catholic teaching emphasizes the importance of a sacred and permanent resting place for all remains. If you’ve been holding cremated remains at home, this open house is the perfect time to explore dignified placement options that reflect your faith and preserve your loved one’s legacy for generations to come.

Why Preplan?

Planning ahead allows you to:

✅ Make decisions with clarity—not in crisis✅ Ease emotional and financial burdens on your family✅ Secure current pricing before future increases✅ Choose a space that reflects your personal wishes

Our advisers are here to walk you through every step—no pressure, no obligations.

Final Open House Before November – No Appointment Needed

This is your last chance until fall to tour the grounds, meet with our team, and lock in current prices. Whether you're just starting to think about memorial planning or ready to make final decisions, we welcome you to visit, reflect, and explore the options available to you and your loved ones.

Join us May 17 and 18 at Holy Name Cemetery & Mausoleum. Let us help you take the next step in faith-filled planning and provide your family with the peace of mind they deserve.

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originally published: 05/01/2025

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents the 2025 Jersey City Comedy Festival from June 10–14, 2025. From more than 345 submissions, 44 comedians from 10 states and Canada have been selected to perform in the festival’s stand-up competition.

Four showcase competitions will feature 11 comics each, leading up to the Best of the Fest Final on June 14. Two performers will be awarded $1,000 in cash, bookings at major comedy clubs, and the Best of the Fest title.

The festival opens on June 10 and 11 with two headlining performances at Art House Productions. Headliners will be announced shortly. Past headliners include Jessica Kirson, Gilbert Gottfried, Rachel Feinstein, Marina Franklin, and Kyle Gordon.

Selected Stand-Up Comics include Anjelica Scannura, Christopher Scopo, Ivi Demi, Himanshu, Nick Astor, Olivia Hill, Ben Rosenfeld, James Tanford, Ryan Roman, Sean Conrad & Denham Demac, Cathy Zhao, Olivia Carter, Bryan McKenna, Cam Phoenix, Cansu, Christian Escoto, Mike Shanks, Nina Phan, Philipp Kostelecky, Anne Stesney, Ramsey Daniels, Jon Bander, Travis Grossi, Vishal Krishnasami, Andre Malhotra, Andreas Loizou, Bobby Pelligrino, Jaclyn Lore-Edwards, Matt Dundas, Ryan Lodge, Shubh Panda, Maximillian Lowe, Phillip Bramwell, Ryan Shipley, Gretchen Hah, Brian Rabadeau, Carly Polistina, Dillon Krause, Dylan O'Keeffe, Alex Grubard, Bret Raybould, James King, Igor Martinez, and Jamal Russell.

Tickets for Headliner Shows: $45; Competition Showcases: $25; and Best of the Fest Finals: $45. Tickets are available for purchase online. Performances take place at Art House Productions (345 Marin Blvd) and The Laugh Tour Comedy Club at Dorrian’s Red Hand (555 Washington Blvd) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Note: Both venues are wheelchair accessible and offer ASL interpretation and audio description by request (2 weeks' notice). Art House: info@arthouseproductions.org or 201-579-0532 | Dorrian’s: thelaughtourcomedyclub@gmail.com or 551-227-5995

2025 JCCF Schedule

* June 10 @ 8:00pm – Headliner Show | Art House Productions

* June 11 @ 8:00pm – Headliner Show | Art House Productions

* June 12 @ 7:00pm & 8:30pm – Stand-Up Competitions 1 & 2 | The Laugh Tour Comedy Club at Dorrian’s Red Hand

* June 13 @ 7:00pm & 8:30pm – Stand-Up Competitions 3 & 4 | Art House Productions

* June 14 @ 8:00pm – Best of the Fest Finals | Art House Productions