Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

==Art and culture==
Based upon a 2011 survey of census data on the number of artists as a percentages of the population, ''[[The Atlantic]]'' magazine called Jersey City the 10th-most-artistic city in the United States.<ref>Carroll, Brendan. [http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2011/12/artists-react-to-jersey-citys-designation-as-10th-most-artistic-us-city/ "Artists React to Jersey City's Designation as 10th Most Artistic US City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118032339/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2011/12/artists-react-to-jersey-citys-designation-as-10th-most-artistic-us-city/ |date=January 18, 2017 }}, ''Jersey City Independent'', December 21, 2011. Accessed July 18, 2017. "Jersey City is the tenth most artistic city in the United States, according to a recent ranking by ''The Atlantic'' magazine.... Richard Florida, the senior editor of ''The Atlantic'', used data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey to rank cities based on the number of artists who live there compared to the overall population."</ref><ref>Florida, Richard. [https://www.citylab.com/design/2011/11/most-artistic-cities-america/592/#slide3 "The Most Artistic Cities in America"], ''[[CityLab (web magazine)|CityLab]]'', November 30, 2011. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> In 2023, [[Americans for the Arts]] released the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) study on the nation's non-profit arts and culture sector. The study found that in 2022 Jersey City's arts and culture sector generated $46 million in economic activity while supporting 532 jobs, providing $28.2 million in personal income to residents and generating $7.1 million in local, state and federal tax revenue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/news/cityeconomygetsboostfromartsandculturesector|title=Jersey City Economy Gets Big Boost from Nonprofit Arts & Culture Sector with $46 Million Generated in 2022|website=jerseycitynj.gov|date=October 20, 2023|access-date=March 4, 2025}}</ref>

===Museums, libraries and galleries===
{{See also|Hudson County, New Jersey#Museums, galleries, exhibitions|l1=Hudson County Exhibitions}}
[[File:Greenville Library n museum 1841 JFKB jeh.jpg|thumb|Morgan Branch Library, home of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]]
The [[Jersey City Free Public Library]] is the largest municipal library system in New Jersey. It has a Main Library, bookmobile and ten branches with the newest branch, the Communipaw Branch, opening in 2024 in the [[Communipaw|Communipaw-Lafayette]] neighborhood as a public innovation hub for Jersey City and a hub for [[STEAM education|STEAM learning]], equipped with a makerspace that includes a range of tools from 3D printers to a recording studio.<ref>[https://www.jclibrary.org/library-locations Library Locations], Jersey City Public Library. accessed April 26, 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/communipaw-library-jersey-city/|title=Jersey City Celebrates Grand Opening of Cutting Edge Public Library|website=jerseydigs.com|date=October 3, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2024|author-first1=Bill|author-last1=Hartnett}}</ref>

The Main Library Branch features the [[Jersey City Free Public Library#Priscilla Gardner Main Library|New Jersey Room]], a wing dedicated to historical documents about New Jersey, with a focus on Hudson County and Jersey City. Created in 1964, the room merged the collections of William H. Richardson and the Hudson County Historical Society with material the library already possessed.<ref name="jcnjroom">{{cite web |title=New Jersey Room |url=https://www.jclibrary.org/resources/new-jersey-room/ |website=jclibrary.org |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref> The New Jersey Room holds over 20,000 volumes, in addition to historical maps and periodicals.<ref name="libguidenjroom">{{cite web |title=New Jersey Room - Resources for Local History |url=https://jclibrary.libguides.com/c.php?g=1120137 |website=JCFPL Guides |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref name="hobokengirl">{{cite web |last1=Griesbach |first1=Sarah |title=The NJ Room at the JC Public Library is a Hidden History-Filled Gem |url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/new-jersey-room-history-jersey-city-public-library/ |website=The Hoboken Girl |access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

The [[Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum]] is located on the upper floor of the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Public Library and features the heritage of Jersey City's African American community which has been preserved in a special collection. Additionally, a permanent collection of material culture of New Jersey's African Americans as well as African artifacts is also on display.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://njcu.libguides.com/afroammuseum|title=Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum, 1841 Kennedy Boulevard at the corner of Stevens Avenue, Second Floor of the Greenville Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library|website=njcu.libguides.com|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

The [[Van Wagenen House|Museum of Jersey City History]] is located in the historic Van Wagenen House on [[Bergen Square]] and features rotating and permanent exhibitions on the history of Jersey City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/11/museum-of-jersey-city-history-opening-with-an-exhibit-on-one-of-the-citys-best-known-figures-frank-hague.html|title=Museum of Jersey City History opening with an exhibit on one of the city's best-known figures, Frank Hague|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=November 20, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

[[Liberty State Park]] is home to the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal]], the Interpretive Center, and [[Liberty Science Center]], an interactive science and learning center. The center, which first opened in 1993 as New Jersey's first major state science museum, has science exhibits, the world's largest IMAX Dome theater, numerous educational resources, and the original [[Hoberman sphere]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/liberty.html Liberty State Park], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]]. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref> In 2017, the center debuted the Jennifer Chalsty [[Planetarium]], the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth largest in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/nyregion/planetarium-opens-in-new-jersey-ushering-in-a-new-kind-of-star-wars.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206222439/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/nyregion/planetarium-opens-in-new-jersey-ushering-in-a-new-kind-of-star-wars.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-12-06|title=Planetarium Opens in New Jersey, Ushering in a New Kind of Star Wars|publisher=The New York Times|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> From the park, ferries travel to both [[Ellis Island]] and the Immigration Museum and [[Liberty Island]], site of the [[Statue of Liberty]].<ref>[http://www.statuecruises.com/ Home Page], Statue Cruises. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref>

The [[Jersey City Museum]], [[Mana Contemporary]], and the [[Museum of Russian Art]], which specializes in [[Soviet Nonconformist Art]],<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/27/arts/unofficial-soviet-art-on-view-in-jersey-city.html "Unofficial Soviet Art On View in Jersey City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 27, 1981. Accessed April 1, 2015. "The 25th anniversary of nonconformist art in the Soviet Union is being observed by the Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art in Jersey City with an exhibition of 200 works by 70 artists."</ref> include permanent art collections and special exhibits such as the [[International Center of Photography]] photographic collection, reading room and archives, the Middle East Center for the Arts (MECA) and the [[Richard Meier]] Model Museum at Mana. Some stations of the [[Hudson Bergen Light Rail]] feature public art exhibitions, including those at [[Exchange Place (HBLR station)|Exchange Place]], [[Danforth Avenue (HBLR station)|Danforth Avenue]]<ref>[http://www.stationreporter.net/bayonne.htm "Hudson Bergen Light Rail (HBLR)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429221324/http://www.stationreporter.net/bayonne.htm |date=April 29, 2012 }}. Station Reporter. Accessed January 3, 2012.</ref> and [[Martin Luther King Drive (Hudson County)|Martin Luther King Drive station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |title=MLK Station |publisher=Subwaynut.com |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221090046/http://subwaynut.com/hblr/mlk_drive/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Transit_Hudson-Bergen_Light_Rail New Jersey Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail]. www.nycsubway.org. Accessed June 13, 2023.</ref>

Jersey City is also home to several art galleries of various scale and size including the Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery and Visial Arts Gallery at [[New Jersey City University]], the Fine Arts Gallery at [[Saint Peter's University]], the Jersey City Art School 313 Gallery as well as Drawing Rooms, SMUSH Gallery, Pro Arts Jersey City - Art 150 Gallery and Novado Gallery to name a few.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njcu.edu/community/center-arts/galleries|title=Galleries|website=njcu.edu|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintpeters.edu/fineartsgallery/|title=Fine Arts Gallery|website=saintpeters.edu|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/art-galleries-jersey-city/|title=Your Guide to Jersey City Art Galleries|website=hobokengirl|date=February 25, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

=== Performing arts ===
[[File:White Eagle Hall.jpg|thumb|right|The exterior of White Eagle Hall]]
[[White Eagle Hall]] is a 400-seat (800 general admission) performing arts venue located in [[The Village, Jersey City|the Village]] neighborhood of [[Downtown Jersey City|Downtown]] Jersey City. It first opened in 1910 as a performing arts venue and parish hall for [[St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church]]. For many years after it was the practice gym of the historic national powerhouse [[St. Anthony High School (New Jersey)|St. Anthony High School Friars]] basketball team led by [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] Coach [[Bob Hurley]]. It reopened in 2017 after a three-year $6 million renovation as a performing arts, gallery space, and restaurant complex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/05/03/renovated-white-eagle-hall-brings-music-jersey-city/100992780/|title=Renovated White Eagle Hall brings music to Jersey City|publisher=The Bergen Record|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> Starting in 2017, the Jersey City Theater Center performs their dance and theatre programming at White Eagle Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jctcenter.org/history/|title=History|publisher=Jersey City Theater Center|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

[[File:Lowes Jersey jeh.JPG|thumb|right|Loew's Jersey Theatre]]
The [[Loew's Jersey Theatre]] is a 3,500-seat historic movie palace and performing arts venue in the [[Journal Square]] neighborhood of Jersey City. It was built in 1929 and designed by the architectural firm of [[Rapp and Rapp]]. It is one of five [[Loew's Wonder Theatres]] in the New York metropolitan area and the only one built outside of [[New York City]]. When it opened it was called the "most lavish temple of music and entertainment" in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-jersey-journal-loews-jersey-city-to/161263573/|title=Loew's Jersey City to Mark 40th Year this Month|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=September 12, 1969|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref> In 2021, the theatre closed to undergo a $105 million renovation with a reopening scheduled for 2026 as a modern performing arts venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2024/12/12/lifestyle/how-restoration-of-historic-loews-jersey-theatre-will-reshape-journal-square-into-premier-arts-district/|title=How restoration of historic Loew's Jersey Theatre will reshape Journal Square into premier arts district|website=roi-nj.com|date=December 12, 2024|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

[[WFMU|Monty Hall]] is a live performing arts space owned and operated by WFMU 91.1FM starting in 2014 at their offices and studios at 43 Montgomery Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visithudson.org/things-to-do/artsandculture/monty-hall-wfmu/|title=WFMU - Hudson County|website=visithudson.org|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wfmu.org/|title=WFMU - FM91.1/Jersey City;90.1/Hudson Valley, NY|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>

Nimbus Arts Center at The Lively opened in 2020 in the [[Powerhouse Arts District, Jersey City|Powerhouse Arts District]] (PAD) as the home for Nimbus Dance Works. At {{convert|15,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}, the 150-seat performing arts venue hosts the organization's professional dance company, school of dance, performing arts presentations, visual arts program, and office headquarters. It is also home to Segunda Quimbamba and LUX Performing Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/09/nimbus-opens-the-doors-of-its-long-awaited-arts-center.html|title=Nimbus opens the doors of its long awaited Arts Center|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nimbusdance.org/accessibility/|title=Acessbility|publisher=Nimbus Dance|access-date=January 29, 2025}}</ref>

[[Art House Productions]] Theater Center is located in the Powerhouse Arts District (PAD) and opened in 2023. The two-story facility, gallery and 99-seat [[black box theater]] was designed by nationally recognized theater architects Auerbach Consultants. The center hosts plays, comedy shows, film festivals, music performances, dance and visual arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseydigs.com/art-house-theater-downtown-jersey-city/|title=Art House Set to Celebrate New Theater Opening in Jersey City|website=jerseydigs.com|date=July 11, 2023|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

The [[New Jersey Symphony]] is opening its first permanent venue in 2026 in the Powerhouse Arts District (PAD). The Symphony will be moving from its long time base of operations at the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]] (NJPAC) in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] to a purpose built 550-seat theater called the "Symphony Center". The {{convert|44,000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} Center will be a hub for concerts, classes and other activities. While the Symphony will continue to perform across New Jersey, the theater will serve as its primary location. The center will increase its programming over a five-year period, with about 20 to 30 performances in the 2026–27 season, and rising to about 150 to 200 performances in the 2030–31 season.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hernández|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/arts/music/new-jersey-symphony-new-concert-hall.html|title=Coming Soon to Jersey City: A Gleaming Home for the Symphony|publisher=The New York Times|date=August 21, 2024|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

Several venues at the universities in Jersey City are also used to present professional and semi-professional theater, dance, and music. [[New Jersey City University]] (NJCU) features the historic 1,000 seat Margaret Williams Theatre at Hepburn Hall and the 120-seat black box West Side Theatre. [[Saint Peter's University]] features the 200-seat Roy Irving Theatre at Dinneen Hall and the 400-seat "[[cabaret]]-style" performing arts space at the Mac Mahon Student Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visithudson.org/things-to-do/artsandculture/njcu-center-for-the-arts/|title=NJCU’s Center for the Arts|website=visithudson.org|access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saintpeters.edu/life/performing-arts/|title=Performing Arts - See and hear something you’ve never experienced before|website=saintpeters.edu|access-date=February 4, 2025}}</ref>

=== JCMAPS ===
Since 2013, the Jersey City Mural Arts Program (JCMAPS), has partnered with established and emerging local, national and international mural artists, such as JC based graffiti artist DISTORT, local Jersey City teachers, Brazilian artist [[Eduardo Kobra]], and American artists and activists such as [[Shepard Fairey]] and [[Kyle Holbrook]]. The city also engages property owners throughout Jersey City as part of the innovative program that reduces graffiti, engages local residents and beautifies Jersey City by transforming the city into a vibrant outdoor art gallery. To date, over 200 murals have been created by over 138 artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jcmap.org/|title=Jersey City Mural Arts Program|website=jcmap.org|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/10/watch_shepard_fairey_create_jersey_city_wave_in_4.html|title=Watch Shepard Fairey create 'Jersey City Wave' in 4 minutes|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=October 30, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Garcia|url=https://thedigestonline.com/new-jersey/distort-jersey-city/|title=Graffiti Artist DISTORT on Creating Jersey City’s Largest Mural|publisher=New Jersey Digest|date=May 26, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/07/you-can-now-find-all-of-jersey-citys-murals-on-this-website.html|title=All of Jersey City’s murals in one place|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=July 15, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, the Jersey City Youth Mural Arts Program (JCYMAP) started as an extension of JCMAPS. Students throughout Jersey City work together with art instructors on the final layout and design of the murals and engage in hands-on, intensive workshops that are designed to provide young artists with the tools and skills necessary to create public art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jerseycitynj.gov/news/mayorartistscelebrateyouthmuralartsprogram|title=Mayor Fulop & Jersey City Artists Celebrate 10 Years of Inspirational Youth Mural Arts Program|publisher=City of Jersey City|date=October 16, 2024|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/08/murals-unveiled-in-jersey-city-one-to-celebrate-friendship-and-another-to-fight-violence.html|title=Murals unveiled in Jersey City, one to celebrate friendship and another to fight violence|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=August 9, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref> The program also works with local universities such as [[New Jersey City University]] and [[Saint Peter's University]] to engage young-adults to create a mural under the direction of professional mural artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintpeters.edu/news/2020/01/23/when-art-forms-a-community-saint-peters-beautifies-jersey-city-through-mural-arts-program/|title=When Art Forms a Community: Saint Peter’s Beautifies Jersey City Through Mural Arts Program|publisher=Saint Peter's University|date=January 23, 2020|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

=== Festivals and events ===
Jersey City is home to several annual [[Arts festival|visual and performing arts festivals]], [[Art exhibition|fairs]], and other events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs|url=https://jerseycitynj.gov/community/officeofculturalaffairs|access-date=2020-11-25|website=jerseycitynj.gov|language=en-US}}</ref> These include Jersey City Art & Studio Tour (JCAST), a city-sponsored visual art showcase founded in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|title=JCAST|url=https://www.jerseycityculture.org/city-sponsored-events/jcast/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Jersey City Cultural Affairs|language=en-US}}</ref> Art Fair 14C, a non-profit juried exhibition for New Jersey artists and New Jersey's largest visual arts event,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mosca|first=David|date=February 18, 2020|title=Art Fair 14C brings together over 300 artists from the Garden State|work=The Jersey Journal|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/02/art-fair-14c-brings-together-over-300-artists-from-the-garden-state.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jcitytimes.com/drama-anxiety-and-beauty-at-art-fair-14c/|title=Drama, Anxiety and Beauty at Art Fair 14C|website=Jersey City Times|last=McCall|first=Tris|date=November 11, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2025|archive-date=September 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922214051/https://jcitytimes.com/drama-anxiety-and-beauty-at-art-fair-14c/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Your Move Modern Dance Festival, which was founded in 2010 and continues to be produced by [[Art House Productions]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Economopoulos|first=Aristide|date=November 15, 2019|title=Art House Productions 10th Annual Your Move modern dance festival|work=NJ Advance Media|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/02/art-fair-14c-brings-together-over-300-artists-from-the-garden-state.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Aristide |last=Economopoulos |date=2019-11-15|title=Art House Productions 10th Annual Your Move modern dance festival (Photos)|url=https://www.nj.com/news/g66l-2019/11/40f145fcc18080/art-house-productions-10th-annual-your-move-modern-dance-festival-photos.html|access-date=2021-04-07|website=nj|language=en}}</ref> Jersey City has also hosted JC Fridays, a city-wide quarterly seasonal arts festival organized by [[Art House Productions]] each March, June, September, and December since 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|last=La Gorce|first=Tommy|date=November 22, 2014|title=Jersey City: A Flower Blossoming as a New Colossus|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/nyregion/jersey-city-a-flower-blossoming-as-a-new-colossus.html}}</ref> [[Art House Productions]] also produces the Jersey City Comedy Festival (formerly known as the 6th Borough Comedy Festival), which presents [[Stand-up comedy|stand up]], [[Improvisational theatre|improv]], and [[sketch comedy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jersey City Comedy Festival Goes Virtual, August 12–15|url=https://www.tapinto.net/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/jersey-city-comedy-festival-goes-virtual-august-12-15|access-date=2021-04-07|website=TAPinto|language=en}}</ref> Since 2008, Art House Productions also hosts the annual Snow Ball Gala with a different theme every year. The gala celebrates Jersey City's vibrant arts and culture scene by honoring those who support artists and enrich Hudson County through arts programming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2025/01/snow-ball-will-celebrate-solidarity-in-the-jersey-city-arts-community.html|title=Snow Ball will celebrate solidarity in the Jersey City arts community|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=January 15, 2025|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

Groove on Grove is a free weekly summer music series that takes place every Wednesday from May to August at Grove Street [[Grove Street station (PATH)|PATH Plaza]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jcdowntown.org/event/groove-on-grove/|title=Groove on Grove|website=jcdowntown.org|access-date=January 30, 2025}}</ref>

Since 1992, the [[Hudson Shakespeare Company]] has been the resident [[Shakespeare festival]] of [[Hudson County]] performing a free Shakespeare production for each month of the summer throughout various parks in the city. The group regularly performs at [[Hamilton Park, Jersey City|Hamilton Park]] (9th Street & Jersey Avenue), [[Van Vorst Park]] (Jersey Avenue & Montgomery Street), and [[Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery|The Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery]] (435 Newark Avenue).<ref>[https://www.hudsonshakespeare.com/park-venues Venues], Hudson Shakespeare Company. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref>

The Ghost of Uncle Joe's is an annual weekend long music festival fundraiser that takes place in October and benefits [[Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery|The Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery]]. Started in 2010 and named after Uncle Joe's, a popular former rock club in Downtown Jersey City, performances are held at the cemetery and the festival is [[Halloween]] themed and features a mix of local musicians covering well known artists and bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2015/10/ghost_of_uncle_joes_ushers_in_halloween_season_at.html|title=Ghost of Uncle Joe's ushers in Halloween season at Historic Jersey City & Harsimus Cemetery|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/opinion/2024/10/start-planning-your-costumes-music-lovers-the-countdown-to-2024s-ghost-of-uncle-joes-has-begun-testa.html|title=Start planning your costumes, music lovers! The countdown to 2024′s Ghost of Uncle Joe's has begun-Testa|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=October 9, 2024|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

Starting in 2010, the annual Jersey City Ward Tour is a recreational [[cycling]] event that takes riders on a {{convert|16|mi|km|adj=on}} tour through all six wards of Jersey City and attracts over 3,000 cyclists. The tour is a fundraising event held by Bike JC, a nonprofit organization that advocates on making the streets safer for cyclists by promoting bike-friendly policies such as protected bike lanes and bicycle safety education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2024/05/bike-jcs-ward-tour-returns-to-where-it-began-and-honors-late-tour-founder.html|title=Bike JC’s Ward Tour returns to where it began and honors late tour founder|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=May 30, 2024|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

The annual Jersey City Jazz Festival, started in 2013, is the largest [[jazz]] festival in the [[New York metropolitan area]] and features performances throughout Jersey City over the course of four days. The festival has been so successful that in 2024, the Jersey City [[Latin Jazz]] Festival began as its own event. Both festivals are held at [[Exchange Place, Jersey City|Exchange Place]] and are produced by Riverview Jazz, a Jersey City-based non-profit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/jersey-city-jazz-festival-2024/|title=Jersey City Jazz Festival 2024 Kicks off Today, 5/29|website=hobokengirl.com|date=May 29, 2024|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/asburymusic.com/getarticle2.php?titlelink=inaugural-jersey-city-latin-jazz-festival-coming-to-jc-waterfront-on-september-14th092024|title=Inaugural Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival coming to JC Waterfront on September 14th|website=newjerseystage.com|date=September 3, 2024|access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>

Jersey City hosts its annual [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]] fireworks celebration, concert and street fair at Exchange Place. The celebration is one of the largest in the metropolitan area attracting over 100,000 people with [[Fireworks by Grucci]] over the [[Hudson River]], Jersey City Night Market and hosting several local and international [[performing artists]] over the years such as the [[Village People]] (2016), [[Kool and the Gang]] (2017), [[Snoop Dogg]] (2018), [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] (2019), [[Akon]] (2018 & 2019), [[Shaquille O'Neal#Music career|DJ Diesel]] (2022), [[Flo Rida]] (2022), [[Fat Joe]] (2024) and [[Wyclef Jean]] (2024).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/06/street-fair-and-fireworks-for-fourth-of-july-in-jersey-city.html|title=Street fair and fireworks for Fourth of July in Jersey City|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=June 14, 2023|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hobokengirl.com/july-4th-jersey-city-nj-wyclef-jean/|title=Wyclef Jean to Headline Jersey City 4th of July Celebration 2024|website=hobokengirl.com|date=June 29, 2024|access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>

The Jersey City Mural Arts Festival started in 2021 and was born out of the successful Jersey City Mural Arts Program (JCMAPS). The inaugural festival featured over 50 artists and activated more than 30 walls throughout Jersey City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/05/jersey-city-announces-first-mural-fest-across-the-city-june-5-6.html|title=Jersey City announces first Mural Festival across the city June 5–6|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=May 28, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2025}}</ref>

The city's [[Culinary arts|culinary profile]] has risen in recent years with Jersey City hosting two annual restaurant weeks during the [[winter]] months, Hudson County Restaurant Week and Jersey City Restaurant Fest, to celebrate its local establishments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2025/01/bring-your-appetite-this-winter-for-20th-annual-hudson-restaurant-week.html|title=Bring your appetite this winter for 20th annual Hudson Restaurant Week|publisher=The Jersey Journal|date=January 15, 2025|access-date=February 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/events/jersey-city-restaurant-fest|title=Jersey City Restaurant Fest|website=tapinto.net|access-date=February 25, 2025}}</ref>