Enjoy a tasty Sylvañas pop-up at Pokay Bowl or brush up on your dance moves at the JC Ballroom’s pre-Valentine’s Day dance party — all that and more in our pick of this weekend’s best events.
Friday Events
What: Spicy Food Fest at Zeppelin Hall
When: through February 16
Where: 88 Liberty View Drive
Get your taste buds ready for some heat. Zeppelin Hall just launched a “Hot Stuff” menu featuring spicy dishes from around the world. The menu includes Spicy Korean Spare Ribs (75k Scoville units), a Chipotle Burger (8k Scoville units), Sriracha Hot-Smoked Wings (300k Scoville units), and 5-Alarm Chili Nachos (5k Scoville units). The menu is available through Sunday, February 16.
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What: Departed Soles + Liberty Humane Society Collab
When: through February 10
Where: 150 Bay Street
Local beer brewery Departed Soles is teaming up with the Liberty Humane Society for the first annual West of the “Minster Ad-hop-table Dog Show.” In a nutshell, DS will feature six adoptable doggos from the LHS on their forthcoming beer cans. Reps from the LHS will also be on-hand at the tasting room to offer more info on the pups and all pets available for adoption at the LHS. Plus, take a photo of your pupper at DS or with DS merch for a chance to win some DS prizes.
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What: Pre-Valentine’s Day Party at the JC Ballroom
When: Friday, February 7 from 7pm to 10pm
Where: 189 Brunswick Street
The Jersey City Ballroom is throwing an early Valentine’s Day dance party this evening. The party will include group classes, performances, and drinks/eats on the house. Admission is $15/pp or $10 if you wear a Valentine’s Day-themed outfit. (189 Brunswick Street).
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Saturday Events
What: Kevana CBD Pop-Up at Franklin Social
When: Saturday & Sunday from 11am to 3pm
Where: 292 Barrow
Franklin Social is hosting its first event this weekend with Kevana, a company specializing in health/wellness through CBD products. Learn, sample, and shop CBD health products while enjoying brunch at Franklin Social.
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What: Sylvañas Pop-Up at Pokay Bowl
When: Saturday, February 8 from 3pm to 5pm
Where: 283 Newark Avenue
Sylvañas are Filipino frozen stuffed cookies consisting of buttercream sandwiched between two cashew-meringue wafers. Jersey City’s Sylvañas & Co. will be at Pokay Bowl for a special cookie pop-up this Saturday.
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Sunday Events
What: Jersey City Oddities Market
When: Sunday, February 9 from 12pm to 6pm
Where: Harborside Atrium
The JC Oddities Market is hosting its fourth annual “Til Death Do Us Part” Valentine’s Day market. The market will focus on niche oddities from artists, jewelers, and taxidermists. This pop-up market will feature over 24 vendors of the strange and unusual. Admission is free, but a $3 donation is encouraged.
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What: Jersey City Soup Swap at Grace Van Vorst
When: Sunday, February 9 at 2pm
Where: 39 Erie Street
The Jersey City Soup Swap is a community-organized event that lets residents swap homemade soups with one another. Just bring four quarts of frozen soup (i.e. four containers), and take 4 quarts of frozen soup. Done!
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What: Drag Bingo at Corgi Spirits
When: Sunday, February 9 from 3pm to 6pm
Where: 1 Distillery Drive
Local gin distillery Corgi Spirits is teaming up with Harmonica Sunbeam for an afternoon of drag bingo. There will be six different games, with the first three being regular bingo and the last three increasing in difficulty. Prizes will be given to the winners of each game.
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What: Bingo Bongo Show at JSQ Lounge
When: Sunday, February 9 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Where: 50 Journal Square
JC Burlesque is back at the JSQ Lounge. Every second Sunday of the month, join Lillian Bustle and friends as they shake, shimmy, sing, and host a bingo game at JSQ Lounge. The night will include games, food/cocktails, and prizes.
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