🌱 Jamtoberfest 2026: A Full Day of Live Jam Bands, Food, and Community in Flanders and 11 more events
Hillside, New Jersey Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Hillside! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Wellpoint New Jersey Sponsors "Latif Rivers Day" in Elizabeth at Erxleben Recreation Center 513 Richmond Street Elizabeth, NJ 07202
- Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! at Union Congregational Church
- 13th Annual 2026 Oktoberfest at Union College
... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.
- Saturday: Rain and drizzle possible, temps: high: 68, low: 57.
- Sunday: Cloudy, a little rain; breezy, with a high of 65 and low of 58 degrees.
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★ Featured events ★
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Wellpoint New Jersey Sponsors "Latif Rivers Day" in Elizabeth →
Erxleben Recreation Center 513 Richmond Street Elizabeth, NJ 07202,
10:00 am -
Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! →
Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave, Montclair
7:00 pm -
13th Annual 2026 Oktoberfest →
Union College, Cranford
5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
Monday September 28
Saturday October 3
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Other local events
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Back-To-School Dance
Walter O. Krumbiegel Hillside, NJ 07205
5:30 pm -
Jamtoberfest 2026: A Full Day of Live Jam Bands, Food, and Community in Flanders →
Swim & Sport Club, 272 Emmans Rd, Roxbury Township
1:00 pm -
Cannabis Certified Starting October 5th! →
Raritan Valley Community College On ZOOM
6:00 pm -
North Plainfield at Hillside →
Hillside, 1085 Liberty Ave, Hillside
1:00 pm
Friday September 25
Saturday October 3
Monday October 5
Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Girls Middle School Field Hockey vs Kent Place School
Westfield School District, 550 Dorian Road, Westfield
4:00 pm -
Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Governor Livingston High School
Westfield School District, 175 Watchung Blvd., Berkeley Heights
4:00 pm -
Girls Freshman Field Hockey @ Northern Highlands Regional High Scho
Westfield School District, 298 Hillside Ave, Allendale
4:15 pm -
Pottery Wheel & Clay Kids Class →
Fire Me Up! Studio, 117 North Union Ave., Cranford
4:15 pm -
Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Governor Livingston High School
Westfield School District, 550 Dorian Road, Westfield
4:15 pm -
Girls JV Soccer vs Rutgers Prep School
Westfield School District, 550 Dorian Rd, Westfield
4:30 pm -
Girls Varsity Soccer vs Rutgers Prep School
Westfield School District, 550 Dorian Rd, Westfield
4:30 pm -
RAINDATE: PTO Pizza Social
MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 500 First St, Westfield
5:00 pm
Friday September 25
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🗞 Nearby News
Union
- Hit a Hole in One for the arts (unionnewsdaily.com)
- New Jersey's fall foliage forecast is in: Here's when leaves will hit peak color (news12.com)
- FinFe$T 2026, a 2-Day Financial Empowerment Festival, to Put Black and Brown Communities at the Center of the AI Economy (blacknews.com)
Elizabeth
- Investigation into Lt. Gov. Caldwell has already cost N.J. nearly $50K (nj.com)
Newark
- Controversial Fee Eliminated For Newark Apartment Renters (patch.com)
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