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🌱 Patch AM: Jamtoberfest '26: The Ultimate Jam Band Concert & Festival and 11 more events
Also check out Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know on the Oakland Patch calendar

Good day Oakland! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know at Webinar - Online Presentation
- Grand Opening! Vintage Store and Art Workshops!
- North Jersey Concert Band presents Danzon! at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
... and check out 12 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 72 and low of 63 degrees.
- Friday: Warmer with clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 54.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, with a high of 70 and low of 48 degrees.
📸 Around Oakland
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oakland
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Grand Opening! Vintage Store and Art Workshops! →
1222 NJ-23, Wantage
10:00 am - North Jersey Concert Band presents Danzon! →
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 155 Linwood Ave, Ridgewood
7:30 pm - Harvestfest Craft Show & Antique & Gift Corner, Sun. Oct. 4, 125 Exhibitors, Veterans Pk, Westwood →
Veteran's Memorial Park, 50 Madison Ave, Westwood
9:00 am - Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Pet Adoption Day →
680 River Dr, Elmwood Park
11:00 am - 6th Annual Dining Out Jersey Foodie Expo →
Riverview Ballroom, 700 Palisadium Dr, Cliffside Park
7:00 pm - JTCC Hackensack Culinary Medicine Kitchen →
John Theurer Cancer Center Culinary Medicine Kitchen 92 2nd St, Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601,
1:00 pm
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Wednesday October 7
Wednesday October 21
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Other local events
- Jamtoberfest '26: The Ultimate Jam Band Concert & Festival →
Swim & Sport Club, 272 Emmans Rd, Roxbury Township
1:00 pm - NEW DATE: Stitches In Time: American Quilts 1800-1976 →
Oakland Public Library Community Room, 2 Municipal Plaza, Oakland
2:00 pm - Come Paint With Us! →
Copper Tree Mall, 350 Ramapo Valley Rd, Oakland
6:45 pm - North Jersey Card Show - The Late Night Show at Wayne PAL →
1 Pal Dr, Wayne
5:00 pm - Fall Festival →
335 N Franklin Tpke, Ho-Ho-Kus
12:00 pm - History of the Bergen County Courthouse →
Oakland Public Library, 2 Municipal Plaza, Oakland
2:00 pm - Murder Mystery Dinner →
335 N Franklin Tpke, Ho-Ho-Kus
6:30 pm - Wayne Valley H.S. Fall Craft Show, Sun. Oct. 18, Over 100 Exhibitors, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne →
Wayne Valley High School, 551 Valley Rd, Wayne
10:00 pm
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Sunday October 11
Saturday October 17
Sunday October 18
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Ok Oakland! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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