This annual family-friendly event features music, theater, dance, kids’ activities, food, arts and crafts, merchandise, and community exchange.

Located at the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street, Bergen Square is the historical heart of Jersey City. Today it is a vibrant, bustling community where residents, commuters, shoppers, students, and churchgoers come together to form an extraordinary, unique urban enclave.

Ancient home to the Lenni Lenape and established by the Dutch as the first permanent European settlement in New Jersey in 1660, Bergen Square has welcomed immigrants from around the world for centuries and now flourishes as the historical and cultural wellspring of Jersey City.

2025 entertainment lineup

BERGEN SQUARE STAGE

12 PM to 6 PM

FEATURING THE BEATS OF DEEJAY KHADI

12:30 PM

George Hodnett and Instruments of Praise (Rhythm and Blues)

2:00 PM

Surati Studios presents Performing Arts from India

3:30 PM

Rollin' J's (Reggae)

5:00 PM

Spirit of Life Ensemble (Jazz)

MUSEUM OF JERSEY CITY HISTORY AT THE APPLE TREE HOUSE

THROUGHOUT THE DAY

HISTORY TOURS

12-6 PM

MJCH EXHIBITS

Legendary Arenas and the Legends Who Performed there
The Colgate Clock
Jersey City Across the Centuries

THROUGHOUT THE DAY

She doesn’t always make it into the big history books, but in Hudson County, she’s remembered as a heroine — the Jersey City woman who helped foil Benedict Arnold’s treason and saved the American Revolution.

Speranza Theatre Company invites you to “meet” Jane Tuers, hear her story, ask questions, and then walk through historic Bergen Square to her grave. Jane will be greeting guests at 12:30 PM, 2:30 PM, and 4:30 PM.