What's on in Rutherford on a budget?
18 upcoming events
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Events in Rutherford on a budget
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At 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🍽️Food
Boost Your Immune System Naturally
Rutherford Free Public Library
Tomorrow · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop
Basic ESL
Rutherford Free Public Library
Tomorrow · 11 AMFree
✂️Workshop🗣️Language café
Intermediate ESL
Rutherford Free Public Library
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Spanish Class for Adults
Rutherford Free Public Library
Tomorrow · 3 PMFree
🤝Volunteering
Community Service Club
Rutherford Free Public Library
Fri2
Friday 2 October
Sun4
Sunday 4 October
Later
Tue 6 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎬Cinema
Cinema Studies: Wilder & the War
Rutherford Free Public Library
Wed 7 · 6 PMFree
💼Career
THE DEAL ROOM: Wholesale Extravaganza
301 Route 17 North Rutherford, NJ
Fri 9 · 2:40 PMFree
🎨Creative workshop5–6 yrs
Arts and Crafts with Mrs. Jay
Rutherford Schools
Sat 17 · 10 AMFree
🕊️Human rights🏛️Politics & Economy
No Kings: Vote Early
Sunset Park
Sat 17 · 8 PM$19.28
🎫Concert
Vow of Hatred with special guests: Chains of Misery, Damage Control and Sinical
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
Sat 17 · 11:55 PM$19.28
🎬Cinema👑Drag show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Live Movie Experience MIDNIGHT SCREENING
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
Tue 27 · 7 PM$0–21.37
🎬Cinema
Nosferatu (1922) Rivoli Revival
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
See also in Rutherford on a budget
At 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at The Local Pub
The Local Pub, Carlstadt
Tomorrow · 7 PM$26.46
🎉Club💿DJ set
Damag3 with special guests Film and Gender, Paloe and Conor Cristi
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
Fri 23 · 9:30 PM$20.44–100.51
🎸Rock🌐World music
Halloween Rock en Español & Rumban NJ
Shawn's Crazy Saloon, North Arlington
Tomorrow · 8 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Obal's Inn
Obal's Inn, Bloomfield
Sun 4 · 5 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Live Music: Irish Music Session Every Sunday at The Hutton
The Hutton Bar and Grill, Jersey City
Sun 18 · 6:30 PM$38–99
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Wednesday 13
Dingbatz, Clifton
Mon 19 · 7:30 PM$30.41
🎷Jazz🌐World music
From Lima With Love @ Green Space Studios
Green Space Studios, Union City
At 2 PMFree
🎸Jam / Open mic🎷Jazz
Afternoon Jam in the Cafe
Jazzcultural, New York
At 5:30 PM$35.46–45.76
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
Birdland, New York (NYC)
Tomorrow$134.504.9(14)
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Manhattan Evening Jazz Cruise
Classic Harbor Line, New York
At 7 PM$29.85
🎉Parties
Golden Hour – Wednesday Connections Singles Mixer
Marty Gras, Lyndhurst
Sun 4 · 12 PM$0
🎪Street party🍽️Food
16th Annual Diwali Mela - The Festival of Lights
Buchmuller Park, Secaucus
Sat 17 · 10 AM$0–12.51
🎪Street party
Bringing Food Freedom East
American Dream, East Rutherford
Sat 24 · 7:30 PM$20–50
🎊Village dance✨Belly dance
Dandiya Dhamaka 2026 In New Jersey.
Secaucus Recreation Center
Fri 9 · 6:30 PM$177.69–534.79
🎪Street party🤝Volunteering
Move Over Awareness Fall Cocktail Reception & Cigar Smoke Fundraiser
The Graycliff, Moonachie
Sat 24 · 7 PM
🎪Street party
The Purple Diamond Awards Gala
The Brookside Banquets
At 2 PM$27–32
🎉Club☀️Open air
Immersive Mini Golf at Puttery NYC!
High Line Comedy Club, New York
At 5 PM
🌳Outdoors🎊Village dance
Gather Round: Let’s Dance! at Manhattan West
Manhattan West Plaza
Fri 9 · 7 PM$48–981
🎤Stand-up
Vic Dibitetto
Bananas Comedy Club - Renaissance Hotel, Rutherford
At 2 PM$50–182
🕺Musical🎭Theatre
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
John Golden Theatre, New York
At 2 PM
🎭Theatre
creation stories and all the important importants
Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center, New York
At 7 PM
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Dingbats @ Dingbatz
Dingbatz, Clifton
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature
Evening Book Club
Lyndhurst Public Library
At 10 AMFree
📚Literature
Annex Morning Book Club
Secaucus - Annex
Today
Consumer fair
PTO Today Expo
Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus
At 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
John Berckes
Secaucus Public Library, Seacaucus
Fri 2 · 10 AMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
ESL Class
Secaucus - Media Center
Sun 4 · 2 PM$25.97
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Lois Lowry celebrates BUILDING 903 at Barnes & Noble - Clifton, NJ
Barnes & Noble - Clifton, NJ
Thu 8 · 7 PM$155.56
🍽️Food
Sonoma Bistro October Wine Tasting Dinner
59 Park Ave, Rutherford
Tomorrow
🖼️Exhibition📸Photography
Drawing Room Solo Project Space 8
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City
Tomorrow · 7 PMFree
📚Literature
Book Club: The Calamity Club
Wood-Ridge Memorial Library
Fri 2 · 11 AMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
ESL Class
Wallington's John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Fri 2 · 3:30 PMFree
🖼️Art & Culture
Origami Fridays with Nobuko Okabe (Ages 7 and Up)
Nutley Free Public Library
Fri 2 · 6:30 PM$90
🍽️Food
Collectors Club Dinner at 2026 NOJEX
Segovia Restaurant, Moonachie
Sat 3 · 10 AMFree
🏰Heritage🗺️Guided tour
Free Guided Trolley Bus Tour Explores Newark Forest Hill Historic District
Ballantine Gateway, Newark
Sat 17 · 12 PM
🖼️Exhibition🌳Outdoors
OPEN STUDIOS, Mana Chicago
Monira Residencies, Jersey City
At 10 AM$0
Consumer fair
Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Expo Partner Event (New York City)
Javits Center, New York
At 11 AM$0
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance Gallery Tour
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts - Oenslager Gallery
At 12:30 PM
🎬Cinema
Godzilla Minus Zero
Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York
At 1 PM
🗣️Talk
The Dance Historian Is In: Ronnie Ancona on Martha Graham’s Greek Dances
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
At 1 PM$0
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
The Dance Historian Is In: Ronnie Ancona on Martha Graham’s Greek Dances
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium
At 1 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Movies at the Library - The Devil Wears Prada 2
Lodi Memorial Library
At 2 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Movie Matinee: Remember The Titans (2000)
Montclair Public Library
At 3 PM
🗣️Talk🌳Outdoors
Gallery Talk: Closer Look at Goya's "Forge"
West Gallery, New York
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