What's on in Rutherford for free?
11 upcoming events
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Events in Rutherford for free
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Wednesday 30 September
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Movie Screening: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Rutherford Free Public Library
Wed 30 · 10:30 AMFree
📖Story time0–5 yrs
Story Time with Miss Jane
Rutherford Free Public Library
Wed 30 · 4 PMFree
👾Video games8–11 yrs
Children's Program: Minecraft: Haunted Mansion
Rutherford Free Public Library
Wed 30 · 5:30 PMFree
📚Literature
Read 'Em & Eat Book Club
Rutherford Free Public Library
Thu1
Thursday 1 October
Later
Tue 6 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎬Cinema
Cinema Studies: Wilder & the War
Rutherford Free Public Library
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
Tue 27 Oct · 7 PM$0–21.37
🎬Cinema
Nosferatu (1922) Rivoli Revival
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
See also in Rutherford for free
Fri 2 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
AC/DC - POWER UP TOUR 2026
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
Wed 30 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at The Local Pub
The Local Pub, Carlstadt
Thu 1 · 8 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Obal's Inn
Obal's Inn, Bloomfield
Sun 18 · 6:30 PM$38–99
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Wednesday 13
Dingbatz, Clifton
At 5:30 PM$24.91–45.76
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Birdland, New York (NYC)
Tomorrow$134.504.9(14)
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Manhattan Evening Jazz Cruise
Classic Harbor Line, New York
Wed 30 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Keepers
Keepers, Harrison
Sun 4 · 12 PM$0
🎪Street party🍽️Food
16th Annual Diwali Mela - The Festival of Lights
Buchmuller Park, Secaucus
Fri 16 · 9 PM$24.37–41.85
🎉Club💿DJ set
We Touch Grass - Anime Rave
Williams Center - Black Box - Rutherford
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
Sat 3 · 10 PM
🎉Club🔥Reggaeton
Reggaeton NYC - Latin Party NYC Every Saturday
Copacabana, New York City
Fri 9 · 7 PM$48–981
🎤Stand-up
Vic Dibitetto
Bananas Comedy Club - Renaissance Hotel, Rutherford
Mon 14 · 7:30 PM$25
🎤Stand-up
Good Eggs ft: Emma Willmann, Gary Vider, JC Mendoza, Matt Ruby, Julio Diaz
New York Comedy Club Upper West Side
Thu 1
🎻Opera
La bohème
Metropolitan Opera House, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$179–299
🕺Musical
Hamilton
Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$67.50–147.50
🕺Musical
Aladdin
New Amsterdam Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$66–209
🕺Musical
The Book of Mormon
Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$59–169
🎭Stage
Buena Vista Social Club
Schoenfeld Theatre, New York
At 7 PM$70–154
🎭Theatre🕺Musical
Heathers The Musical
New World Stages, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$182–277
🕺Musical
Just In Time
Circle In The Square Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$129
🎭Stage
Little Shop of Horrors
Westside Theatre Upstairs, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$50–207
🕺Musical🎭Theatre
Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
John Golden Theatre, New York
Today$52.50
🎭Theatre
Perfect Crime
The Theater Center, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$74.38–159
🕺Musical
Schmigadoon!
Nederlander Theatre, New York
Wed 30 · 2 PM$139
🎭Theatre
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
Samuel J Friedman Theatre, New York
At 7 PM$79–177
🕺Musical
The Great Gatsby
Broadway Theatre, New York
Tomorrow$132.50–220
🕺Musical
The Outsiders
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM$64–182
🎭Theatre
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Longacre Theatre, New York
Tomorrow · 7 PM$86–125
🕺Musical
Wicked
Gershwin Theatre, New York
At 7 PM$79.50–189
🎭Stage
Chicago
Ambassador Theatre, New York
At 7 PM$78.25–193
🕺Musical
SIX: The Musical
Lena Horne Theatre, New York
At 6:30 PMFree
📚Literature
Classics Book Club: 1984 by George Orwell
Secaucus Public Library, Seacaucus
Wed 30
Consumer fair
PTO Today Expo
Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus
Wed 30 · 10 AMFree
📚Literature
Annex Morning Book Club
Secaucus - Annex
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
Fri 2 · 6:30 PM$90
🍽️Food
Collectors Club Dinner at 2026 NOJEX
Segovia Restaurant, Moonachie
Sat 17 · 12 PM
🖼️Exhibition🌳Outdoors
OPEN STUDIOS, Mana Chicago
Monira Residencies, Jersey City
At 4:45 PM
🗣️Talk🎬Cinema
Talk: Lee Chang-dong
Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York
At 5 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Movies at the Library - The Devil Wears Prada 2
Lodi Memorial Library
Tomorrow
🖼️Exhibition📸Photography
Cecily Brown | New Editions
Two Palms, New York
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