Fiery Latin music, food trucks, and cold beer by Lutze Biergarten will kick off the Fall season in Jersey City with PierFest, which will run from Sept 21 to Oct 12, every Friday night at the J. Owen Grundy Pier. Each show will run from 6 to 9 p.m.

The four week event will begin with John "Dandy" Rodriguez's Dream Team and Andrea Brachfeld and Bill O'Connell's Latin Jazz Project on Sept 21. Grammy-nominee Doug Beavers Art, of the Arrangement and Cuban drummer Enildo Rasua "The Third Hand," will perform on Sept 28.

Oct 5 will feature a special Jersey City Artist Studio Tour edition with Cuban vocalist Chino Pons and Jersey City native Alex Tea and his Brazilian reggae-inspired band. The festival will close out on Oct 12 with Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party and the African-influenced band Molly Tigre, both based out of Brooklyn.

Riverview Jazz and Exchange Place Alliance have partnered to bring this free series to the J. Owen Grundy Pier.

Admission for all shows for PierFest are free, rain or shine. In the event of rain, the show will take place at the Harborside Atrium at 210 Hudson St, courtesy of Mack-Cali.

J. Owen Grundy Pier is located on the Jersey City waterfront at the end of Montgomery St, next to Exchange Place.