JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a class="more" href="/e1">Event 1</a> (TEXT 1)
<br>
<a class="more" href="/e2">Event 2</a> (TEXT 2)
<br>
<a class="more" href="/e3">Event 3</a> (TEXT 3)
<br>

JavaScript

$.fn.nextText = function() {
  return this.length ? this[0].nextSibling.nodeValue : null;
};

var text = $('.more').eq(0).nextText();
console.log(text);