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Santa Lucia Festival
July 31, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Santa Lucia Festival runs July 31 through Aug. 3 along 10th and Williams streets in Omaha’s Little Italy neighborhood.
Schedule:
THURSDAY
- 5:30 PM – Officer’s Reception Invitation Only
- 7:00 PM – Opening Ceremony
- 7:45 PM – Arch Lighting Ceremony
- 8:00 PM – La Banda
FRIDAY
- 5:00 PM – Carmelita de la Guardia
- 6:00 PM – Bocce Ball Tournament Begins (goes through Sunday)
- 6:15 PM – Santa Lucia Festival Band
- 7:15 PM – Cannoli Eating Championships
- 7:45 PM – Coconut Sam Band
- 8:00 PM – Arch Lighting Ceremony
SATURDAY
- 12:00 PM – Bocce Ball Tournament Continues
- 4:00 PM – Mark Morello & Bernadette Smith
- 5:00 PM – Patrick McFall accordionist
- Saturday Mass (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 6:00 PM – Santa Lucia Festival Band
- 8:00 PM – The Downtown Collective District
- – Arch Lighting Ceremony
- 11:00 PM to 8:00 AM – Overnight Vigil (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
SUNDAY
- 9:45 AM – Member Procession (Santa Lucia Hall)
- 9:45 AM – 10:00 PM – Booths open
- 10:30 AM – Vesting of the Statue of Santa Lucia (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 11:00 AM – Festival Mass
- 12:00 PM – Statue of Santa Lucia exits the church
- 12:15 PM – Procession through Little Italy
- 1:00 PM – Generations, Genealogy Room Opens (Santa Lucia Hall | Closes at 4:00 PM), Member Photo Under Arch SLFC Members Only
- 2:00 PM – Bocce Ball Tournament Continues
- 4:00 PM – La Banda
- 5:30 PM – Sunday Mass (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 6:55 PM – Arch Lighting Ceremony
- 7:00 PM – Closing Ceremonies
- 8:00 PM – Queen Coronation
- 9:00 PM – Benediction (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 9:30 PM – Street Dance (St. Frances Cabrini Church to Santa Lucia Hall)
