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Santa Lucia Festival
June 7 @ 9:45 am – 10:00 pm
The 102nd Santa Lucia Festival is June 4-7 in Omaha’s Little Italy neighborhood, around 10th and William streets. There will be be live music, a nightly arch lighting ceremony, and Italian food.
2026 schedule:
THURSDAY, June 4th | 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
- 5:00 PM Open Bocce Ball play (courts will remain open until 9 PM)
- 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, June 5th | 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- 5:00 PM Mark Morello
- 6:00 PM Bocce Ball Tournament Begins (goes through Sunday)
- 6:15 PM Santa Lucia Festival Band
- 7:00 PM Cannoli Eating Championships
- 7:45 PM Downtown Collective Band
- 8:00 PM Arch Lighting Ceremony
SATURDAY, June 6th | 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM
- 12:00 PM Carmelita de la Guardia
- 1:00 PM Bocce Ball Tournament Continues
- 1:30 PM Chicken Wire Band
- 2:00 PM Genealogy Room Opens (Santa Lucia Hall | Closes at 5 PM)
- 4:00 PM Katy Bisanti and Mark Morello
- 5:00 PM Patrick McFall Accordionist
- Saturday Mass (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 6:00 PM Santa Lucia Festival Band
- 8:00 PM Finest Hour
- Arch Lighting Ceremony
SUNDAY, June 7th | 9:45 AM – 10:00 PM *Booths will open after procession
- 9:45 AM Member Procession (Santa Lucia Hall)
- 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 Travis the Band
- Genealogy Room Opens (Santa Lucia Hall | Closes at 4 PM)
- 2:00 PM Bocce Ball Tournament Continues
- 4:00 PM La Banda
- 5:30 PM Patrick McFall Accordionist | Sunday Mass (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 6:30 PM Santa Lucia Choir
- 6:55 PM Arch Lighting Ceremony
- 7:00 PM Queen Coronation and Closing Ceremonies
- 9:00 PM Benediction (St. Frances Cabrini Church)
- 9:30 PM Street Dance (St. Frances Cabrini Church to Santa Lucia Hall)
