Thursday, September 9, 2010

Hoboken Italian Festival Starts Today- Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri

The annual Hoboken "Feast of the Madonna Dei Martiri" Italian Festival Starts today September 9, 2010
and runs thorugh Sunday September 12, 2010. The Festival is located at Sinatra Park by the waterfront and includes many musical acts, acticvities and food vendors and has its origins from 600 years of Italian tradition (go to: http://www.hobokenitalianfestival.com/html/origin.htm for more information)

Below is the schedule of events:

Thursday 9/9:

5:00PM - 7:00PM : Garden State Radio
7:00PM -10:00PM : Johnny Drama
8:30PM - 9:00PM: Annual Pizza-Eating Contest
10:00 - 11:00PM: Live DJ

Friday 9/10:

5:30PM - 7:30PM: Monte’s Pythons (cover band)
8:00PM -11:00PM: Asbury Fever

Saturday 9/11:

Procession
12:30PM - 1:15PM Johnny Maggio sings Sinatra, Bennett, Martin
1:30PM - 3:15PM: Alfio - The Voice of Passion
3:30PM  - 4:15PM: Iliana Incandela
4:30PM - 6:30PM: R3 Bros. - The area's Newest Italian American sensation
7:00PM -11:00PM: Opera 3000
8:30PM - 9:00PM: Annual Cannoli-Eating Contest

Sunday 9/12:

12:00PM - 12:30PM Garden State Jazz Orchestra
12:30PM - 2:30PM: Longtooth
3:00PM - 4:45PM:  “Krystal – Hoboken’s Own Rock Band”
5:00PM - 7:00PM: Chiclettes
7:00PM - 7:30PM: Annual Grape Stomp Contest:
8:00PM - 9:00PM: Jersey Sound
9:00PM - 9:25PM:  Fireworks (Click image to view fireworks video)
9:25PM - 10:00PM: Jersey Sound

Go to this link for the most up to date schedule: http://www.hobokenitalianfestival.com/html/schedule.htm

The Procession of the Madonna from a previous year
Here is a map of the procession that is set for Saturday:

Procession Starts at St. Francis Church and goes to the boat area this Saturday

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