2022-08 103rd St. Anthony's Feast

It was officially St. Anthony's Feast weekend in the City of Boston, proclaimed by Mayor Wu with over 200,000 expected to attend the 103rd "Feast of all Feasts" held in the North End. The fun continued all weekend with Italian American music, delicious foods and confections, religious services, cooking demonstrations, olive oil and cheese tastings, radio and TV broadcasts, and the grand procession of Saint Anthony & Saint Lucy, featuring award-winning drum and bugle corps, marching bands, sponsor floats and color guard.

Confetti fills the sky over a money covered statue of Saint Anthony during the Grand Finale as the band plays "When the Saints Coming Marching In"
Society members carry St. Anthony statue through the finale crowd
Crowds surround the St. Anthony's Feast Procession

Night carrying crew for Saint Anthony
Fried dough - a summer festival standard
Money ribbons

St. Anthony enters Caffe Paradiso
Bringing home the statue of St. Anthony
Ribbon devotion for St. Anthony

Confetti rains down at the finale of the St. Anthony's feast
Money heavy statue of Saint Anthony

Carrying statue of St. Anthony with Boston skyline in background
Holding the ribbons in the procession

Confetti in the air at the march home
Holding the ribbons in the procession

Pinnin a devotion on the statue of St. Anthony
St. Anthony procession with the Boston skyline

Ribbon girls of Saint Anthony
Holding the ribbons in the procession

The procession heads to N. Washington Street
Boston skyline with Saint Anthony statue

Ribbon girls of Saint Anthony
Pinning a devotion on the statue of St. Anthony

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