LITTLE ITALY FESTIVAL 2024
The 2024 Little Italy Festival will be located near city hall and the Dickinson Library.
4403 State Hwy 3, Dickinson, TX
The Dickinson Little Italy Festival of Galveston County is a family friendly event occurring annually during the month of March, on the Saturday preceding the feast day of St. Joseph, with the purpose of honoring and exhibiting Sicilian-Italian customs, traditions, food, music, contests, games, and culture.
What can you expect at the festival?
FESTIVITIES!
St. Joseph Altar
Live Auction
Authentic Italian Food
Beverages - Alcohol & Non
Family Heritage Exhibit
Entertainment
Little Italy Market
GAMES & ACTIVITIES!
Spaghetti Eating Contest
Grape Stomping
Bocce Ball Tournament
Dancing
Games and Activity Area for Children
DEMONSTRATIONS BY
Furia Training Center
Premier Martial Arts
Space City Circus
Belva Fichera's Tarantella Dancers
"Many Italian immigrants settled in Texas in the late 1800s, and Dickinson grew to be the largest Italian community in the county"
Previous Festivals
2020 Little Italy Festival
PICTURE ORDERING:
https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-Ss4txj/
PRESS:
https://www.galvnews.com/lifestyle
History & Reference Links
Links to References:
https://truecrosschurch.org/history
The Alta Loma Italian Festival in 1986
Regina Coeli Report, June 2007
https://truecrosschurch.org/history
https://texasalmanac.com/topics/culture/italian/italian-texans
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/italians
http://www.bayareahoustonmag.com/medicine-men
https://italialiving.com/articles/food-wine/celebrating-the-feast-of-st-joseph
'Old Tradition' Dickinson Families Celebrate Feast of St. Joseph Saturday
Altars of food are part pf St. Joseph's Day Observance by Dickinson
Italians Today, March 19, 1929
St. Joseph's Day Altar, March 24, 1929
Twenty-Seven Italians from the vicinity of Dickinson applied for Citizenship, January 19, 1905