The Hoboken Italian Festival is a four day festival of music food and fun from Thursday through Sunday. No day is greater however than Saturday, our “Feast” day, when the 800lb statue of Madonna Dei Martiri  or Madonna of the Martyrs is carried through the streets of Hoboken from St. Francis Church, 308 Jefferson St.

This includes a reenactment of the Blessing of the Fleet in the Hudson River, culminating with a fireworks show over Sinatra Park. The Madonna is sailed around the Hudson before it returns to the church.