Dates not confirmed yet. This edition is expected in July 2027, based on when it has run before. Check the organizer before making plans.

Community

Giglio Feast (Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

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Date

Expected July 2027

Location

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
275 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Organized by

Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

About this happenin

For 12 days every July, the streets around the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 275 North 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, become a street festival. The centerpiece is the Dancing of the Giglio, a tower more than 70 feet tall, decorated with flowers and saints, carried through the streets by over one hundred men. A symbolic boat is lifted too, for San Paolino's return to Nola. Immigrants from Nola settled the neighborhood, and the Società M.S. San Paolino held the first Giglio feast in Brooklyn in 1903. The parish took it over in the 1950s and folded in its own Mount Carmel feast. Food vendors, rides, games and nightly entertainment fill the blocks, and an indoor cafe and casino give some relief from the heat. It all builds to July 16, the feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.