Samantha Impaglia 
The St. Ann’s Feast is returning to Hoboken once again this summer at 704 Jefferson Street. This year’s festival marks its 115th annual celebration, and will take place from Wednesday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 27th, 2025. As per usual, locals can expect the infamous zeppoles, live entertainment, kiddie rides, a beer garden, and much more. The organizers shared with The Hoboken Girl that the event is going back to its roots this year, branding it “The St. Ann’s Feast” instead of the usual St. Ann Italian Festival. Read on for more details about the 2025 St. Ann’s Feast, happening in Hoboken, New Jersey this week.
History of The St. Ann’s Feast
Hoboken has a thriving Italian population. Many who reside here descended from immigrants who came over from San Giacomo, a province of Salerno, Italy which was named after St. James the Apostle. A wave of immigrants came to Hoboken from Italy in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Though a lot of time has passed since this wave, many locals still feel connected to and celebrate the spirit of Italy — and this desire to remain connected dates back to the early 1900s.
To uphold these religious and traditional values, the San Giacomese Hobokenites established the St. Ann’s Society, a group that advocates for the values of their home village. The construction of their church was a success, and to honor this, the St. Ann’s Society decided to host a grand feast in honor of St. Ann and the traditions of the San Giacomese.
Members even went door to door around Hoboken to collect the funds for this celebratory feast, and in July of 1910, they reached their fundraising goal, and the festival was born. Fast forward over a hundred years, and The St. Ann’s Feast is still being celebrated by Hobokenites with many of the same foods and traditions unchanged.
2025 Festival Details
^ The infamous zeppoles
The annual St. Ann’s Feast will be held from Wednesday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at 704 Jefferson Street in Hoboken. This year marks the 115th year of the St. Ann’s Feast, and the 125th Jubilee Anniversary of the St. Ann’s Parish in Hoboken.
The 2025 hours are as follows:
- Wednesday, July 23rd: 6PM-11PM
- Thursday, July 24th: 6PM-11PM
- Friday, July 25th: 6PM-11PM
- Saturday, July 26th: 1PM-11PM
- Sunday, July 27th: 1PM-11PM
Visitors can expect to see the usual zeppoles, cheesesteaks, rice balls, wood-fired pizza, fried calamari, and seafood salad, among many other food items. Local Hoboken Italian restaurant San Guiseppe will have a stand at the festival, serving up Margherita, vodka, and pepperoni wood-fired pizzas. Hoboken’s Kikilu Gelato will also have its new gelato truck at the festival. There will also be a beer garden, games, the Grand 50/50 raffle, the Nightly 50/50 raffle, and live entertainment nightly for everyone to enjoy.
The entertainment lineup is as follows:
- Wednesday, July 23rd: John Christian + The Big Band
- Thursday, July 24th: Jeremy Beck + The Heavy Duty Horns featuring Broadway’s Rebecca Pitcher
- Friday, July 25th: John Micalizzi Italian Band
- Saturday, July 26th: “Cause + The Effects”
- Sunday, July 27th: Jersey Sings Featuring “The Jersey Showcase” A Musical Journey Oldies, R&B Rock + Disco + a Tribute to the Icons of New Jersey From “Chairman to the Boss”
The nine-day novena masses will take place from Thursday, July 17th through Friday, July 25th, and will happen at 7PM each night. The feast day mass will be on Saturday, July 26th at 11AM, followed by Procession of St. Ann through the streets of Hoboken.
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