{"id":8967,"date":"2026-06-02T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/?p=8967"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:22:12","slug":"omaha-event-santa-lucia-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-event-santa-lucia-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Event: Santa Lucia Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite Omaha festivals!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STLUCIApromo700.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STLUCIApromo700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STLUCIApromo700-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Santa Lucia Festival Schedule:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8975\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8975 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StLuciaSchedule-2026t800-788x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StLuciaSchedule-2026t800-788x1024.png 788w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StLuciaSchedule-2026t800-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StLuciaSchedule-2026t800-768x998.png 768w, https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/StLuciaSchedule-2026t800.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2026 Santa Lucia Festival Events Schedule. (Text is below.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Thursday, June 4<\/h3>\n<p>Santa Lucia Festival<br \/>\n5:00 PM \u2013 10:00 PM<br \/>\n10th St &amp; William St<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68108<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/\">https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM Open Bocce Ball Play<br \/>\n7:00 PM Opening Ceremony<br \/>\n7:45 PM Arch Lighting Ceremony<br \/>\n8:00 PM La Banda<\/p>\n<h3>Friday, June 5<\/h3>\n<p>Santa Lucia Festival<br \/>\n5:00 PM \u2013 11:00 PM<br \/>\n10th St &amp; William St<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68108<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/\">https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM Mark Morello<br \/>\n6:00 PM Bocce Ball Tournament Begins<br \/>\n6:15 PM Santa Lucia Festival Band<br \/>\n7:00 PM Cannoli Eating Championship<br \/>\n7:45 PM Downtown Collective Band<br \/>\n8:00 PM Arch Lighting Ceremony<\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, June 6<\/h3>\n<p>Santa Lucia Festival<br \/>\n12:00 PM \u2013 11:00 PM<br \/>\n10th St &amp; William St<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68108<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/\">https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:00 PM Carmelita de la Guardia<br \/>\n1:00 PM Bocce Ball Tournament<br \/>\n1:30 PM Chicken Wire Band<br \/>\n2:00 PM Genealogy Room Opens<br \/>\n4:00 PM Katy Bisanti and Mark Morello<br \/>\n5:00 PM Patrick McFall<br \/>\n6:00 PM Santa Lucia Festival Band<br \/>\n8:00 PM Finest Hour<\/p>\n<h3>Sunday, June 7<\/h3>\n<p>Santa Lucia Festival<br \/>\n9:45 AM \u2013 10:00 PM<br \/>\n10th St &amp; William St<br \/>\nOmaha, NE 68108<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/\">https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9:45 AM Member Procession<br \/>\n10:30 AM Vesting of the Statue of Santa Lucia<br \/>\n11:00 AM Festival Mass<br \/>\n12:00 pm Statue of St. Lucia exits the church<br \/>\n12:15 PM Procession through Little Italy<br \/>\n1:00 pm Genealogy Room Opens, Travis the Band<br \/>\n2:00 pm Bocce Ball Tournament Continues<br \/>\n4:00 PM La Banda<br \/>\n5:50 pm Patrick McFall Accordionist | Sunday mass (St. Frances Cabrini Church)<br \/>\n6:30 pm Santa Lucia Choir,<br \/>\n6:55 pm Arch Lighting Ceremony<br \/>\n7:00 PM Queen Coronation and Closing Ceremonies<br \/>\n9:00 pm Benediction (St. Frances Cabrini Church)<br \/>\n9:30 PM Street Dance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of my favorite Omaha festivals! Santa Lucia Festival Schedule: Thursday, June 4 Santa Lucia Festival 5:00 PM \u2013 10:00 PM 10th St &amp; William St Omaha, NE 68108 https:\/\/www.santaluciafestival.com\/ 5:00 PM Open Bocce Ball Play 7:00 PM Opening Ceremony 7:45 PM Arch Lighting Ceremony 8:00 PM La Banda Friday, June 5 Santa &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/omaha-event-santa-lucia-festival\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Omaha Event: Santa Lucia Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-old-market","category-omaha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8967"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8978,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967\/revisions\/8978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omahanebraska.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}