La Festa Italiana at Holy Rosary Church, the century old tradition that celebrates Italian heritage, food and faith will take place from Aug. 10 to 14. The event will run from 5:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. each night.

The festival – with the exception of 2020 – is held every year near Holy Rosary Church in downtown Jersey City on Sixth Street between Brunswick and Monmouth streets. The feast honors the church’s patron saints, Our Lady of Assumption and St. Rocco. Although most people know the event for the music and food, there is a holy side, in which parishioners hold a novena – a nine-day cycle of prayer – and a mass.