Saint Anthony of Padua Patronal Feast

2025 Edition

The 2025 Saint Anthony Feast was held in Capistrello from June 11th to 13th, managed by the Saint Anthony Committee chaired by Vittorio Palleschi. The festival opened with the traditional wake-up with blank shots and brass band music, mass, and the 'calata del Santo' (lowering of the Patron Saint), accompanied by exhibitions, a children's village at the Villa Comunale, and the evening concert by the DIK DIK, a historic Italian band.

On June 12th, the solemn procession with the statues of Saint Mary, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and Saint Anthony took place, followed in the evening by the 'Cavalieri del Fuoco' show and dance school performances. On June 13th, the main day, the solemn mass and the patronal procession preceded band parades, a giant piano set up on Via Roma, and, in the evening, the concert by EIFFEL 65, stars of 90s dance music, closed by fireworks in honor of the saint.