Other Festivals

The Santa Lucia Band plays for a number of local festivals and events including Catholic Parish Festivals, La Festa Italiana, funerals, weddings, neighborhood parades and more.

There are now three Italian festivals in Omaha, the Santa Lucia Festival, Omaha Son’s of Italy which was formed in 1926 (was Benito Mussolini Lodge), and the American Italian Heritage Society, formed in 1980, which sponsors La Festa Italiana each September.

Parish Festival parades in Council Bluffs and blessing of the homes.