The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament features continuous live Portuguese & American entertainment at five performance locations. The 2019 Entertainment Committee has been hard at work to continue the tradition of top-quality, “FREE” Entertainment for folks of all ages! We are proud to announce that Scott Stapp of Creed, will …
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Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker interacted with New Bedford politicians at the New Bedford Portuguese Feast on Thursday.
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The New Bedford Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, a.k.a. the Portuguese Feast, a.k.a. Madeira Feast is the largest event New Bedford has every year. More than that, it is the largest Portuguese feast in the world and the largest ethnic festival in New England. The feast was founded in 1915 …
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SRTA buses will provide free shuttle service for senior citizens from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4 from Lincoln School, 445 Ashley Boulevard, to the feast grounds. A parking ban will be in effect along the entire parade route, including Tinkham Street between Madeira Avenue and Hope Street and …
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The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is about tradition. We had a chance to spend early Sunday morning on Gooseberry Island as volunteers cut bayberry greens to decorate the arches that lead into the Feast grounds. This year’s New Bedford Portuguese Feast is from Aug 2-5. Full details: http://feastoftheblessedsacrament.com/
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker visited New Bedford this week and chatted with Paul Santos about what he loves about the City and the Portuguese Feast.
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With the dust of the 2017 Feast still settling, the members of the new Feast committee gathered recently to elect the top officers of the committee who will serve as the Executive Board through the coming months until the end of the next celebration. As the months tick by, special …
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Here’s a look at Nashville’s Morgan Johnston (originally from Sandwich, Massachusetts) performing her song ‘richer’ at the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament earlier this month.
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Here’s a look at a longer version at the flash mob during family day at the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Live with Sheriff Thomas Hodgson to discuss the viral photo taken at the 103rd Feast of the Blessed Sacrament.
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