The Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is an Italian American summer street fair known for the dancing of the Giglio, an 80-foot tall, three ton wooden steeple decorated with lilies. “Giglio” means lily in Italian. White lilies, Italy’s national flower, grow in summer.

The Giglio Feast at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; is an Italian religious festival and street fair, from Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 21, 2024. The feast honors our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Paulinus of Nola. Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the patroness of the Carmelite Order of Christian hermits.