San Gennaro Festival 2024 Nyc. This amazing 5 night street festival brings traditional italian cuisine and other delicious foods, beer and wine, amusement rides, games and live entertainment. The feast celebrates the life of san gennaro of naples who was bishop of benevento, italy and was martyred in 305ad.

The block party brings thousands of. The festival itself dates back to the 1920s, when italians from naples who had settled into downtown nyc pined for their home.