The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament just off The Ave in New Bedford’s North End isn’t just the largest Portuguese festival in the world – it’s also an intensely neighborhood event.

Love The Ave’s Community Media Manager, Steven Froias also writes for the daily Standard-Times newspaper, and in 2018 he filed this feature story looking at that aspect of the feast. You can read it here.

Below are photos by Josh Souza from Day 2 of the 2018 festa – as it is known locally. See Day 1 photos here and learn more about the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament in New Bedford – including 2019 dates.