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Running the greasy pole: Gloucester’s annual super challenge (Photos)

A 45-foot long telephone pole, dripping with grease, juts off a pier 200 feet off Gloucester’s Pavilion Beach and people just can’t wait to run it.

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The greasy pole contest at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester starts today. Here's what to know.

The world-famous greasy pole contest starts today at St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester.

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WATCH: Greasy pole returns to Gloucester waters for this unique Mass. tradition

"It's honestly what you dream of ever since you're a kid," said Tyler Parisi in 2024, just before he would compete and, eventually, succeed in capturing a flag at the end of a long, greasy pole suspended over the Gloucester harbor. "That feeling," Parisi said of the contest, "you can't even compare it to anything."

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Fiesta's opening a time to gather with family

After the flag on the Greasy Pole was captured off Pavilion Beach by Joey Klyce, and the junior women’s Seine Boat final was ...

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The greasy pole contest at St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester starts today. Here’s what to know. - KTVZ

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The world-famous greasy pole contest starts today at St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester. Videos of contestants attempting to scamper across a slippery 45-foot ...

A love letter to St. Peter’s Fiesta

I’m astonished by how deeply I’ve come to love this weird and wonderful festival. And by how it is still legal.

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Let the chaos commence: Greasy pole, seine boat races set to highlight Fiesta once again this weekend

Community, tradition, pure joy — in a nutshell, that’s what Gloucester’s St. Peter’s Fiesta is all about. It’s an annual ...

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