The world-famous 'greasy pole' contest kicked off in Gloucester, Massachusetts on June 27. Contestants sprint one after another across a heavily greased 45ft telephone pole to grab a flag and claim ...

St. Peter's Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts, contestants attempt to scamper across a slippery 45-foot pole over the water ...

A 45-foot long telephone pole, dripping with grease, juts off a pier 200 feet off Gloucester’s Pavilion Beach and people just ...

"It's honestly what you dream of ever since you're a kid," said Tyler Parisi in 2024, just before he would compete and, ...

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

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Greasy Pole walkers dress as Battle of Bunker Hill provincial soldiers for Friday's contest during St. Peter's Fiesta in ...

Joe Klyce had been waiting for this moment for his entire life. Born and raised in Gloucester, the now 25-year-old had ...

There's a Pride Month celebration and KidsFest happening this weekend, plus the return of the greasy pole at St. Peter's ...

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

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