Each year a group of competitors take on the greasy pole challenge which has been a tradition in a coastal village for more ...

Lauren shared this wild moment from the Greasy Pole contest where balance meets bacon fat and gravity wins more often than not. ''The 'Greasy Pole' in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is a 45-foot telephone ...

St. Peter’s Fiesta 2025 There’s more to St. Peter’s Fiesta than the greasy pole contest. The celebration of Gloucester’s Italian-American fishing community dates back nearly 100 years to 1927.

The Agustin "Pucho" Olivencia Community Center's 54th annual Grease Pole Festival kicked off at 261 Swan St. in Buffalo on Friday.

Paul Clabourn, winner of the men's challenge (Image: Chris Taylor) This year’s fearless victors were Pollyanna Matthews, who took the title in the ladies’ competition, and Paul Clabourn, who came out ...

In the annual Gloucester greasy pole competition, where participants take turns running down a greased pole to capture a flag before falling into the water, a 20-year-old came out victorious. Nick ...

The tradition of the greasy pole contest is a big part of the annual St. Peter’s Fiesta. “Basically this is like Christmas in June for the Sicilian community,” Gloucester resident Eric Spear ...

As part of the Blakeney Sailing Regatta, the annual greasy pole competition will return to north Norfolk on July 30 2025.

Item 1 of 11 A competitor tries to grab a flag as he falls off the "gostra", a wooden pole covered in lard, during the main competition, part of the celebrations on the religious feast day of St ...

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 ...

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 ...