The 109th annual Feast of Saint Agrippina flooded the North End with Italian delicacies, music and entertainment, kicking off a month of celebrations.

An opening ceremony and procession for the Saint Agrippina feast was held on Thursday. The four-day celebration honors Saint Agrippina di Mineo, the patron saint of thunderstorms, evil spirits, and leprosy. Legend states she was martyred and tortured to death in 256 A.D. by the emperor Valerian.

Children of the Saint Agrippina Society led Thursday night’s procession, ushering in three consecutive days of live entertainment, DJs, raffles, and a myriad of vendors. Streets were lined with red, white and gold confetti, with religious relics and statues on display.

On Sunday, the festival’s grand procession wound through the neighborhood.

The North End will be home to feasts for the rest of the month, with the Madonna Della Cava Feast taking place Aug. 11-12 on Hanover and Battery Streets. The Madonna Della Cava Feast is always held in Boston the second weekend in August, coinciding with the festival held in Sicily.

The Fisherman’s Feast, which celebrates immigrant Sicilian fishermen to the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca, will be held from Aug. 17-20. This year’s 113th iteration of the festival will include the fifth annual Best Meatball Competition and will be closed out with the ‘Flight of the Angel,’ a spectacle that has been lauded by National Geographic as one “not to be missed.”

Saint Lucy’s Feast and Saint Anthony’s Feast wrap up the month of celebrations from Aug. 24-27.

Both feasts have been around for more than 100 years and are headlined this year by an opening procession that features the blessing of Saint Lucia accompanied by street bands, a color guard and flower girls. Patrons can also visit the Filippo Berio tasting tent to try a variety of balsamic, olive oil, pesto and more. The Benvenuti Parade featuring marching bands will take place on Aug. 26, following the blessing of the relic of Saint Anthony.