Editing Hoboken, New Jersey (section)

===Annual cultural events===
Hoboken has many annual events such as the Frank Sinatra Idol Contest,<ref>Fedschun, Travis. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/06/annual_sinatra_idol_contest_to.html "Annual Sinatra Idol contest to return to Hoboken waterfront"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706135649/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/06/annual_sinatra_idol_contest_to.html |date=July 6, 2012 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 12, 2012. Accessed September 1, 2015.</ref> Hoboken Comedy Festival,<ref>[http://www.hobokenfestival.com/ Hoboken Comedy Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102000059/http://www.hobokenfestival.com/ |date=January 2, 2012 }}. Accessed August 26, 2012.</ref> Hoboken House Tour,<ref>[https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour Annual Hoboken House Tour] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920102313/https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/events/calendar-of-events/october/house-tour |date=September 20, 2015 }}, Hoboken Historical Museum. Accessed September 1, 2015.</ref> [[Hoboken International Film Festival]],<ref>[http://www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com/festival-information/ Festival Information] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030842/http://www.hobokeninternationalfilmfestival.com/festival-information/ |date=September 24, 2015 }}, Hoboken International Film Festival. Accessed September 1, 2015.</ref> Hoboken Studio Tour,<ref>Colaneri, Katie. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/guide_to_30th_annual_hobobken.html "Guide to 30th annual Hoboken Artists Studio Tour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619021209/https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2010/11/guide_to_30th_annual_hobobken.html |date=June 19, 2022 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', November 5, 2010. Accessed September 1, 2015</ref> [[Hoboken Arts and Music Festival]], Hoboken (Secret) Garden Tour<ref>Hortillosa, Summer Dawn. [http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/06/hoboken_secret_gardens_tour_returning_sunday.html "Hoboken Secret Gardens Tour returning Sunday"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112154342/http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/06/hoboken_secret_gardens_tour_returning_sunday.html |date=January 12, 2016 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', June 2, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2015. "The Hoboken Secret Gardens Tour is back!... The guided tour is organized by the Hoboken Historical Museum, which started the event as a tribute to Colonel John Stevens of the historic Stevens family."</ref> and Movies Under the Stars.<ref>[https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/movies-under-the-stars Movies Under the Stars] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801181317/https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/movies-under-the-stars |date=August 1, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> The Hoboken Farmer's Market occurs every Tuesday, June through October.<ref>[https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/farmers-market Farmers Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620183821/https://www.hobokennj.gov/resources/farmers-market |date=June 20, 2020 }}, City of Hoboken. Accessed November 13, 2019.</ref> There are also numerous festivals such as the Saint Patrick's Day Parade,<ref>Kaplan, Thomas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/hoboken-arrests-drop-without-annual-parade.html "With Pub Crawl Replacing St. Patrick's Day Parade in Hoboken, Arrests Drop"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193702/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/hoboken-arrests-drop-without-annual-parade.html |date=February 1, 2018 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 4, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014.</ref> Feast of Saint Anthony's,<ref>[https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/06/st_anthony_feast_day_set_at_st.html "St. Anthony Feast Day set at St. Francis Church in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801193125/https://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2014/06/st_anthony_feast_day_set_at_st.html |date=August 1, 2020 }}. ''The Jersey Journal''/NJ.com. June 13, 2014.</ref> Saint Ann's Feast<ref>Fedschun, Travis. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/07/st_anns_festival_in_hoboken_to.html "St. Ann's Festival to return for 102nd year in Hoboken"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621024107/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/07/st_anns_festival_in_hoboken_to.html |date=June 21, 2013 }}, ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', July 6, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014.</ref> and the Hoboken Italian Festival.<ref>Hack, Charles. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/08/preparations_begin_for_the_hob.html "Preparations begin for the Hoboken Italian Festival"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825182115/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/08/preparations_begin_for_the_hob.html |date=August 25, 2012 }}. ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', August 23, 2012. Accessed December 30, 2014. "Contractors dressed Fourth and Hudson streets in the tri-colors of the Italian flag today to ready the Mile Square City for the 86th annual Hoboken Italian Festival in two weeks time.</ref>

From the 1960s until 2011, Hoboken was home to the Macy's Parade Studio, which houses many of the floats for the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]].<ref name=NorthJersey.com11.13.18>Shkolnikova, Svetlana. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/11/13/behind-scenes-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1933913002/ "NJ students get behind-the-scenes tour of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade studio"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429063430/https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/events/2018/11/13/behind-scenes-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/1933913002/ |date=April 29, 2019 }},''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 13, 2018. Accessed November 13, 2019. "The floats are all built in-house by a team of about 50 full-time designers, sculptors, technicians and painters working year-round out of Moonachie, the parade's newest home. For 40 years, until 2011, the magic began in a converted Tootsie Roll factory in Hoboken."</ref><ref>Seiler Neary, Kathleen [http://people.howstuffworks.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade2.htm "Ultimate Guide to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912180225/http://people.howstuffworks.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade2.htm |date=September 12, 2009 }}. [[TLC (TV channel)|TLC]]. Accessed August 26, 2012.</ref><ref>Robb, Adam. [http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/macys_thanksgiving_day_parade.html "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Studio in Hoboken opens for a behind-the-scenes peek at 2010 floats, balloons"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120230335/http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/11/macys_thanksgiving_day_parade.html |date=November 20, 2010 }}. ''[[The Jersey Journal]]''. November 16, 2010. Accessed December 30, 2014. "A hulking security guard, finely dressed in a suit and overcoat, loomed over a small, open gap in the chain link fence at the corner of 15th and Willow streets in Hoboken this afternoon.... It was the annual Studio Day at the workshop where the floats for next week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are constructed and stored before their passage into Manhattan."</ref> Many Stevens students, alumni, and staff members volunteer in the preparation and piloting of the parade floats.<ref>[https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-community-celebrates-33-years-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade "Stevens Community Celebrates 33 Years with Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801174221/https://www.stevens.edu/news/stevens-community-celebrates-33-years-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade |date=August 1, 2020 }}, [[Stevens Institute of Technology]], May 15, 2018. Accessed April 11, 2021.</ref> The studio was moved out of Hoboken and into a converted former Tootsie Roll Factory in [[Moonachie, New Jersey]] 2011.<ref name=NorthJersey.com11.13.18/>