The Dickinson Little Italy Festival of Galveston County is a family friendly event occurring annually during the month March, on the Saturday of the feast day of St. Joseph or the Saturday preceding the feast day of St Joseph, with the purpose of honoring and exhibiting Sicilian-Italian customs, traditions, food, music, contests, games, and culture! The mission of the Dickinson Little Italy Festival of Galveston County is to regenerate a sense of community and stimulate vitality and nostalgia of local Texas history by preserving, honoring, and celebrating the vast Sicilian–Italian history and culture which has been prevalent in Galveston County for over a century. The vision for the DLIFGC as an IRC 501 (c) (3) non-profit is to assist with community-based support in education, local Texas and Cultural history, and the arts.