Newport’s Italianfest returning to Festival Park this summer months (Picture from Fb)
The Metropolis of Newport has introduced announce Italianfest is returning this summer season with new dates. The festival will operate from Thursday, July 15 by way of Sunday, July 18 at Pageant Park involving the Purple Folks and Taylor Southgate Bridges on the financial institutions of the Ohio River.
Presented by the Metropolis of Newport and ColdIron activities, Italianfest has turn out to be 1 of the area’s most popular occasion with an typical of about 100,000 visitors. People travel from all about to rejoice the area’s Italian heritage with are living tunes, authentic Italian food stuff, drinks and more.
“Due to the uncertainty concerning COVID protocols, the Italianfest was canceled for its classic time in June. Subsequently, there has been loosening of constraints which will enable us to move the celebration to a later on time,” reported Newport City Supervisor, Tom Fromme.
“After inspecting numerous dates it appears that July 15th to July18th will be the new dates,” Fromme explained. “This permits time to properly get ready for the occasion as effectively as assuring that the sellers and musicians are offered.”
Other attributes of the festival involve a loved ones image booth showcasing the history of Italian families that settled in Newport generations in the past. There will also be a cooking contest and a great deal of Italian and other food items. The weekend extensive celebration kicks off with a Bocci Ball Event at Pompilio’s Cafe on Wednesday, July 14th.
“We are fired up mainly because Italianfest will be a single of the very first festivals held in the location this summer time,” said Tom Guidugli Sr. of Newport, the longtime Italianfest Chairman. “We look ahead to returning to the family traditions and roots of Newport’s Italian heritage, which is why we rejoice with the Italianfest.”
A entire listing of musical performances and distributors will be produced at a later day.
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