39th ITALIAN FEST SIZZLES DOWNTOWN YOUNGSTOWN
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The 39th annual Greater Youngstown Italian Fest kicked off Friday and will run through Sunday in downtown Youngstown.
The festival runs 2 to 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $5, with children under 12 free.
The fest includes many food vendors, nightly entertainment, little king and queen pageants, a morra tournament, a pasta-eating contest and more.
Here are some of Saturday’s and Sunday’s scheduled events:
Saturday events
Roma Stage (Wine and Beer tent)
1:30 - 3:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Butch Nichols Band
3:00 - 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Pasta Eating Contest, Homemade Peppers Contest, Biscotti Contest and Homemade Wine Contest
4:00 - 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Jim Frank
6:30 - 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . G-4 Live Band
9:00 - 11:00 pm . . . . . .. No Funk No Justice
Around the Square
1:30 - 3:30 pm . . . . . .. Marco Fiorante
2:00 - 4:00 pm . . . . . .. Nico Ruggieri
4:00 - 6:00 pm . . . . . .. Henry Eduardo
Sunday events
Roma Stage (Wine and Beer tent)
12:00 - 2:30 pm . . . . . . . . Catholic Mass with Processional featuring the Lowellville Band
2:30 - 4:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Little King & Queen Pageant
4:00 - 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . . Avanti Band
6:30 - 8:30 pm . . . . . . . . . RDNA
9:00 - 11:00 pm . . . . . . . . The Houseband
Around the Square
4:00 - 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . Nico Ruggieri
4:00 - 6:00 pm . . . . . . . . Nick Salpietra