Get ready for the Italian festival
The first thing that comes to Michael Dongilli’s mind about the last weekend of August is the sound of Italian opera and the smell of sauce and cheese.
The Butler Italian Festival typically takes place at the end of August, and it will return to Main Street on Friday, Aug. 26, for the fifth iteration of the event.
Dongilli, who is an event manager of the festival, said he and the other organizers try to replicate an Italian experience at the street fair, and the performers, vendors and attendees are all part of that experience.
Main Street will be closed from 2 until 10 p.m. Friday, from noon until 10 p.m. Saturday and from noon until 6 p.m. Sunday. Streets between Cunningham and Pearl will be closed each night, including WISR Way and Walnut, Locust, New Castle, Brady, North and Penn streets.
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