Festa Italia has become a firm family favourite and last year was winner of the Best of the Bay Visitor Attraction Award as well as runner-up in the Lancashire Tourism Awards Large Event category. The team behind the event, Totally Local Lancaster , were also recently invited to attend the Italian Consulate in Manchester where Festa Italia was officially recognised as the biggest and most authentic celebration of Italian culture in the UK. Advertisement Advertisement Sign up to our daily newsletter Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Lancaster Guardian, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
“It was always been a dream of mine to have such a festival in Lancaster,” said co-founder Bruno Buccelli. “Lancaster, with its rich history dating back to the Romans and beautiful architecture, lends itself perfectly for such an event." This year, for the first time, a concert in Market Square on the Saturday evening (May 25) has been added to the festival line-up.
Serenading in the Square starts at 7.30pm and will include the sensational soprano, Leigh Rhiannon Coggins; the tremendous four tenors, Voce and Mr Charisma himself, Stevie Kay as Frank Sinatra. Festa Italia, including this concert, is completely free to attend.
Sunday (May 26) officially starts at 10.30pm with vehicles arriving from 10.45am and entering the city centre at the top of Market Street.
First up are the scooters. Last year there were more than 90. Soon after you can expect .