{"id":271482,"date":"2026-08-24T21:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271482\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:42:06","slug":"la-festa-italiana-to-mark-50-years-with-next-months-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271482\/","title":{"rendered":"La Festa Italiana to mark 50 years with next month&#8217;s festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 The United States of America isn&#8217;t the only thing milestone birthday worth marking this summer.<\/p>\n<p>La Festa Italiana will celebrate 50 years since its founding when it returns this Labor Day weekend in downtown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/section\/lackawanna-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Scranton<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1976 by then-Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert W. Pettinato, the festival annually draws thousands to Courthouse Square to gulp down porketta and cannoli while celebrating the city&#8217;s Italian heritage. This year will also feature a new culture tent with presentations on topics like food, music and history.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what else attendees can expect that weekend:<\/p>\n<p>On the Wayne Bank Stage on Adams Avenue:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 The United States of America isn&#8217;t the only thing milestone birthday worth marking this summer.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-271482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}