{"id":85510,"date":"2026-10-21T01:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=85510"},"modified":"2026-10-21T01:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:44:58","slug":"italian-american-club-to-host-first-lakeland-italian-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/italian-american-club-to-host-first-lakeland-italian-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian American Club to host first Lakeland Italian Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Italian American Club of Central Florida<\/strong> is hosting the inaugural Lakeland Italian Festival “Under the Stars”<\/strong> in downtown Lakeland.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Event Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Date:<\/strong> Saturday, November 7, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Time:<\/strong> 5:00 PM \u2013 10:00 PM<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Location:<\/strong> Downtown Lakeland along South Kentucky Avenue (under the twinkle lights)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Highlights & Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Food & Local Sponsors:<\/strong> Local favorites like Il Forno<\/strong> sponsor the festival and offer authentic Italian cuisine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Live Entertainment:<\/strong> The performance lineup includes duo act The Italian Connection<\/strong> and singer Robert DeBellis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Vehicle Displays:<\/strong> Displays featuring classic and contemporary Italian vehicles, hosted in collaboration with local groups such as Fiat Club America<\/strong> and the Vespa Club<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Family & Cultural Activities:<\/strong> Cultural exhibits, craft artisans, and family-friendly activities designed to celebrate Italian heritage and community pride.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The Italian American Club of Central Florida is hosting the inaugural Lakeland Italian Festival “Under the Stars” in downtown Lakeland. Event Details Highlights & Features<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC84NTI0MTUzNzFfMTIyMjI4NjU4OTI2MzQ2NTA4XzU5OTUxNzcyNzg4NTIyNDA5MDlfbi02ODN4MTAyNC53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiSXRhbGlhbiBBbWVyaWNhbiBDbHViIHRvIGhvc3QgZmlyc3QgTGFrZWxhbmQgSXRhbGlhbiBGZXN0aXZhbCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.oVHnzU86Tw70iRDoeaB90HC7ZLad3F6KC6NxVgx_QRYMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzEwXC84NTI0MTUzNzFfMTIyMjI4NjU4OTI2MzQ2NTA4XzU5OTUxNzcyNzg4NTIyNDA5MDlfbi02ODN4MTAyNC53ZWJwIiwidHh0IjoiSXRhbGlhbiBBbWVyaWNhbiBDbHViIHRvIGhvc3QgZmlyc3QgTGFrZWxhbmQgSXRhbGlhbiBGZXN0aXZhbCIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.oVHnzU86Tw70iRDoeaB90HC7ZLad3F6KC6NxVgx_QRYMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[237,15328,16451,18338,18342,18337,18339,18340],"class_list":["post-85510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-lakeland","tag-central-florida","tag-downtown-lakeland","tag-italian-american-club","tag-italian-culture","tag-italian-festival","tag-italian-food","tag-live-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85512,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85510\/revisions\/85512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}