50/50 Raffle

Tickets are now available for the 50/50 raffle. $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00 or 18 for $10.00. Please see any council member for tickets or purchase at the Festival. Current Jackpot is $466.50.

2018 Scholarships

The Council of Italian American Societies awards Scholarships to students of Italian descent.  The recipients are listed under Previous Scholarship Recipients

2018 Vendor Contract

Attention Vendors: Come join us for the 71st Annual Italian American Festival at Lock 3 in Akron. We were voted the best festival in the area for 9 years. Every year we attract 50,000 patrons. Please click here for the Vendor contract
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Carovillese Club Pasta Dinner

Join us every Tuesday from 4 to 7:30 pm at the Carovillese Club at 570 E Cuyahoga Falls Ave in Akron for homemade pasta.  The meal includes pasta with meatballs and homemade sauce, salad, bread and butter, and spumoni for dessert.  Prices start at $8.00. For carryout orders, call 330-929-6767.

 

Italian-American Festival

The festival dates for 2018 are July 12-14

The Original Italian American Festival was voted the best festival for the 10th year in a row in the Beacon’s Best Contest. The 71st Annual Italian-American Festival is sponsored by the Council of Italian-American Societies of Summit County and the City of Akron.

 

About us

We’re an organization of 14 Italian-American Societies founded in Akron on November 10, 1947.

Our festival was voted the best festival from 2009 thru 2017 in the Beacon’s Best contest.

Event Schedule
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July 12, 2018
11:00 AM Festival Opens for Lunch
12:30 PM -1:30 pm Rubber Ducks Mascot
06:00 PM Children’s Inflatables
07:30 PM Opening Ceremonies
08:00 PM Straight On-The Heart Tribute Band
July 13, 2018
11:00 AM Festival Opens for Lunch
12:30 PM -1:30 pm Rubber Ducks Mascot
06:00 PM Children’s Inflatables
07:00 PM Mojo Zydeco Band
08:30 PM Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones Tribute Band
July 14, 2018
08:00 AM The Andrea Rose Teodosio Memorial 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk
10:00 AM Scholarship Breakfast
11:00 AM Festival Opens for Lunch
12:30 PM -1:30 pm Rubber Ducks Mascot
12:30 PM -1:30 pm Cinderella & Patriotic Hero Offering Children’s Tatoos
01:30 PM -2:00 pm ETC Show Choir
02:00 PM -4:00 pm Children’s Magician
02:30 PM -4:30 pm Polynesian Princess & Ocean Voyager Offering Face Painting
04:30 PM Mass at St. Bernard’s Church
06:00 PM Homemade Wine Contest

Please drop off entries at the Volunteer booth by 5 pm on July 14th, 2018.  The judging will take place in the Lock 3 commons area.

06:00 PM Children’s Inflatables
06:30 PM -8:00 PM Avanti
08:30 PM 50/50 Raffle Drawing
08:30 PM Lights Out Frankie Valli Tribute Band
10:00 PM Fireworks at dark

The fireworks will begin about 10 p.m. or about dusk

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Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones Tribute Band
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Straight On

Straight On-The Heart Tribute Band
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Avanti Band
The-Avanti-Band-1-1 The Avanti Band may be best described as “today’s” Italian / ...
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Lights Out Frankie Valli Tribute Band
LIGHTS OUT is a four part vocal group that performs America’s #1 Tribute to Frankie ...
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About Us

The Council of Italian-American Societies of Summit County is an organization of various Italian-American Societies founded in Akron on November 10, 1947 – called in existence by the Sicilian-American Society, for the purpose of celebrating Columbus Day.

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