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Olde Tyme Italian Festival
Wildwood, NJ · Arts & Culture
- When
- September 26–27, 2026
- Where
- Fox Park · Wildwood · NJ
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Wildwood's Olde Tyme Italian Festival fills Fox Park each September with Italian food, live music and cultural performances celebrating the city's Italian-American community. The festival has run for more than a decade as one of the Wildwoods' free heritage events. It sits alongside the city's other ethnic festivals in the late summer and fall calendar.
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