After a two-year pandemic hiatus, Festa Italiana is back in Lodi. Pizza, wine, live music and more can be enjoyed at as the popular event returns Sunday at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds. “It's a wonderful day celebrating all things that are Italian,” Carrie Sass of SASS! Public Relations said.  

There’s something for everyone from a pizza pie cooking demonstration to an Italian car show. The event will have a mercato (market), Italian art, wine tasting, accordion players, stilt walkers, bocce ball, salami toss and a kid's zone. Italian Tenor Pasquale Esposito will headline the event on the Morada Produce Main Stage. While at the Pavilion, artists Nino, d'Italiano, local opera singer Bianca Orsi and more can be enjoyed.