121st annual Italian Festival canceled
ISHPEMING –With the safety of citizens still a major concern, the annual Italian Fest has been canceled.
The festival, which has taken place at Al Quaal Recreation in the past, would have been celebrating 121 years in existence. The festival includes loads of food vendors, fireworks, and live music.
“It’s almost like a grieving process that people go through,” said Bob Hendrickson, Executive Director of the Greater Ishpeming–Negaunee Area Chamber of Commerce. “You know the denial, the anger, the sadness. It’s a wide–range of emotions and that’s what makes this really challenging for the public, community, and organizers. Looking forward again, we will have something to look forward to. It’s just going to be kind of a summer where it’s going to be a smaller representation of what we usually are expecting.”
Hendrickson says that it’s disappointing, but that 2021 will be the big revival of events in the area.