Visit Coal Town and
the Railroad Museum at Main & Vine Streets!
Hours of Operation
Friday - after parade until
9pm
Saturday & Sunday - 11am
until 9pm
Monday - 11am until 8pm
Welcome to the Little Italy
Festival Virtual Tour. During this tour just click on any picture to
see the larger version.
If you are coming
to the Festival from Terre Haute on U.S.41 the first evidence you
are getting close is at the Lyford Y.
Then as you cross the
Wabash River Bridge you can see the first signs that there is a Festival.
The traditional start of
the Little Italy Festival is the Parade which starts at 6:30 PM on Friday
night. If you want to get a good seat to view the Parade, you better get
there early.
The Parade always opens
the same way, the Vegetable Cart. Fruits and vegetables are tossed into
the crowd as the parade makes it's way down 9th Street. Sonny Carey is
usually pushing the cart.
Once the
parade starts you never know what or who you will see.