St. George Men's Group's Italian Festival 2022 Set For Aug. 26, 27

GUILFORD, CT — Who makes the best meatball in town? Who can eat the most spaghetti in one sitting?

Find out at the St. George Men's Group's Italian Festival 2022 set for Aug. 26 and 27.

Don't know your way around creating a homemade, authentic and delicious meatball smothered in Sunday sauce (or gravy, for those of us who grew up with that description)? Not inclined to down 1000s of carbs in one sitting? Doesn't matter. You can taste the meatballs and thrill at watching folks gorge themselves on pasta. Oh, and listen and dance to great music, mangia cibo Italiano and other yummy foods, test your bocce skills while the young ones play in the Kid Zone, which features inflatables.

Did we mention the food? Fried dough, sausage and peppers, lasagne, eggplant and meatball subs, and more.

Plus, and this is the best part, the monies raised at the festival will benefit APK Charities. Created in honor of US Army Special Forces Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel. On March 11, 2013, the Connecticut native who grew up in Madison, Wallingford, and Canton, was killed in action in Eastern Afghanistan while serving as the commander of his special forces detachment. He was 28. Learn more here.

The festival has supported many charitable groups in the past including Meals On Wheels, Women and Family Life, the VFW, the American Legion, Blue Star Mothers of Connecticut, the Big Sleepout, the Guilford Food Bank and others.

The St. George Men's Group's Italian Festival will include Tony V, the Cherry Pie Band, and the Center Line Band performing. The two-day behind St. George Church, at 33 Whitfield St., near the Guilford Green, event starts Friday, Aug. 26 at 5 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m. Saturday, the festival opens at 3 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m. Admission is $5 and free for those 15 and under.

For those who wish to enter the contests, the best meatballs and spaghetti-eating, pre-registration is required. Contact Jim Mancini at 203-410-4682 by Aug. 22.

The prize for winners of each contest is a $150 VISA gift card.