Celebrate everything Italian at a free, three-day festival moving from Mercer to Burlington County the weekend after Labor Day. The Burlington County Fairgrounds will host this major Italian-American festival for the first time Friday to Sunday, Sept. 7 to 9, rain or shine at 1990 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road at the intersection with Route 206 in Springfield.  

The Mercer County Italian American Festival Association event, which has been held for 18 years but is moving for cost reasons, will feature a wide range of attractions from entertainment, food, wine and beer to crafts and home decor, a Kids Zone for children's activities and a raffle that will have only one winner.