The big white tent at the yearly Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Loreto Italian Festival in Worcester (MA) is always home to music from the old country, the soundtrack to family reunions and new friendships alike.

All four days of this year’s festival, which runs from Aug. 15 to Aug. 18, will feature traditional Italian songs and more recent Italian American classics on the speakers, and festival chair Elaine Beaudry said the tunes are always one of the festival’s biggest draws.