The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival will be held on Hertel Avenue once again this summer, with organizers on Wednesday officially announcing the dates of the 2023 event. The beloved street festival will bring Buffalo’s robust Italian dining scene back to North Buffalo in mid-July, running Friday through Sunday, July 14-16. The three-day event is free to attend and will open at 11 a.m. each day.

Buffalo’s Italian Festival returned to Hertel Avenue last year after several years away from its longtime venue, much to the excitement of local business owners. The festival left the Little Italy neighborhood along Hertel Avenue in 2017 and was held at the Outer Harbor for two years. It moved to Niagara Square in 2019, and then took two years off due to the pandemic.