The annual Schuyler County Italian-American Festival is returning to Clute Park in Watkins Glen on Friday through Sunday, Aug. 9-11, with its annual fireworks show over Seneca Lake, drawing spectators from across the region, starting at an earlier time of 9:45 p.m. The show will be dedicated to the memory of Rocco Scaptura, longtime festival leader, organizers said in a news release.

New to the Italian-American Festival this year is a cornhole tournament on Sunday. Team registration will begin at 10 a.m., and competition will begin at noon, all to the west of the pavilion. Leonard and Shirley Salvatore, who served many years on the organizing committee as the festival’s co-treasurers, will be honored as grand marshals of Saturday’s noon parade. Broghan Fuller-Bianco, son of Lisa Fuller and Mark Bianco, will appear in the parade as festival prince.