COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ferraris, opera and sword fighting shared the stage with Italian food Saturday as Columbia’s Italian Festival returned to Finlay Park for the first time in 12 years.
Thousands of people came out for the celebration of Italian heritage.
“I enjoy it, it was a good idea to bring it back,” Anthony Liggio said.
Why the Italian Festival went away, and why it’s back
Organizer Tripp Roche said the festival never returned after the 1,000-year flood in 2015…