It’s wine festival time again in South Philly.

The Vendemmia Wine Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11, at Steven Girard Park. It will run from 2 to 6 p.m.

It has come a long way since the first festival, held in the courtyard of Saint Agnes Hospital on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Now it draws more than 6,000 people and features wine, food and music that, as the website describes, tries “to capture our Italian heritage and spirit and keep tradition alive.”

Tickets can be purchased online for $50 per person or a reserved table of 10 for $500. You can also purchase tickets the day of the event for $60.

The event moved from the park for several years, but as Dr. Jerry Ventose, founder of the festival, said in a note explaining the move back , “What we learned is every

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