General Hospital (GH) spoilers reveal that Donna Corinthos’ (Scarlett Spears) birthday party could bring a shocker. Will this lead to Giovanni “Gio” Palmieri’s (Giovanni Mazza) family breakthrough or a total disaster?

In the August 14 episode, Donna reminded Gio that he said he’d play the violin at her birthday bash, which is coming up in September.

Since Gio smashed his violin and has given up on music – at least for now – he had to go back on his word.

Gio admitted his violin broke and that he wouldn’t be able to play after all, but he assured Donna that he’d still be at her birthday party.

Although Gio knows Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) and Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) will presumably be there too, he doesn’t want to let Donna down by not attending.

It feels like the show could be setting up something interesting when it comes to Donna’s birthday gathering.

That’s especially true now that Dante and Brook Lynn have been strategizing on how to tear down Gio’s walls.

Brook Lynn tried to convince Dante to focus on building his own relationship with Gio and leave her out of it.

Since Brook Lynn worries Gio may never forgive her, she doesn’t want to be the reason Dante misses out on his own bond with their son.

However, Dante insisted they should do this together, so he won’t leave Brook Lynn out when it comes to family bonding.

Donna’s birthday bash could be the perfect opportunity for a family breakthrough where Gio starts to soften toward his parents.

It’s even possible that Gio will have a change of heart and perhaps borrow a violin or use an old backup at the gathering.

It would mean the world to Donna if Gio would play at the party, so he might keep his original promise in the end.

On the other hand, there’s always the potential for disaster to strike when a soap party is scheduled.

There’s a chance Gio, Brook Lynn and Dante could be headed for a tough family setback if a blowup happens instead.

Things may not go according to plan depending on which way GH writers want to take this.

Regardless, General Hospital spoilers say Donna’s birthday could bring some stunning news and some big moments, so stick with us for updates on all the excitement.