2021 ISDA Italian Feast Day and Parade Guide


Italian America's Feast Day and Parade season is back!

The events are arranged by state. We’ll be routinely adding celebrations to the Guide, so if you don’t see your Feast on the list, please email us the details at info@orderisda.org!

 

Italian Festival of Arizona

  • Where: Phoenix, AZ
  • When:  Feb. 26-27, 2022 (The festival was postponed in ‘21 due to the pandemic.)
  • Description:
    • The Italian Festival of Arizona is a two day show celebrating Italian culture, music, food and commerce. Visitors will enjoy authentic Italian cuisine, live music, experience Italian culture and purchase Italian hand crafted items from our vendors. The event opens a window on Italian culture, past and present, through music, arts, food, drinks, and more! 
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Family Festa

  • Where: San Jose, CA
  • When: Postponed to 2022
  • Description
    • The 39th annual Italian Family Festa in History Park is the premier event of the Italian American Heritage Foundation. Live “la dolce vita” and share the day with friends and family, savor authentic Italian foods, soak in the live entertainment, experience our cultural village, and stroll the many wonderful arts and crafts merchants. There’s something here for every age, including a kids size bambini bocce court!
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Coloniale Italiana

  • Where: San Francisco, CA
  • When: 2021, TBD
  • Description
    • Festa Coloniale Italiana is the only authentic Italian street festival held in San Francisco. Come and enjoy continuous live music, authentic Italian cuisine, wine tasting, the Ricco Italian Dancers directed by Toni Bava, and an expert pizza toss by a 12x World Champion and restaurateur.
    • Browse through the Italianissimi-inspired products of the vendors while you sip a beverage, taste some delicious Italian food and stroll to the live music. Then, make your way up Stockton Street to the display of vintage Italian autos and scooters.
  • Website: Click here

 

Los Angeles Italian Festival

  • Where: Los Angeles, CA
  • When: Oct. 2-3, 2021
  • Description
    • The Los Angeles Italian Festival is a day to taste, hear and experience the food, music, culture and diversity of our collective Italian heritage in Los Angeles.
    • Hollywood & Highland is the place and October 2nd & 3rd are the days that everyone in the City of Angels is Italian!
  • Website: Click here

 

San Francisco Italian Heritage Festival & Parade

  • Where: San Francisco, CA
  • When:  Oct. 9-10, 2021 (Parade on 10th) 
  • Description:
    • San Francisco’s Italian-American Community celebrates its 152nd Italian Heritage Parade, featuring Italian and Italian-American dignitaries, music, performances, floats and representatives of Italian and Italian-American organizations and businesses.
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italia Fisherman’s Festival

  • Where: Monterey, CA
  • When: Sept. 10-12, 2021
  • Description
    • Come and celebrate with us with wonderful Italian food and drink and amazing entertainment. Mark your calendars now to attend this year’s gathering for three days of Italian cuisine, music, dancing, fun and friendship.
  • Website: Click here

 

Taste of Little Italy

  • Where: San Diego, CA
  • When: June 22-23
  • Description
    • The Taste of Little Italy is back and ready to welcome the reopening of California. With new guidance from the State coming on June 15th, the Little Italy Association is bringing back the Taste you’ve grown to know and love. Although we will still have some slight modifications in order to ensure public safety, Taste of Little Italy will be reminiscent of pre-pandemic Tastes. This year, the event will be held over two days, with two time slots, allowing plenty of room for attendees and minimizing congestion. As attendees meander through the 48-square-blocks of Little Italy they will sample mouthwatering bites from some of Little Italy finest culinary gems. Each evening different restaurants will be showcased. The Taste Passport will be provided to ticketholders as a guide, listing all participating restaurants, menu offerings and COVID-19 procedures.
  • Website: Click here 

 

Festa! Italian Festival

  • Where: Ansonia, CT
  • When: Aug. 12-14, 2021
  • Description
    • Festa! 2021 is a celebration of Italian heritage. It features freshly prepared Italian food delicacies such as suffrito and gelato, live music, and more!
  • Website: Click here

 

 

St. Sebastian Feast

  • Where: Middletown, CT
  • When: Sept. 17-19
  • Description
    • Award-winning recipes, a carnival, live music and auctions await!
  • Website: Click here

 

St. Anthony’s Italian Festival

  • Where: Wilmington, DE
  • When: June 8-11, 2021 (Takeout only)
  • Description
    • The Festival offers a wide variety of delicious and authentic Italian food specialties.
  • Website: Click here

 

Fort Walton Beach Festa Italiana

  • Where: Fort Walton Beach, FL
  • When: TBD (Usually Columbus Day Weekend)
  • Description
    • The Joseph B. Franzalia, Sons and Daughters of Italy is buzzing with activity preparing for our FESTA ITALIANA. Come join us and be “Italian for the weekend”.  Feast on our homemade Italian foods, desserts, cookies, Italian beers and coffee. We have Italian novelty gifts, a variety of vendors from around our area, a silent auction, corn-hole games and bocce (if you’d like to give it a try).
  • Website: Click here

 

Liado’s San Gennaro Festa

  • Where: Safety Harbor, FL
  • When: TBD, scouting for a new location
  • Website: Click here

 

Feast of Little Italy

  • Where: Jupiter, FL
  • When: Nov. 5-7, 2021
  • Description
    • Embark on a Cultural Journey Filled With Authentic Italian Food, Music, Art and Tradition! The Feast of Little Italy is a 3-day cultural community celebration, culminating into a large Italian street Festival. Live entertainment, delicious food and beverages, shopping and nonstop fun await.
  • Website: Click here

 

Charlotte County Italian Festival

  • Where: Port Charlotte, FL
  • When: May 22-23, 2021
  • Description
    • Take a walk through the socially-distanced and safe Charlotte County Fairgrounds as we transform it into Mulberry St., Little Italy, NYC! Tour and indulge in Italian classics like sausage and peppers, pastas, fried calamari, and mozzarella and zeppole from local vendors. Dont forget the homemade wine, Sangria, and ice cold Italian beer.
  • Website: Click here

 

The Taste of Little Italy

  • Where: Port St. Lucie, FL
  • When: March 4-6, 2022
  • Description:
    • Embark on a cultural journey filled with authentic Italian food, art, and tradition! Enjoy the food just like Mamma use to make and shop from all the vendors!
  • Website: Click here

 

Chicago’s Little Italy Festa – Taylor Street

  • Where: Chicago, IL
  • When: Postponed to 2022
  • Description
    • The number one Italian festival in the Chicago area returns! Tens of thousands of festivalgoers fill one of the most historic Chicago neighborhoods on Taylor Street to celebrate Italian culture with authentic cuisine and top-notch entertainment.
  • Website: Click here

 

Columbus Day Parade

  • Where: Chicago, IL
  • When: Oct. 11, 2021
  • Description:
    • The parade of over 150 floats, bands and marching units travels down State Street, from Wacker Drive to VanBuren Street. Many prominent Italian-Americans have been honorary parade Grand Marshals, including Ernest Borgnine and Tommy LaSorda.
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa!Pasta!Vino! Italian Street Festival

  • Where: Chicago, IL
  • When: June 18-20, 2021
  • Description
    • When many festivals are canceling, we’re keeping the Italian Fests alive! Festa Pasta Vino may not be as big this year but it will still be the best party in town!
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italiana

  • Where: Naperville, IL
  • When: July 30 – August 1, 2021
  • Description
    • We are thrilled to announce that Festa Italiana is returning in 2021, better than ever, to Naperville, IL at the amazing Naper Settlement. Festa Italiana is a showcase of authentic Italian culture, music, food, artisans, and so much more! With thousands of attendees each year, we’re proud to celebrate our fifth year of Festa, and are excited to present a 3 day extravaganza with live Italian & rock music, family friendly entertainment, great merchants, and authentic Italian restaurants. Feast your eyes on amazing dancers and singers, and then feast on the best Italian food Illinois has to offer.
  • Website: Click here

 

Herrin Festa Italiana

  • Where: Herrin, IL
  • When: May 24-31, 2021
  • Description
    • Herrin Festa Italiana event will display products like great Italian food, family fun, an array of contests for every family member and a fine arts and crafts exhibit to spotlight the creative talents of regional artists and craftsmen, etc.
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Fest 

  • Where: Collinsville, IL
  • When: Sept, 17-18, 2021 (tentative)
  • Description
    • Since 1984, we have featured authentic Italian food, grape stomps, bocce tournaments, parades, entertainment on three stages, a 10k run, 4 and 1.6 mile walks, and a moonlight bicycle ride.
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Street Festival

  • Where: Indianapolis, IN
  • When: Aug. 13-14, 2021
  • Description
    • Indianapolis’s much-loved and most-attended church festival is back! Some people say we Italians have three loves in life: God, our families, and good food…and not always in that order!
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italiana

  • Where: Schereville, IN
  • When: July 30 – August 1, 2021
  • Description
    • Festa Italiana at Villa Cesare celebrates the music, culture, food and spirit of Italy with our community, family and friends.
  • Website: Click here

 

Italianfest

  • Where: Newport, KY
  • When: July 15-18, 2021
  • Description:
    • The Newport Italianfest has been named a Top 20 Event for June by the Southeast Tourism Society and held along Newport’s Riverboat Row between the Purple People and Taylor-Southgate Bridges. The festival has authentic Italian food and live Italian music performed by entertainers from around the nation and from “the old country”, and a Golf Outing. Other fun includes a cooking contest, games and rides for the little ones. 
  • Website: Click here

 

Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival

  • Where: Independence, LA
  • When: June 4-6, 2021
  • Website: Click here

 

Fisherman’s Feast

  • Where: Boston, MA
  • When: Aug. 12-15, 2021
  • Description:
    • The Fisherman’s Feast, an annual event that began in Boston in 1910, was inspired by a tradition that goes back to the 16th century in Sciacca, Sicily. The Feast is based on the devotion of the fishermen from Sciacca to the Madonna del Soccorso (Our Lady of Help). When the fishermen emigrated to America in the early 1900s, they brought their traditions with them.
    • Today’s Feast is much the same as it was over 100 years ago with lights adorning the street and the smell of Italian cuisine in the air. The current Feast is organized by the descendants of those original immigrants, and still includes a procession of the Madonna through the streets of the North End.
  • Website: Click here

 

Saint Anthony’s Feast

  • Where: Boston, MA
  • When: Aug. 26-29, 2021
  • Description
    • Named the “Feast of all Feasts” by National Geographic Magazine, this authentic Italian street festival has it all for people of every age: parades, strolling singers, live entertainment, contests, and religious services are held daily.
    • Visitors stroll the beautifully decorated streets sampling the best Italian street foods from 100 pushcarts enjoying arancini, sausage, peppers & onion, quahogs, calamari, pizza, pasta, and of course, zeppole, cannoli and gelato.
    • The highlight of the Feast is the 10-hour procession of the Statue of Saint Anthony through the streets of the North End accompanied by devotees, numerous marching bands and floats. The Statue of the Saint returns to his chapel as confetti and streamers cascade from the rooftops.
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian

  • Where: Cambridge, MA
  • When:  Sept. 10-12, 2021
  • Description
    • Large Italian Feast celebrating 94 years. There are amusement rides, food vendors, arts and crafts, parades, live entertainment throughout the weekend, cannoli eating contest, Disney characters, and more!
  • Website: Click here

 

Feast of St. Anthony

  • Where: Baltimore, MD
  • When: TBD
  • Description
    • This 2-day outdoor event is one of two summer festivals in Baltimore’s Little Italy. The Feast of St. Anthony has been a tradition of St. Leo’s Church since 1904 that includes delicious Italian food such as calzone, broccoli rabe, fried dough and pasta, plus vino and Italian beer.
    • Booths are packed with game wheels, souvenirs, vendors and kids activities. Take part in the Roma Sausage eating contest, bocce tournament and a cannoli filling contest! After the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, there’s a street procession/parade. St. Leo’s encourages you to bring the whole family!
  • Website: Click here

 

Feast of St. Gabriele

  • Where: Baltimore, MD
  • When: TBD
  • Description
    • This celebration has been hosted by St. Leo’s Church since 1928. Just like the Feast of St. Anthony, you can expect the same delicious Italian food paired with spirits from various regions.
    • This feast also brings the same booths, games, activities, and events. Don’t forget to go to see the street procession and parade after the 9:30 a.m. mass on Sunday with the entire family!
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Fest

  • Where: Iron Mountain, MI
  • When: Aug. 14, 2021
  • Description
    • Join us for the 14th annual Iron Mountain Italian Fest sponsored by LiUNA, Local 1329 in Iron Mountain, MI! This event is a fundraiser event with all proceeds going to DDA grant programs and toward the continued revitalization of Downtown Iron Mountain.
    • Italian Fest is a family friendly celebration of Iron Mountain’s strong Italian heritage, including authentic and delicious cuisine, fantastic live music, fun activities, and refreshing beverages.
  • Website: Click here

 

Kansas City Festa Italiana 

  • Where: Kansas City, MO
  • When: October 8-10, 2021
  • Description
    • One of Kansas City’s favorite festivals. Festa Italiana, the unique celebration of Italian traditions and Italian-American culture, will once again kick off the summer season at Zona Rosa! This longtime local ethnic festival draws visitors from across metropolitan Kansas City and beyond.
    • Enjoy an amazing assortment of Italian food favorites, great entertainment on the main stage all weekend, a 3v3 soccer tournament, an Italian Motorsports Show, and much more!
  • Website: Click here

 

3rd Annual Festa Italiana

  • Where: Raleigh, NC
  • When: Sept. 25, 2021
  • Description
    • Join us for Festa Italiana, a street festival with food, entertainment and more! Celebrate Italian Heritage!
  • Website: Click here

 

Santa Lucia Italian Festival

  • Where: Omaha, NE
  • When: July 8-11, 2021
  • Description
    • Viva Santa Lucia at the 95th annual festival! Held in Downtown Omaha at Lewis & Clark Landing, the festival is filled with lively entertainment, Italian food vendors, and of course, the procession with the festival’s centerpiece — the statue of St. Lucia.
    • The statue was designed in Italy in the 1920s and is kept in St. Frances Cabrini Church, where descendents of the festival’s early Italian immigrants have agreed to put her on display year round.
  • Website: Click here

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast

  • Where: Hammonton, NJ
  • When: July 15-20, 2021
  • Description
    • This is the longest running Italian Festival in the United States and a Hammonton, NJ tradition since 1875!
    • A weeklong festival of live entertainment, carnival rides, Italian marching bands, Italian songs, fireworks, a beer garden, the Carmine Pantalone Mt. Carmel Society Band, Italian Concerts, Italian Gardens and the Food Stand at the Mt. Carmel Hall.
  • Website: Click here

 

St. Ann’s Italian Festival

  • Where: Hoboken, NJ
  • When: July 22-26, 2021
  • Description
    • Celebrating its 109th anniversary, the St. Ann’s Italian Festival is the premier celebration in the state with one of the highest percentages of Italian Americans in the country.
    • Taste the variety of food, sip in the beer garden, or buy a star in memory of a loved one to shine bright on the wall in the Café Under the Stars for the Be a Star fundraiser. Between the crafts and kiddie rides, children are sure to be entertained, too!
  • Website: Click here

 

St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival

  • Where: Glassboro, NJ
  • When: Sept. 11, 2021
  • Description:
    • Join us on Saturday, September 11, 2021 for the St. Anthony’s Italian Heritage Festival! Carnival games, live entertainment, cultural exhibits, a homemade wine competition, cannoli eating contest, beer garden, and, of course, amazing Italian food
  • Website: Click here

 

Epiphany’s Italian Feast

  • Where: Brick Township, NJ
  • When: Aug. 19-22, 2021
  • Description
    • It’s our 20th year and we are bigger and better than ever. Why not be a part of Epiphany’s Italian Feast? Rides, Arcade, Food Court, Beer & Wine Garden, Entertainment, Vendors, and more!
  • Website: Click here

 

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San Gennaro Feast

  • Where: Las Vegas, NV
  • When: September 2021
  • Description
    • The San Gennaro Feast is the biggest Italian food and music festival held bi-annually in honor of Saint Gennaro, the Patron Saint of Naples, Italy.
  • Website: Click here

 

The Eldorado Great Italian Festival

  • Where: Reno, NV
  • When:  Oct. 9-10, 2021
  • Description
    • For the 38th year, the Eldorado brings the sights, sounds and flavors of Italy to downtown Reno. Held annually over Columbus Day weekend, the outdoor festival is a celebration of Italian culture and traditions. Downtown Reno transforms into Little Italy with free live entertainment, a sauce cooking contest and of course, pasta – lots of pasta. The fun-filled weekend also features craft vendors, lots of delicious food vendors, grape stomp and other activities.
    • No Italian Festival would be complete without plenty of homemade Italian food.
  • Website: Click here

 

Dancing of the Giglio and the Feast of St. Anthony – Bronx

  • Where: Bronx, NY
  • When: June 9-13, 2021
  • Description
    • Belmont is bringing Italian tradition back to the Bronx with the “Dancing of the Giglio” in conjunction with the Feast of St. Anthony. The ancient tradition of the giglio originated in Nola, Italy in 409 A.D. and is still celebrated today.
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa di Santa Rosalia – 18th Avenue

  • Where: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY
  • When: Aug. 19-29
  • Description
    • The Feast of Santa Rosalia/18th Avenue Feast is named after the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily. In Palermo, the feast has been held continuously since 1624. In Brooklyn, the Feast — which features two stages, music and irresistible Italian fare — has been running for the last four decades.
  • Website: Click here

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Giglio Feast

  • Where: Brooklyn, NY
  • When: July 7-18, 2021
  • Description
    • Every summer, thousands of New Yorkers flock to Brooklyn and witness the lifting of the Giglio: a 4-ton, 72-foot statue that’s carried through the crowd by 150 men. The giglio — bearing the likeness of St. Paulinus — will be hoisted and lugged down North Eighth and Havemeyer Streets to North Tenth Street in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 11th. Apart from this herculean spectacle, attendees can expect the usual feast attractions, including live music, authentic and street side Italian fare, games, spiritual dedications and more.
  • Website: Click here

 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Giglio Feast

  • Where: East Harlem, NY
  • When: August 5-8, 2021
  • Description
    • The East Harlem Giglio Feast was founded in 1908 by immigrants from Brusciano near Naples. Today, the larger-than-life tradition takes place along New York’s Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, which at one time was the largest Little Italy in the United States.
    • The giglio — an 80-foot, 6,000-pound wooden statue honoring St. Anthony — will be lifted by scores of participants on Sunday, August 8th. Feast-goers will also enjoy live music, entertainment, mass services and Italian street fare.
  • Website: Click here

 

Feast of San Gennaro

  • Where: New York, NY
  • When:  Sept. 16-26, 2021
  • Description
    • As New York City’s biggest, most famous, and longest running festival, it’s easy to see why this 11-day event is nicknamed the Feast of all Feasts. The Feast of San Gennaro will be held along Mulberry Street in lower Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood. Mulberry and the surrounding blocks served as the first home in America for hundreds of thousands of Italian immigrants.
    • Expect this gala to live up to its nickname with scores of food vendors, live music, festivities and much more.
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Festival – Long Island

  • Where: Port Washington, NY
  • When: Sept. 9-12, 2021
  • Description:
    • Our Italian Festival, the oldest and largest Italian Festival on Long Island, has been in existence since 1979 and draws 12,000 to 15,000 visitors each year. The Festival offers a great opportunity for vendors to market and sell their products and goods.
  • Website: Click here

 

Feast of the Assumption

  • Where: Cleveland, OH
  • When: Thurs. Aug. 12-15, 2021
  • Description
    • Cleveland’s Feast of the Assumption, held each year in mid-August in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood, is a four-day street fair that celebrates the Assumption of Mary. The Feast is a widely popular Italian street party with rides, live music and a sacred procession.
    • Mayfield Road is closed off to traffic for the major event. In its place are authentic Italian food vendors, arts and crafts booths, and live music stages, playing everything from rock ‘n’ roll to “It’s Amore.” The event draws more than 100,000 visitors each year.
  • Website: Click here

 

Greater Youngstown Italian Fest 

  • Where: Youngstown, OH
  • When: August 6-8, 2021
  • Description
    • The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest is an annual event in downtown Youngstown, hosted by the Italian Heritage Foundation of Youngstown, Inc. The fest is a family-oriented event that offers a taste of the Italian heritage through performances by international recording artists, delicious food offered by the area’s finest vendors and restaurants, Italian games and more.
  •  Website: Click here

 

Columbus Italian Festival

  • Where: Columbus, OH
  • When: Oct. 8-10, 2021
  • Description
    • The Columbus Italian Festival is a great way to enjoy delicious food and live music on two stages. Held every October at Saint John the Baptist Italian Catholic Church in Columbus, Ohio, the three-day celebration features an open-air market, Italian dancing, kid’s area, Italian food from various restaurants, cooking demonstrations, a bocce ball tournament, and volumes of information about Italian traditions and culture. 
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italiana

  • Where: Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • When: July 15-17, 2022
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italia Portland

  • Where: Portland, OR
  • When: Aug. 22, 2021
  • Description
    • The annual celebration of Italian American Culture in Portland takes over the Pioneer Courthouse Square.
    • Authentic Italian food, wine and beer gardens, grape stomping, and nonstop entertainment brings the fun for all ages
  • Website: Click here

 

9th Street Italian Market Festival

  • Where: Philadelphia, PA
  • When: Sept. 26, 2021
  • Description
    • A rush of Italian culture, aromas, music and traditions will soon overtake the country’s oldest outdoor market.
    • That’s right: South Philly’s 9th Street Italian Market Festival is coming back!
    • Tens of thousands of people will flood the historic corridor to soak in the atmosphere and festivities, and feast on Italian pizzas, cheeses, pastas and desserts served up by local restaurants, vendors and butcher shops
  • Website: Click here

 

Italian Heritage Day

  • Where: West Mifflin, PA (Kennywood)
  • When: TBD
  • Description
    • This longtime tradition nears 90 years of celebrating with all the hallmarks of Italian heritage: specialty vendors around the Lagoon, musical performances, the traditional Italian Day parade, and fireworks to cap off what’s truly a molto bene day at Kennywood!
  • Website: Click here

 

Pittsburgh Little Italy Days

  • Where: Pittsburgh, PA
  • When:  Aug. 19-22, 2021
  • Description
    • The region’s largest heritage festival packs over 30 acts on three stages throughout all four days of the event’s 17th anniversary. On Bloomfield’s Liberty Avenue from Ella Street to Gross Street, you’ll get to watch and try your hand in bocce tournaments, see the crowning of Miss Little Italy, belt out your favorite tune in Italian Idol, and put those years of eating seconds at Nonna’s to the test with a pasta eating contest.
  • Website: Click here

 

La Festa Italiana

  • Where: Scranton, PA
  • When: Sept. 3-6, 2021
  • Description:
    • One of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s most cherished traditions is La Festa Italiana, the four-day celebration of culture, cuisine and music that brings together people of all ethnic backgrounds from near and far.
    • About 40 vendors set up along the North Washington Avenue side of the square, and an estimated crowd of 20,000 patronized the event.
  • Website: Click here

 

Butler Italian Festival

  • Where: Butler, PA
  • When: Aug. 27-29, 2021
  • Description:
    • In August in Butler, it’s all Italian all the time! Expect lots of music and food, games and activities for the kids, and more food!
  • Website: Click here

 

Fall Festa Italiana

  • Where: Myrtle Beach, SC
  • When: Oct. 16-17, 2021
  • Description
    • Authentic Italian food, drinks, and continuous entertainment. There will be an Italian themed gift shop, arts and crafts vendors, kid’s activities, and more!
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italiana

  • Where: Houston, TX
  • When: TBD
  • Description
    • Through its 41 years, Festa Italiana has become one of the largest ethnic festivals in the city. The passionate commitment of the Houston Italians to maintain and share their heritage is responsible for attracting thousands of Houstonians! Festa Italiana has a long tradition of its affiliate clubs and their members making all of the wonderful foods that Houstonians love — pizza, pasta, stuffed artichokes, sfingi, faccia de vecchia, Italian sausage, meatball sandwiches, cannoli and Italian cookies.
  • Website: Click here

 

Festa Italiana

  • Where: Milwaukee, WI
  • When: Canceled for 2021

 

Festival Italiano

  • Where: Hurley, WI
  • When: Sept. 4, 2021
  • Description
    • Enjoy a day of food, family fun, vendors, bags tournament, music and more!
  • Website: Click here

 

West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival

  • Where: Clarksburg, WV
  • When: Sept. 3-5, 2021
  • Description
    • Launched in 1979, the festival includes fantastic foods, entertainment across three stages, a special children’s area, grand parade, cultural events and Queen’s pageant.
  • Website: Click here

 

 

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