Festa Italiana!
Admission
Overview
Get into the spirit of Italy at Festa Italiana! on Sunday, June 7th from 10:00am to 4:00pm, at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds. This grand event brings the community together with the finest food, activities and entertainment of the Italian culture.
Renowned Italian Tenor Pasquale Esposito will once again dazzle the audience as headliner on the Morada Produce Main Stage! Nino, d'Italiano, and The Trucco Band will perform. The Balliamo! Italian Folk Dancers will headline in the Pavilion while you stroll and enjoy wine tasting. The Stockton Garage Band and other local entertainment will welcome festival attendees on the Benevenuti Stage. The Bambini Zone will delight your little ones - enjoying Sparkles and Ravioli the clowns, Rhymosaurs, and the Bambini Dancers who will also teach Italian Dance lessons! Strolling through the venue will be the Funambulus Italian Stilt Walkers who delight attendees of all ages!
It wouldn’t be a celebration without cuisine. Festa offers delicious Italian food from local Italian chefs, including new local restaurants. Feast on all kinds of traditional Italian favorites from raviolis to gelato! Festa also features a Mercato Marketplace where you can shop, cooking demonstrations, Italian art and history, bocce ball, salami toss, the automobili show, wine tasting, olive oil and local product tastings, and much more! The "Boss of the Sauce" contest is back, and the Pavilion will have an Italian history display.
