The music, dance, culture and cuisine of Sicily come to the streets of San Diego's Little Italy for the 18th Annual Sicilian Festival. The festival is a free family event features authentic Sicilian food and entertainment, surrounded by the colorful ambiance of the Little Italy neighborhood, located within walking distance of the beautiful San Diego harbor and within minutes of San Diego's downtown district.
Headlining this year's festival will be Emmy award winning chef Giada De Laurentiis, presented by Bella Sera Wines. With an impressive background of culinary training and a unique personable charm, she is a globally revered celebrity chef who continues to prove her skill and accessibility with the great success other cookbooks, brand alliances, newly launched food products and recurring role on the "Today Show." Giada will conduct a cooking demonstration and book-signing at the Festival at 2:30 PM on the Date Street Stage.
Four stages will feature non-stop Italian and Sicilian entertainment. At 11:30 AM a procession of dozens of costumed dancers, musicians, and representatives of the City and County of San Diego and the many San Diego Italian organizations, will parade through the streets carrying flags from the different regions of Sicily and Italy.
The Sicilian Festival prides itself on its ever-expanding Cultural Pavilion, which features a wide variety of artists and historians, all dedicated to the preservation of Sicilian and Italian culture and heritage. This year's Cultural Pavilion has the honor of being sponsored by the prestigious National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).
Food booths representing the many restaurants in Little Italy will line the streets to satisfy the hungry crowds by serving up Sicilian specialties of all varieties. Tarantino's Sausages will also be on hand to serve up some of the best Italian sausages in the nation. Peroni. the official beer sponsor of the Sicilian Festival, will feature a Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the #1 Premium brand in Italy imported from Rome, in the beer and wine pavilion. A pasta-eating contest will also highlight the day's activities.
The Festival is delighted to welcome direct from New York, award-winning singer Cristina Fontanelli, the "voice of Domino's Pizza" on the national radio commercial?who has become a well-known personality through her recordings, her appearances on TV, radio, in concert, nightclubs, and opera, and through her recent acting debut on network television.
The event also features the nationally acclaimed Roman Holiday Ensemble which will be on hand with their costumed musicians and dancers to provide a lively show of Sicilian and Italian music. Other popular acts include Sinatraville, hit music from the Sinatra era presented by Peter Pavone and his orchestra; the Screamin' Primas in a lively salute to Sicilian-American trumpeter and bandleader Louie Prima and Sicilian Swing's New Orleans Italian jazz sound, among other notable Italian-themed acts on four stages.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Little Italy
corner of India and Date Streets
San Diego, CA 92101
Sunday, May 22 - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 993-9550 or visit: www.sicilianfesta.com
Headlining this year's festival will be Emmy award winning chef Giada De Laurentiis, presented by Bella Sera Wines. With an impressive background of culinary training and a unique personable charm, she is a globally revered celebrity chef who continues to prove her skill and accessibility with the great success other cookbooks, brand alliances, newly launched food products and recurring role on the "Today Show." Giada will conduct a cooking demonstration and book-signing at the Festival at 2:30 PM on the Date Street Stage.
Four stages will feature non-stop Italian and Sicilian entertainment. At 11:30 AM a procession of dozens of costumed dancers, musicians, and representatives of the City and County of San Diego and the many San Diego Italian organizations, will parade through the streets carrying flags from the different regions of Sicily and Italy.
The Sicilian Festival prides itself on its ever-expanding Cultural Pavilion, which features a wide variety of artists and historians, all dedicated to the preservation of Sicilian and Italian culture and heritage. This year's Cultural Pavilion has the honor of being sponsored by the prestigious National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).
Food booths representing the many restaurants in Little Italy will line the streets to satisfy the hungry crowds by serving up Sicilian specialties of all varieties. Tarantino's Sausages will also be on hand to serve up some of the best Italian sausages in the nation. Peroni. the official beer sponsor of the Sicilian Festival, will feature a Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the #1 Premium brand in Italy imported from Rome, in the beer and wine pavilion. A pasta-eating contest will also highlight the day's activities.
The Festival is delighted to welcome direct from New York, award-winning singer Cristina Fontanelli, the "voice of Domino's Pizza" on the national radio commercial?who has become a well-known personality through her recordings, her appearances on TV, radio, in concert, nightclubs, and opera, and through her recent acting debut on network television.
The event also features the nationally acclaimed Roman Holiday Ensemble which will be on hand with their costumed musicians and dancers to provide a lively show of Sicilian and Italian music. Other popular acts include Sinatraville, hit music from the Sinatra era presented by Peter Pavone and his orchestra; the Screamin' Primas in a lively salute to Sicilian-American trumpeter and bandleader Louie Prima and Sicilian Swing's New Orleans Italian jazz sound, among other notable Italian-themed acts on four stages.
Admission: FREE
Location:
Little Italy
corner of India and Date Streets
San Diego, CA 92101
Sunday, May 22 - 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
For more information, please call: (619) 993-9550 or visit: www.sicilianfesta.com
