This year’s All Things Italian Festival features:


  1. Live italian music and dance performances

  2. Free family fun - Bocce (Italian lawn bowling) and Morra (hand game)

  3. Sidewalk chalk art called Madonnari

  4. Canvas and face painting for children

  5. Piazza on the Square featuring fresh pasta making demonstration

  6. Free drawings of pasta, Italian wine and Italian-themed art print - more

Exhibit of influential Italian Americans from Ellis Island; Italian artifacts

  1. Italian automobiles and motorcycles

  2. Strolling Musicians

  3. Local Art Galleries

  4. Digital Photography Contest for teens and adults - $200 cash grand prize - click here to register (prizes will be announced June 20th)

The Fairfield Town Square is transformed into an Italian ‘piazza’ for the evening. A crowd of over 3,500 comes each year from all over Iowa to enjoy the festivities.

Street Festival

Friday June 4th 2010 6-10 PM

Proceeds 


Last year, SOFIA was happy to donate a portion of the proceeds from the All Things Italian Street Festival to the following causes:

•Scholarships for local students visiting Italy

•Pimsleur Italian language course for the Fairfield Public Library

•1st Fridays Art Walk

•Relay For LIfe

•Southeast Iowa Women's Shelter

•IAF/Abruzzo Earthquake Relief Fund