Festa Italiana SLC

experience the tastes, sounds, and culture of Italy.

Welcome to the website for Festa Italiana SLC! 2023 marked our eighth and biggest year to date with over 50k guests that enjoyed the surroundings of beautiful downtown Salt Lake City while exploring the culture, entertainment, and culinary diversity of Italy.

Festa Italiana SLC is Salt Lake City’s own Italian Street Festival where you can experience the tastes, sounds, and culture of Italy. Through our unique offering of 15 authentic Italian Restaurants from around the Salt Lake Valley and wine hand-selected from Italy patrons can experience the Italian culinary experience all while being entertained by the art and music of Italy. Live music is on tap both days at the festival culminating with our headlining bands.

In years past the people of Salt Lake City have been treated to Ricci Martin (son of Dean Martin), Marco Calliari Band from Montreal, Canada, Etnosound from Calabria, Italy, Tributo Italiano from Venice, Italy, and Musica da Ripostiglio from Tuscany, Italy.

Festa Italiana SLC is a volunteer-led non-profit, Italian festival in Salt Lake City. A 501(c)3 organization, the Italian American Civic League hosts the event. Proceeds from the festival will support local and national non-profit charitable organizations supported by the Italian-American Civic League of Utah.

This year’s proceeds will be contributed to Catholic Community Services and other charities to support their homeless and refugee outreach services. In past years we have donated to Catholic Community Services, Italian Club of Salt Lake, Prevent Child Abuse Utah, The Inn Between, and other charitable endeavors.

2024 event info

The Gateway (map)
18 North Rio Grande Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

September 14th and 15th, 2024
Saturday 12 PM – 10 PM
Sunday 12 PM – 7 PM

FREE ADMISSION!

ACTIVITIES

La Cucina Galbani® Cooking Stage

Live Italian Entertainment

Vintage Bike Ride (Register here)
Authentic Italian Food Booths
Italian Beer & Wine
Arts & Crafts
Historical Displays
Italian Car Show
Pizza & Pasta Eating Contests
and more!