The 2012 Festa Coloniale Italiana
What: 2012 Festa Coloniale Italiana
When: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Place: San Francisco Italian Athletic Club. 1630 Stockton St. San Francisco, Ca 94133
Time: 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Admission: Free
Website: http://www.sfiacfesta.com/
Contact: Tom Torriglia, 415 440 0800, festa@sfiac.com
Along Stockton St.,
between Union and Filbert sts., there will be continuous live Italian music
including:
The Bella Ciao
band: www.ladyofspain.com/bellaciao.html
Due
Zighi Baci: www.EuroCafeMusic.com
Sunday 7 accordion band. Members of
the San Jose and San Francisco accordion clubs
Musica degli Borelli. Italian-music
trio with a splash of jazz
The Rico Dancers will be putting on a
dance show and world champion pizza-toss expert Tony Gemignani will astound the
crowd with his pizza tossing.
There
will be plenty of beer and wine, and the most mouth-watering food this side of
Siena including sausage and peppers, pasta, deep-fried calamari, meatball
sandwiches and cannoli. Vendors will be selling Italian-related products.
Inside, the club's main ballroom will be transformed into an Italian piazza
complete with a fountain. The third-floor
Parkview room, which overlooks the festa and Washington Square park, is being
transformed into a wine-tasting venue featuring some of the Bay Area’s finest
wineries including Mondavi.
The Festa Coloniale
Italiana is a family-fun event that is free and open to the public. The Festa
runs from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and for additional information, please contact
Tom Torriglia at either 415 440 0800 or at festa@sfiac.com.
The San Francisco
Italian Athletic Club, which is located at 1630 Stockton St.,
may be reached at 415 781 0165.
Please check back
for entertainment updates.
