Festa Italiana SLC

experience the tastes, sounds, and culture of Italy.

2025 marked our tenth—and biggest—year to date, with over 55,000 guests gathering in beautiful downtown Salt Lake City to explore the culture, entertainment, and culinary traditions of Italy.

Festa Italiana SLC is Salt Lake City’s premier Italian street festival and one of the largest in the United States, where you can experience the tastes, sounds, and spirit of Italy. Featuring more than 15 authentic Italian restaurants from across the Salt Lake Valley and wines hand-selected from Italy, patrons can enjoy a true Italian culinary experience while being immersed in Italian art and music. Live performances take place throughout both days of the festival, culminating each evening 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, The Sammy Center, and other charitable endeavors.

2026 event info

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

September 19th and 20th, 2026
Saturday 12 pM – 10 PM
Sunday 12 PM – 7 PM

FREE ADMISSION!

ACTIVITIES

La Cucina Galbani® Cooking Stage

Live Italian Entertainment

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