
Returning Sunday October 1st, 2023!
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Established in 2016, Little Italy Festival draws 20,000 + people to our Italian district.
Italian Festival in San Jose
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Authentic Italian cuisine from some of the Bay Areas favorite Italian Restaurants
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Nonstop Live Entertainment
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Ferrari & Lamborghini Area

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Authentic Italian & handmade Arts & Crafts
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Wine Tasting from some of the best Cal-Italia wineries in CA
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Highlighting Little Italy Italian Businesses






Helen Marchese Owen
Chris & Lisa Marchese





6th Annual
Little Italy San Jose Festival
Sunday October 1st, 2023
11am - 7pm
Featuring the Italian tenor Pasquale Esposito







Italica
Thank You Sponsors!
Main Stage
10:30 - 11:00 - Opening Ceremony
11:00 - 11:15 - Italian and American National Anthems
11:30 - 12:00pm - Cory Pesatauro Accordion Entertainer
12:15pm - 12:45pm - Vanessa Raci Italian Jazz
12:45pm - 1:30pm - Vanessa Raci & Cory Pesatauro
2:00pm - 2:45pm - Italica
3:15pm - 4:45pm - Italian Tenor - Pasquale Esposito (Headliner)
5:30pm - 7pm - Anthony Nino Lane Band (Closing Band)
Street Performances
Balliamo Italian Folk Dance Group (Various Times)
Activities
Ferrari & Lamborghini Car Show - 11am - 4pm
Soccer in Slow Motion Soccer demonstration/Interactive games
11am - 6pm
Arts & Craft Vendors (In Piazza & At West Saint John and Guadalupe Park
Wine Tasting in Little Italy Piazza (5 Wineries) - 11am - 6:30pm
Little Italy Membership and Cultural Center & Museum info Booth
Over 25 Luxury Italian Cars on Display


Authentic Italian Cuisine
Coming Soon......