September 26-27, 2009
Seattle Center House, Fisher Pavilion

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From opera and popular music to pasta and wine, The Italian Festival is a "Celebration of All Things Italian." Food vendors, crafts, puppet theatre, Italian films, a grape-stomping contest and bocce ball tournament honor the "old country" like no other festival in the country. Food takes center stage with celebrity cooking demonstrations, while the air is filled with the mouth-watering aromas of Italian cuisine. Come for food, family, fun and the heritage of Seattle’s own "Garlic Gulch" neighborhood in Rainier Valley. Presented by Festa Italiana.

Did you know?

Albert Dean Rosellini, born in Tacoma, WA on January 21, 1910, is the oldest living former governor in the United States – and was the first Italian- American Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River. Once a lawyer, Rosellini served in the Washington Legislature before being elected to two terms as Governor (1957–1965). The longest floating bridge in the world, which was opened in 1963 and carries State Route 520 over Lake Washington from Seattle to Medina, was renamed in honor of Rosellini through an act of the Washington State Legislature in 1988. The bridge’s official name is now the Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge–Evergreen Point. At age 99, Rosellini is still active in politics, is influential in the Democratic Party, and remains an active businessman.

Thanks to our Italian Festival sponsors