​*FREE ADMISSION*
Everyone for the Entire Weekend!
June 3, 4 & 5 2022

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Festa provides an ideal environment to experience great authentic live entertainment, delicious Italian food, outstanding desserts, beverages, vendor and historical informational booths.

Festa Italiana is UNICO KC’s largest fundraising event of the year where all proceeds are directed to our scholarship fund.

Live entertainment is offered non-stop for the weekend including national acts and some of the best local and regional talent.  The weekend also includes Motori in Piazza (Italian Motorsports Show), an outdoor Catholic Mass on Sunday and kid zone with bounce houses.  Come enjoy some of the best Italian food from local restaurants and shop some of our local vendors.

*** SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED to recipients the Sunday afternoon of every festival***

A Weekend of Entertainment
2022 Kansas City Festa Italiana Line-up
June 3rd, 4th, & 5th 2022

FRIDAY

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• ​5:00 PM
  • Miller Marley Entertainers Overland Park’s premier dance troupe
• 5:30 PM
  • Frank Cherrito KC’s smooth Italian crooner
• 6:30 PM
  • Flashback Classic rock, R&B, and funk band
• 8:30 PM
  • UNICO’s Meatball Eating Contest
• 9:00 PM
  • The Bronx Wanderers One family, one dream, one amazing rockin’ show!

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SATURDAY

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• ​11:00 AM
  • ​​Live with Jasper Mirable Celebrity Italian chef hosts hour show with guests
• 12:00 PM
  • UNICO’s Cannoli Eating Contest Hosted by Jasper Mirable
• 12:30 PM
  • The Gumba’s A musical journey through Italy
• 1:00 PM
  • ​The Cascone Sisters Sofia & Isabella Cascone – returning for their 14th year of dancing excellence!

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                               SPECIAL APPEARANCE:
                                    Keep an eye out for
                                   The Strolling Gumbas
                        1–2 PM on the Festival Grounds
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• 1:30 PM ​
  • The Viviano Brothers Singing Italian favorites
• 2:30 PM
  • Jim Gai & The After Hours Trio Great mix from jazz era to classic rock
• 3:30 PM
  • Chef Silverio Pagano KC’s singing Italian chef’s secret recipe
• 4:00 PM
  • ​Joseph Vincelli Internationally acclaimed saxophonist, flautist, and jazz artist
• 5:30 PM
  • Ilaria Della Bidia Sincere artist, versatile, full of engird and emotion, from Tuscany, Italy
• 7:00 PM
  • Disco Dick & The Mirrorballs The nation’s number one disco experience
• 9:00 PM
  • The Bronx Wanderers Return

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SUNDAY

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• ​10:00 AM
  • Catholic Mass Presiding celebrants – Fr. Vincent Rogers & Fr. Dennis Wait
• 11:00 AM
  • Chef Chris Canzoneri Secret recipe from Garozzo’s head chef
• 11:30 AM
  • Maria Milazzo Singing Italian arias and classics
• 12:00 PM
  • The Gumba’s
• 1:00 PM
  • Elizabeth Vigliaturo Tabor Festa’s youngest dancer
• 1:15 PM
  • Frank Favoroso Classic rock and country
• 1:30 PM
  • Anna Marie Cardello Contemporary Pop artist
• 2:00 PM
  • Michael J. Done The Italian Elvis tribute
• 3:00 PM
  • Four Fried Chickens and a Coke Upbeat, fun rock band since 1997
• 4:30 PM ​
  • Recognition of U.N.I.C.O Scholarship 

2022 Sponsors...

Sponsors are the lifeblood of our festival, without there support the backend infostructure of the festival would be nonexistent. We would like to publicly thank all our sponsors, no matter the level, for their continued involvement in not only our organization but too, in the very community that relies on them for their services and products on a daily basis.

*Click on the logos below to visit the Sponsors Website...

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BRONZE

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Heartbeat of the Festival

Our local Vendors are the heartbeat of the Festival each and every year. Not only do you bring a taste of Kansas City to the party but too, Kansas City products and services.  Show off your businesses to a captioned crowd and have some GREAT FOOD in the process

Food Vendor Application

Exhibitor Application

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2022 Vendors