Festa Italiana Seattle

Seattle's 39th annual Festa Italiana returns to Seattle Center on September 26 and 27, 2026, as a free Italian cultural weekend. Organizer hours are Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the Italian car show on Saturday only.

Kids usually land in the Armory: pizza toss, Venetian mask crafts, face painting, and free Italian language lessons upstairs. Grown-ups can peel off for bocce, the grape stomp, rooftop cooking demos at Fisher Pavilion, food stalls, or the 21-and-over wine and beer gardens. Later afternoon brings danceable Italian covers and the returning RigaTones sing-along.

Admission is free; food, drinks, raffle tickets, and some kids activities cost extra. Meet near the Armory if the campus splits your group, and keep younger kids in Tino's Cortile while anyone over 21 visits the wine gardens.