Festival Italiano

The largest Italian Festival in New Zealand is back in Auckland, with the very popular Festival Italiano street event in Newmarket in Osborne St, Kent St, Rialto Centre and Lumsden Green.

Italian restaurants and food stalls will set up in the streets together with a pop-up Italian bar and a market with over 40 stalls,

Festival Italino has a kids area inside the Rialto Centre in Newmarket this year with thematic art-making activities and readings for children. The Kids Area will be open from 11am to 4pm inside Rialto Centre, upstairs in the Food Court.

Please note children will need to be accompanied by caregivers at all times.

Festival Italiano is a not-for-profit event organised by the volunteers of the Dante Alighieri Society of Auckland in collaboration with Newmarket. and with the generous support of the Waitematā Local Board. The Festival is under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Wellington, and the major corporate sponsor and partner for 2020 is Rialto Centre.