Event Description:
- Established in 2016, Little Italy Festival draws 20k to 25k people.
- One of the largest Italian Car Shows in the United States!
- Authentic Italian cuisine from some of the Bay Areas favorite Italian Restaurants
- Nonstop Italian Entertainment
- Wine Tasting from some of the best Cal-Italia wineries in CA
- Italian Arts & Crafts
- Cultural Exhibits and Italian Museum Tours
- Highlighting Little Italy Italian Businesses
- Children's Activities & Soccer
What we'll be doing:
We will be helping out with Little Italy San Jose's festival on the wine/beer booths 1 & 2.
What you should know:
Dress in comfortable clothes. Volunteers will be provided a t-shirt, pizza, and a drink token. This event will be updated as more information becomes available. There may also be a small shift in the start/end time.
Where to Meet:
The Volunteer Booth is located in front of the YA Tittle Insurance building on N. Almaden Blvd across the street form Bel Bacio Cafe.
Little Italy San Jose:
Little Italy San Jose is a 501(c)3 that has worked for the last 9 years to rebuild what is left of a 12 block Italian neighborhood in downtown San Jose. In the last nine years we have taken a blighted block and a half and opened businesses and flipped homes into residences. Our current focus is taking one of the old homes we have been able to purchase through donations and bring her back to life to become our museum and piazza area. Please see more at littleitalysj.com for more information.
Little Italy San Jose has become a destination in San Jose. The history of the area and the Italian people adds to the story of the diversity of San Jose. Every big city has it's Little Italy section and now San Jose does as well. Homes were boarded up and now four of them are residences. We are welcoming our fourth business in the next couple weeks, Enoteca Downtown - a 6,000 square foot pizzeria/sports bar to go along with the Italian School for Pre-K and Kindergarten, Paesano Ristorante and Bel Bacio Italian Café. Our original fund raising efforts built the landmark LISJ Arch that stands on Julian and Pleasant St. at Highway 87. This museum project is about a 2.5 million dollar project in all.