FREE ADMISSION..Ethnic Entertainment...Sicilian Cultural Pavilion...Sicilian Cuisine...FREE Children's Rides & Entertainment, Art, History, & Heritage

BENVENUTI

17th Annual

2010 Sicilian Festival

May 23 , 2010

10 am till 6 pm

in the heart of

San Diego's LITTLE ITALY


FREE PARKING & SHUTTLE

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Please read our NEWS RELEASE about the festival and contact us for more information. The Sicilian Festival is a perfect venue for a specialty travel feature, or a backdrop for a cultural film series, television program, etc.

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to watch a Photo Show of some of Sicily's most beautiful scenes, photographed by Giovanna DiBona, Sicilian Festival Entertainment Director and Travel Photographer, on a recent trip to Sicily.

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This year's Festival is proud to feature a historic display of Sicilian Puppets from the renowned collection of Pasadena resident Allan Cook.

Our 2009 Festival broke all attendance records!


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Click HERE to enjoy a 10-minute tour of the highlights of our beautiful Festival in the heart of San Diego's historical, picturesque, and urban chic Little Italy neighborhood.

SPONSORS TAKE NOTE! The Sicilian Festival receives a tremendous amount of media coverage--locally, nationally and internationally! Click HERE to view a recap of the highlights of our local coverage in 2008, which features the history of the Sicilian Community in San Diego (Fox News) as well as a Sicilian cooking demonstration by Little Italy restauranteur Joe Busalacchi on San Diego's KUSI newsl...

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Sicilian Culture Remains Alive In Little Italy

The beautiful and historic Our Lady of the Rosary Church in San Diego's Little Italy is the heart of two magnificent processions each year: the Madonna Del Lume and the Madonna Addolorata. For 71 and 68 years respectively, these traditional religious processions have kept alive the history and culture of Sicily on the shores of San Diego.

 

CLICK HERE to watch a photo show of the Madonna Del Lume Procession in October.

 

 

 

 

CLICK HERE to watch a photo show of the Madonna Addolorata Procession in September.

Want a taste of the activities at last year's festival? DOWNLOAD A 2009 FESTIVAL BROCHURE HERE
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