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This year’s celebration will begin Sunday, December 10th at 3:00PM with the lighting of the Christmas fire, a candlelight procession to the altar of St Lucy, followed by a prayer service for those who have departed in 2017. Ragazzi Italian Folk Dancers will perform 2 Christmas dances. Traditional “cuccia” will be served. Open to the public, free of...

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The Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa is now accepting vendor applications for our 2013 festival to be held July 26-27, 2013 at the Western Gateway Park in Downtown Des Moines.   Vendor applications will be accepted through April 15, 2013.   To be a part of this year's festival, please fill out the 2013 Vendor Application For...

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A very popular flip chart at our past festivals has been the Wedding Album Display. Some of the pictures in the large album date back to the early 1900′s and others are more recent. The first album is complete and we are now gathering photographs for a second album flip chart.

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Our rich Italian culture will once again be the focus of this year's Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa. Our Cultural Hall will be located in the east wing of the Pappajohn Educational Center on the festival grounds at the corner of 12th and Locust Street.

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After months of preparation, the Italian-American community of Iowa is thrilled to welcome all of you to the fourth annual Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa!   Every year our festival gets bigger and better. This year, we return to the Western Gateway Park in downtown Des Moines. With more space than ever before, we have added addit...

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David Marker, the director of the feature-length film Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy, will be at this year's Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa to demonstrate the zampogna and other traditional Italian musical instruments.   Marker, a 2009 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, spent five weeks with h...

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The Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa has built a reputation of consistently providing a variety of entertainment acts – this year is no exception!   Whether you enjoy swing, New Orleans jazz, classic rock, folk dancing or Italian-American classics – we have it all this year! So pick up your favorite Italian delicacy along with your...

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The Italian American Heritage Festival of Iowa is proud to announce that Franco Corso will headline this year's entertainment lineup, backed by a full 9-piece orchestra. With a voice that melts hearts and instills passion, Franco Corso, The Voice of Romance, is the newest Italian singing sensation in America. His distinctive and powerful baritone...

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Viva L'Italia, the Italian-American Heritage Festival of Iowa, will take place on Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27 in Des Moines' Western Gateway Park. The fourth annual event is a celebration of Italian culture that features food and beverage vendors, dancing, live music, children's activities, cooking demonstrations, art, a bocce ball tourna...

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