We had an amazing 2024 Festa! Thanks to all involved. We have a few images from the day below.
We would like to thank our 2024 Major Sponsors:
Sunday October 26th 2025
10am — 5pm
With more than 180,000 visitors each year, celebrating Italian culture, community spirit and what makes Leichhardt special!
An Iconic Local Event
In 1986, the first Norton Street Italian Festa was organised by the Capuchin Priests at St Fiacres Church in Leichhardt who wanted to replicate the religious festivals of Italy. Norton Street in Leichhardt has long been the emotional and physical centre of the Italian community in Sydney and is known as ‘Little Italy’. It was the first stop for many, if not most, of the Italians who disembarked in Sydney for a new beginning. Many established roots in Leichhardt and the surrounding suburb, creating a thriving community of Italian culture.
A Community Celebration
- One of the largest annual street festivals in Australia
- Located in the heart of Sydney’s ‘Little Italy’ and featuring entertainment, cooking demonstrations, food, drinks and community activities
- A fun, family day out that has something special for everyone, with no cost for entry
- A wonderful meeting of culturally rich locals and visitors from all over Sydney of all ages, professions and backgrounds
- Supported by Inner West Council and other generous partners, particularly Co.As.It.
- Carnival rides, jumping castles, animal farms, face painting, street performers and pony rides for the kids
- Entertainment, concerts, dancing and free cooking demonstrations by the best Italian professional chefs PLUS the best local Italian Nonnas!
- Hundreds of stallholders showcasing and selling the latest, the unusual and the best in products, and food, coffee and gelato to die for.
Presented by
Event Sponsors
Festa gratefully acknowledges the support it receives from its key supporting organisations. Their contributions will ensure the continuing success of Festa in its 38th year. We take this opportunity to introduce them and recommend their products and services to for your consideration.
Platinum Sponsors
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Bronze Sponsors
Media Partners
Local Community Event
Greenway Art Prize
A notable event on the Inner West arts and culture calendar, the GreenWay Art Prize celebrates the qualities of the Cooks River to Iron Cove GreenWay–a precious 5.8km urban environmental and sustainable transport corridor in Sydney’s Inner West.
The GreenWay follows the route of the Inner West Light Rail and Hawthorne Canal and features bike paths and foreshore walks, cultural and historical sites, cafes, bushcare sites and a range of parks, playgrounds and sporting facilities.
The Art Prize was established in 2010 to capture the essence of the Greenway through visual art and to celebrate the vibrancy, creativity and community spirit of the Inner West.
This is a national prize, open to all artists submitting work.
Find out more- link to https://www.greenwayartprize.com.au/
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Disclaimer:
The Leichhardt Collective and all supporting organisations, will do everything in their power to fulfil on the plans for this event. However we will not be liable for any failure or delay in providing products and services as a result of matters outside our control. We will not pass on your personal details to any other organisation except for those who are sponsoring this event.