Gran Festa di Ferragosto 2025 - St Louis

On Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Italian Community of St Louis is excited to host the 8th Annual Ferragosto, a traditional Italian summer party, from 5pm to 10PM. 

Our venue, the Enterprise Pavilion at Shaw Park is located at: 27 S Brentwood Blvd, Clayton, Missouri 63105. There is free parking on site. 

Besides music and entertainment, Italian wines and beer will be provided as well as traditional pasta dishes (with homemade pummarola and puttanesca sauces) made by Chef Alessandro Valentino. Savor authentic Italian gelato from Gelato di Riso on The Hill. This year we have five flavors of gelato: stracciatella, pistacchio, nocciola, fragola, and mint chocolate chip. Enjoy D.O.C. prosecco wines donated by La Marca Prosecco and Italian sparkling beverages donated by SanPellegrino. As always, we will have our traditional anguria, aka watermelon. Our DJ has a wonderful array of classical Italian and modern music.

What is included with the purchase of a ticket? One alcoholic beverage, two non-alcoholic beverages, Chef Alessandro's homemade dishes, anguria, and gelato. Additional alcoholic beverages can be purchased for $3. 

TICKETS 
$15 per adult
$7 per student (Must present student I.D.)
Children 12 and under are FREE

RSVP
You can pay in cash at the event or send payment via VENMO to Giovanna Leopardi, Treasurer of the Italian Community: @Giovanna-Leopardi or call: (314) 566-3873

​Ferragosto is an ancient tradition going back over 2,000 years. It is the largest Italian summer festival of the year. Today, we invite you to taste and experience contemporary Italian cuisine and culture.

Make sure to stay for Italian style karaoke later in the evening so prepare yourself with a few of your favorite songs. Sarebbe meglio se potete cantare in italiano!

Feel free to bring a dish and/or beverage of your choice to share. The nearby sand volleyball courts and playgrounds are available for our use. Siete tutti invitati a portare e condividere un piatto a vostra scelta o bevande alternative; portate quello che volete e quello che vi viene meglio.

Special thanks to our volunteers: 

Food: Alessandro Valentino, Scott Hoff, Paolo Gabriele, Debbie Leone, Rachel Radmanesh
Decor & Setup: Giovanna Leopardi, Tiziana Orsini, Vito Alu, Maria Clea Annecchiarico, Cettina Lo Iacono Gabriele, Carlo Sanfilippo
Marketing: Michael Cross

Special thanks to our major sponsors:

Nooter/Eriksen, a thermal engineering company and the world's leading specialist in Sustainable Energy Management with offices in Milan, Italy and headquartered in St Louis. The company’s CEO, Piero Scapini is a major donor of the Italian Community of St Louis for the past six years. 
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Arteco Global, provider of Video Management Software, headquartered in Faenza, Italy and with its North American headquarters in St Louis. Arteco’s CEO is Italian entrepreneur Giorgio Bucci, who lives in Town & Country with his family and has been a major donor of the Italian Community for the past eight years.

Italian Citizenship Assistance (ICA) is a law firm and consulting firm with offices in the U.S. and Italy, which assists individuals who are interested in obtaining Italian citizenship: people of Italian descent, people married to Italian citizens, or those who wish to pursue citizenship through residency. ICA is led by Italian Attorney, Marco Permunian. We thank Marco and ICA for their generous sponsorship and partnership with the Italian Community for the past seven years.