About Us

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Italian Festival is to create an atmosphere of community while perpetuating the Italian culture and heritage through education, food and music. The festival provides a unique opportunity to market your products and services to the entire WNY consumer base. The festival lets you, the marketer, have your message prominently displayed at what is considered a prestigious “Top 5” annual Greater Buffalo event. This consumer market has demonstrated to be very loyal and has an appreciation of quality goods and services through its celebration of fine music, food, and Italian heritage.

The Galbani Italian Heritage Festival of Buffalo, New York is one of the largest Italian Street Festivals in the country showcasing Italian and Italian-American culture at its finest. Hertel Avenue is transformed into Little Italy again as longtime friends, neighbors and families reunite to celebrate everything Italian. Delicious food, Italian singers and dancers can be seen performing at the festival. The Italian heritage is on display complete with our St. Anthony procession at the opening ceremony, bilingual Italian/English Mass on Sunday and many activities for children including face painting, Sicilian puppet shows, crafts and even grape stomping for all, including our “bambini” children. Cooking classes from Galbani Cheese at La Cucina Galbani along with many Italian cultural displays abound at our new Italian Cultural Center corner of Hertel and Delaware.

The Festival also provides our local Italian community to share our heritage with the broader public. Our festival brings together people from diverse backgrounds to learn about, celebrate and appreciate Italian traditions. Our festival is a shining jewel in Buffalo’s Summer festival crown and surely not to be missed!