2017 Kansas City Festa Italiana Entertainment Line-Up June 2-4
Friday 5:00 PM Miller Marley Entertainers
Overland Park’s premier dance troupe
5:30 PM Katherine Viviano
Italian Songbird
6:30 PM Joseph Vincelli
Internationally acclaimed saxophonist, flautist and jazz artist
7:30 PM Moreno Fruzzetti
Variety of operatic arias, pop music and American Classics
8:45 PM UNICO’s Meatball Eating Contest
9:00 PM The Sicilian Tenors
A romantic journey from Hollywood to Broadway to Italy
Saturday 11:00 AM Live with Jasper Mirable on KCMO Radio
Tune in to 710AM or 103.7 FM
12:00 PM U.N.I.C.O’s Cannoli Eating Contest
12:30 PM The Gumba’s
A musical journey through Italy
1:00 PM Tony Antonucci, Frank Vigiaturo & Frank Cherrito
KC’s smooth Italian crooners
*** Special Appearance – Watch for The Strolling Gumbas from 1 – 2 on the Festival Grounds ***
2:00 PM Isabella Mandacina & Giuliana Siraguso
Festa’s youngest Italian dancers
2:15 PM The Cascone Girls
Sofia&Isabella Cascone-returning for 9th year of dancing excellence!
3:00 PM The Mathenias-Anna Marie, Sicily, and Val
Back by popular demand…
4:00 PM The Viviano Brothers
Singing Italian Favorites
5:00 PM Maria Milazzo
Singing Italian arias and classics
5:30 PM Kate Cosentino
KC’s Italian pop sensation
6:30 PM Frank Cherrito, Frank Viglituro & Tony Antonucci
Mack the knife and more…
7:00 PM Moreno Fruzzetti Returns!
9:00 PM “Lights Out” from Philadelphia
America’s #1 tribute to Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons
2017 Kansas City Festa Italiana Entertainment Line-Up June 2-4
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Sunday 10:00 AM Catholic Mass
Presiding celebrants - Fr. Vince Rogers & Fr. Dennis Wait
11:30 AM Chef Chris Canzoneri
Secret recipe from Garozzo’s head chef
12:00 PM The Gumbas
A musical journey through Italy
1:00 PM Vince Scola
Italian boy singing country favorites
1:30 PM MelRoe’s Dance Studio
Liberty’s showcase dancers
2:00 PM U.N.I.C.O. Awards
Hosted by Dave Sullivan – scholarship chairman
3:00 PM The Cascone Girls Return
Encore performance
4:00 PM The Abel Ramirez Trio
Featuring local vocalists Cherrito, Vigliaturo, Ancona and Antonucci and Anne Trinkl