Memphis Italian Festival

Memphis’s Italian heritage gets its proper due at the annual Memphis Italian Festival — authentic food, wine, live music, and cultural performances spread across a full day of celebration. It’s a family-rooted, community-driven event, but the wine and the crowd make it plenty fun for the day-drinking set too.

Come with an appetite as much as a thirst; this is a festival where the food is as much the draw as the drinks, and wandering between vendor tents pairing a glass of red with fresh pasta or a cannoli is half the experience. Mangia, drink, and be merry, as the saying goes — this festival takes that seriously.