Italian Fest - The Main Street Event

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Italian Fest - The Main Street Event Since 1983, Collinsville IL has been celebrating the Italian culture and heritage on Main st every 3 weekend in September .

Live music,5k,parade, pageant,local food, grape stomp,bocce ball. The Italian Fest is a terrific street fair that celebrates everything Italian. Signature events like the Grape Stomp and Bocce Tournament are just part of two days designed to feature Italian Food and fun for the family. Join us for continuous entertainment on two stages, Wine Garden, Miss and Mister Italian Fest Pageant, and Children‘s Area. The Parade is always a big draw Saturday at 4pm. Saturday morning features a 5-K Run-Walk. But the real calling card of the Italian Fest continues to be the authentic Italian fare including Fest favorites like spiedini, Italian beef, stuffed shells, bagna cauda, cannoli, and Italian Ices. The festival now attracts more than 150,000 people during its two days helps several civic, social, church and school organizations in the Collinsville area raise over $150,000. The first Italian Fest was organized as a Columbus Day Promotion for downtown merchants in 1983. Social, church and civic organizations from the area set up booths on Main Street to serve a variety of authentic Italian foods. Early fests featured a bocce ball tournament, entertainment, grape stomp, wine making, pizza and spaghetti eating competitions. In 1986, a citizen group replaced the downtown merchants as festival organizers and added such popular features as bed races and the city's largest parade. Since 1987, the Fest has come under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. In 1988, the Fest was moved to mid September to take advantage of generally better weather conditions.

Congratulations to our 1st place team from our Bocce Ball tournament last weekend, Eugene helms and Doug Tsui!
09/26/2026

Congratulations to our 1st place team from our Bocce Ball tournament last weekend, Eugene helms and Doug Tsui!

THANK YOU, COLLINSVILLE! What an amazing 2026 Italian Fest! We can’t say thank you enough to everyone who helped make th...
09/22/2026

THANK YOU, COLLINSVILLE!

What an amazing 2026 Italian Fest! We can’t say thank you enough to everyone who helped make this year’s festival possible.

A huge thank you to all of our vendors, generous sponsors, and AMAZING volunteers who put so much time and effort into making the weekend a success. And of course, thank you to everyone who came out, supported the festival and enjoyed the weekend with us!

Italian Fest wouldn’t be what it is without this incredible community. We’re so grateful for everyone who played a part in making 2026 one to remember.

Thank you for another great Italian Fest! We’ll see you next year! ❤️💚

09/22/2026
Big thank you /grazie to Tiffany Privett for coming out with her business and providing some free samples of energy and ...
09/21/2026

Big thank you /grazie to Tiffany Privett for coming out with her business and providing some free samples of energy and electrolyte drinks to help our runners in the Italian Fest 5K and Kids Dash!

Big THANK YOU /GRAZIE to the sports teams that helped us with trash this weekend! We really couldn’t do it without you ...
09/21/2026

Big THANK YOU /GRAZIE to the sports teams that helped us with trash this weekend! We really couldn’t do it without you all !
Friday Day -Collinsville Wrestling Club
Friday night & All Day Saturday- Collinsville Kahok Baseball
Sunday Morning -Collinsville Kahok Wrestling

09/21/2026

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221 West Main Street
Collinsville, IL
62234

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+16183442884

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