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La Piazza<\/span>, a\u00a0new Italian Music and Food Festival,\u00a0<\/strong>will premiere\u00a0April 10\u201312, 2026<\/strong>, in the\u00a0Faulkner Gallery\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Towbes\u00a0Plaza<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>at the Santa Barbara Public Library\u00a0and at various locations throughout Santa Barbara.\u00a0The free, three-day celebration will highlight Italy\u2019s rich musical heritage, its vibrant culinary traditions, and the spirit of community that connects us all. The festival opens at\u00a03:30 pm on the afternoon of Friday, April 10, at the Faulkner Gallery, with a concert titled \u201cAmore Italiano: Rome, Cinema, and the Music of the Heart,\u201d featuring the combined talents of Jacopo Giacopuzzi and Alvise Pascucci on piano, Camille Miller on violin, and Tommaso Benciolini on flute. The food festival begins Saturday, April 11 at noon and continues at noon, April 12, at Towbes\u00a0Plaza<\/span>. Visitors will enjoy bread and olive oil tastings, a fresh pasta stand, a\u00a0kids\u2019 corner, booths offering an array of authentic Italian products, cooking demonstrations, tarantella dance lessons, seminars on the food, wine, and music of Italy presented by the UCSB Italian Culture Department, and other engaging activities celebrating Italy\u2019s contributions to the American Riviera. Saturday and Sunday afternoons will\u00a0feature a\u00a0classical music concert in the Faulkner Gallery. Saturday\u2019s concert is titled \u201cRecomposed: Vivaldi, Verdi, and the Art of Reinvention,\u201d again displaying the talents of Giacopuzzi, Pascucci, Miller, Benciolini,\u00a0and violinist Jessica Guideri,<\/span>\u00a0while Sunday\u2019s concert is \u201cDolce Swing,\u201d featuring Benciolini on flute, Antonio Artese on piano, and the Antonio Artese Trio, consisting of Artese, Luca Alemanno, and Mark Ferber. The festival program and attractions will be included in a brochure and map directing visitors to festival partners, including Arnoldi\u2019s, Aperitivo & Manifattura, Ca\u2019 Dario, Olio\u00a0e Limone, Via Maestra\u00a042, and more. La Piazza<\/span>\u00a0is being produced by\u00a0La Piazza<\/span>, Inc., an IRS-recognized nonprofit under the direction of Jacopo Giacopuzzi,\u00a0with the collaboration of the Santa Barbara Public Library.\u00a0La Piazza<\/span>\u00a0is also the producer of the annual Tramonto Festival in Encinitas, California. For more information, or to be included as a partner in what is likely to become another signature Santa Barbara festival, visit\u00a0https:\/\/jacopogiacopuzzi.com\/ \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La Piazza, a\u00a0new Italian Music and Food Festival,\u00a0will premiere\u00a0April 10\u201312, 2026, in the\u00a0Faulkner Gallery\u00a0and\u00a0Towbes\u00a0Plaza\u00a0at the Santa Barbara Public Library\u00a0and at various locations throughout Santa Barbara.\u00a0The free, three-day celebration will highlight Italy\u2019s rich musical heritage, its vibrant culinary traditions, and the spirit of community that connects us all. 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