HOT ITALIAN’s 7th Annual Moderno Italiano Festival

WHAT: HOT ITALIAN Pizza Bar is hosting its 7th Annual Moderno Italiano Festival! The festival will take place Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14 to coincide with the Italian mid-summer holiday Ferragosto. The festivities feature special programming at all three HOT ITALIAN locations: Midtown Sacramento, Davis, and Public Market Emeryville.

The Moderno Italiano Festival is a three-day celebration of modern Italian design, film, and food. The pizza bar will offer Italian wine, cheese and beer tastings sourced from Italian purveyors, including event sponsors Peroni Birra and Baci Perugina chocolates. The event will also feature the unveiling of the new FIAT 124 Spider.

Events Schedule

** Location: Across the street from the Midtown Sacramento location at Fremont Park **

· Friday, August 12 at 8 p.m. – Free film screening of Palio (2015), a documentary about the oldest horse race in the world

· Saturday, August 13, from 3 to 7 p.m. – Field day at Fremont Park presented by XOSO Sports, featuring bocce, soccer, and, in honor of the Palio film screening, horseraces utilizing a herd of inflatable toy horses

· Saturday, August 13 at 8 p.m. – A Five Star Life (2013), a drama that tells the story of a hotel critic’s journey to reexamine her life choices

WHEN: Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14

WHERE:

Public Market Emeryville

5959 Shellmound Street #75,

Emeryville, CA 94608

Midtown Sacramento

1627 16th Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

Davis

500 1st St. #09

Davis, CA 95616

WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/events/1731900280431316