Location of Events During the Official Italian Week
Monday 26th May 2008:
-The Ultimate Coffee Experience: 10am-12.00am at Di Bella Coffee, 82 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills. Tickets $20. Bookings (07) 3252 5858.
- Barista Skills: 2pm – 4pm at Di Bella Coffee, 82 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills. Tickets $20. Bookings (07) 3252 5858 .
- Architecture – Association Toscani nel Mondo for QLD e NT at 6.00 pm: Conference by Arch. Alessandro Barocchi on: “Firenze, capoluogo della Toscana, genesi di una citta’ dall’eta’ romana ad oggi” at Cortina Restaurant, Sandgate Rd., Nundah. Refreshment with typical food and Tuscan wine. Ticket $ 25. Bookings (07) 32525049 or 0404542714.
Tuesday 27th May:
- Literary evening with Susan Parisi’s ‘Blood of Dreams’, novel of intrigue in the time of Casanova’s Carnival – In conjunction with the Dante Alighieri Society Brisbane.
At Viale Canova and Dolci Sapori, 828 Sandgate Road, Clayfield - 6pm. Tickets $30.00 Bookings by May 23rd.
Wednesday 28th May:
- Italian Week Cup Sponsored by Di Bella Coffee at Brisbane City Football Club, Spencer Park, 42 Newbery Street Newmarket, from 6.00pm. A fun filled evening of calcetto (5 a side half field soccer match). Put together a team by phoning: (07) 3356 8834.
Thursday 29th May 2008:
- The Ultimate Coffee Experience: 10am-12.00am at Di Bella Coffee, 82 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills. Tickets $20. Bookings (07) 3252 5858.
- Barista Skills: 2pm – 4pm at Di Bella Coffee, 82 Abbotsford Road, Bowen Hills. Tickets $20. Bookings (07) 3252 5858 .
Friday 30th May:
- Official reception, with the artist Sebastian Di Mauro. By Invitation
Saturday 31st May:
- Italian Food and Wine at Sirianni’s Fine Foods: wine tastings from Ballandean Estates Wines and cooking demonstrations. Emporium 106 Brookes St
Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006, Australia - 10.00am to 2.00pm FREE EVENT
- Puccini Spectacular featuring Rosario La Spina, Brisbane Symphony Orchestra & The Queensland Choir, conducted by Antoni Bonetti St, 8pm, at John’s Cathedral , 373 Ann St, Brisbane. Bookings (07) 3847 1717 – Tickets $35.
Sunday 1st June
12.00pm to 4.00pm Suncorp Piazza Southbank FREE Music Concert on the Sarina Russo Stage Featuring -
- The Finalists of the Pellegrino scholarship
- Enza Pantano, has performed with: Tom Jones, Joe Cocker, Barry Manilow, Roger Daltry, Chaka Khan, The Commodores.
- Peter Cupples, known for hits as 'Summer Breeze' 'World of Make/believe' and 'So much Love' will perform with his Italian-Australian daughter Georgia for the first time in public.
- Alex Raineri 15 year old Australian-Italian pianist and composer back from a tour of America and Australia with the “Castles and Cathedrals”.
- Opera Queensland, Australia's second largest opera company.
- Anna-Maria La Spina, Italian-Australian singer has had two world tours with the 20 million+ album selling ‘Savage Garden’.
- Free Fashion Show by Elio Marzullo, Italian born designer of the label Elio Moda developed a reputation for quality and excellence
- Free Italian Motor Expo at Southbank Parklands, showcasing Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Ducati, Maserati and Lamborghini.
Suncorp Piazza Southbank - An open yet covered amphitheatre, the Suncorp Piazza is the most multi-purpose venue in South Bank. Transport: The Suncorp Piazza is just a short walk from both South Bank and South Brisbane train stations and busway stops, and the South Bank City Cat terminal. For more information on public transport visit www.transinfo.qld.gov.au or call 13 12 30. Taxi ranks are located at the nearby Convention and Exhibition Centre on Merivale Street, and outside QPAC, on Grey Street (opposite the South Brisbane train station). Undercover parking is available at the cinema, the South Bank Parklands carpark on Little Stanley Street, and the Convention Centre.
