2026 Italian Heritage Festival

As always, the Festival is a robust celebration of Italian culture with food and live entertainment. Our crowd-pleasing grape stomping contest will return as will our pizza eating contest - we'll have some new events too, so don't miss it! The Festival will offer a full slate of activities for locals, visitors, and kids.

A number of booths will be dedicated to traditional Italian foods, such as cheeses, breads, pasta, fish, meatballs, sausage and calzones, and delicious sweets, including Italian ice, gelato, biscotti and zeppolis - many sponsored by local restaurants. We offer a silent auction featuring an extensive selection of gift certificates to golf foursomes at our world-famous courses, area restaurants, boat cruises, spa visits, and of course, gift baskets, and a wide range of crafts, gifts, and art works on which to bid.

The Hilton Head Island Italian Heritage Festival will be held Saturday, October 17, 2025 from 11:00am - 4:00pm, at The Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn - rain or shine.