The heart of Parco Ducale reopens to one of the most awaited events of the year: from 30 May to 2 June, from 11.00 in the morning until midnight, the Parma Street Food Festival starts again and the flavours, entertainment, music and that festive atmosphere that only the Parma Street Food Festival can create. The 2024 edition, organized by Confesercenti Parma, with the patronage and contribution of the Municipality of Parma and the support of Up!Comunicazione, was presented at a press conference this morning at Parco Ducale, in the presence of Chiara VernizziCouncilor for Urban Regeneration with responsibility for Economic Activities and Commerce, Luca Vedrini Torricelli, Trade Delegate for the Municipality of Parma, Francesca ChittoliniPresident of Confesercenti Parma, Antonio VinciDirector Confesercenti Parma, Paola Anghinetti of Gusto Parma, as representative of the Street Food Quality Parma Association e Mirko Leraghi of Up Comunicazione.
Four days of open-air events, street food, games, musical entertainment, street artists, children’s area, craft market and much more, all with free admission. Over thirty spectacular traveling food trucks, including a large participation of food trucks belonging to the Street Food Quality Parma Association, will offer the best street food around from all over Italy and beyond, ranging from the Parma tradition to specialties from foreign countries. After having tasted and enjoyed the delicacies of the Food Trucks, you can treat yourself to a drink at the central bar of the Festival, where you can choose, depending on your wishes, among the best craft beers offered by the Farnese Brewery or the cocktails prepared by the guys from DownUnder Parma.
And Parma Street Food Festival is not just food! An inflatable area will be set up for the little ones and the friends of Parmakids.it, with Books on Wheels, will entertain the children with animated readings of hilarious books and crazy stories!
Furthermore, the Circularmente Association will be present for the 4 days of the event and will offer a wide program of shows, parades of stilt walkers, unicyclists, wooden games and giant soap bubbles capable of satisfying every desire and every expectation. Along the main avenue of the Parco Ducale there will also be a large market area, organized by Vanitas Market, with a rich offer of various types of artisanal products.
Towards the evening, then, it will be time to turn the spotlight on aperitifs, DJ sets and live music, with always different proposals every evening; entertainment that will range from traditional American jazz, offered on Thursday evening, to 90s and 2000s disco music that will invite everyone to dance on Saturday evening. Big news this year will be the presence of a second stage, a Sound Truck set up as a stage, in front of the Da MAT Kiosco in Parco Ducale. The event, of which Radio Duchessa will be media partner, with an in-person station, is also made possible thanks to the technical support of COMeSER Srl and the partnership and sponsorship of Ikea, Stella Artois, Iveco Ara 1965, LavoroPiù and MineralBirra.
