The Ciao stage at Festa will be bringing you a range of cute and quirky entertainment all day, from dog parades to fashion shows and baristas battling it out over latte art.
Pet show
10.30am: Dog Parade
Bring your pooch along to the Ciao Magazine stage to strut their stuff! Whether they’re cute or not, let them have a moment in the spotlight. Take a walk down the catwalk with your best friend and show off their best outfit (and yours). It’s also a great chance to mingle with other dog lovers and make new dates for the dog park. The winner of the dog show will take home a hamper of Applaws goodies valued at over $100. Applaws pet food is natural grain-free dog food with real meat and the highest quality ingredients. This is a not to miss event for dog lovers, as the most beautiful and precious furry balls of fun of the Inner West come together for a morning to remember. Get ready to put your paws together and cheer on your friends.
Fashion at Festa
1pm: Catwalk
Local designers will take to the stage in a showcase of new looks.
VoeurnChea in collaboration with Hats & Needles
Designed by Patsy Meecham, former Cambodian refugee, now world traveller, the VoeurnChea’s design philosophy is to create colourful and timeless pieces that invoke a spirit of wanderlust and encourage a life of adventure. VoeurnChea seeks to help you make a statement about who you are and where you’re going in the world. At Hats & Needles, a hip brand for hand-made hats, each piece is a unique creation. Sophie draws her inspiration from jewellery making and tattoo design, having accumulated in her mind pictures, colours, ideas, patterns and a unique sense of hip elegance.
Mash Accessories in collaboration with Embellish Atelier
Mash Accessories proudly offers vegan products from purses to crossbodies to envelopes, all a stylish combination of faux leather and cotton with zero harm to animals. This Australian based company with roots in India loves to experiment with a mixture of textures and earth-inspired tones.
Meet all your couture millinery needs with Embellish Atelier’s original and gorgeous headwear pieces. They can also create a bespoke hat for you to reflect your personality or occasion. Join award winning milliner Catherine Kelly at the creative and interactive classes where you can learn to make your own fascinators, tiaras, hats and flowers.
Melange chic
Offering eclectic collections of pure wool, cotton and silk scarves, kaftans, summer dresses, beach bags and much more, Melange Chic fuses the styles and tastes of East and West to add uniqueness to your wardrobe.
The Coffee Corner
For the fifth year Ciao is proud to be showcasing the best coffee in the region. With roasters, baristas, trainers, makers and shakers, Stage 3’s coffee corner is the place to be scene.
11:00 — 11:30am: Euroespresso’s live roasting and coffee making demonstrations
Our cover stars are local Annandale business Euroespresso. Marcello Nadile, his wife Vera and four daughters have built a quality family business in Annandale, passionate about all things coffee. From roasting to machine care, cleaning, and perfecting the blend, Euroespresso’s international experience has been shared for the last three decades among locals and further afield, with customers coming from interstate to learn from Marcello.
“The secret to our success has been in helping our customers to also succeed,” says Vera. “Our family business has continued to offer a complete service and individual attention to the needs of our coffee customers for over 30 years by offering our own brand of freshly roasted coffee beans, Caffe Euroblend, and combining them with the amazing La Pavoni and Isomac coffee machines and various quality grinders including Anfim, for home, office and cafés.”
Since 1968, Euroespresso has watched their customers grow — some from single machine operators to restaurant chains. According to Vera, “This is a testament to our experience in helping customers to understand the relationship between coffee beans, the grind and coffee machines.”
Euroespresso are also active in the community. Having contributed to many local charities and worked with schools and the disadvantaged, it is a true family business with genuine customer service and excellence in product knowledge.
Euroespresso are at Festa again this year and will be handing out their famous chocolate covered coffee beans, teaching you how you can work a machine like a real barista and, above all, how to appreciate a beautiful cup of coffee.
2.30pm — 4.30pm: Latte Art Smackdown
Now in its third year, the Australian Specialty Coffee Association, with Grinders and Paul’s Milk, will bring together the Inner West’s best baristas to battle it out for the title of best latte artist in the region. Latte art has evolved into a competitive creative forum, as baristas always try to out-perform their last latte. Don’t miss the action (and the tension) as baristas bomb out under pressure or create a masterpiece. Winners receive cash and a load of other prizes.