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LisAmore! a huge ‘successo’ under perfect winter skies – Lantern Parade is next, Lismore App, 18 June 2023
"Amazing. I'm so glad that the people of Lismore and surrounding areas and people from Brisbane and Sydney actually took up the invitation to experience a beautiful Italian day." Those were the words of a happy LisAmore! President Gianpiero Battista mid-afternoon at...
LisAmore! A nod to Italian roots
THE Northern Rivers town of Lismore will be abuzz with tantalising tastes and sounds of Italy when its popular Italian festival returns this month. Formerly known as PIAZZA in the Park, the festival has been renamed LisAmore! It will take place at Lismore Turf Club...
LisAmore! focuses on celebrating the cultural life of the Italian community, Lismore City News, 30 May 2023
LisAmore! focuses on celebrating the cultural life of the Italian community in the Northern Rivers region whilst strengthening the rich and enduring sister city friendships between Lismore and Conegliano and Vittorio in Veneto, northern Italy. Read the full story at...
LisAmore! – Lismore Friendship Festival, ARR News 15 May 2023
LisAmore! takes place in the middle of winter, on Sunday 18 June. It’s a wonderful time of year to visit Lismore, Nimbin and Villages. The spectacular Lismore Lantern Parade lights up the streets on Saturday 24 June. It is well worth extending your visit to ensure you...
When the Italian festival comes to town, that’s ‘amore’
Lismore City News, Thursday May 4, 2023 The parkland setting at the Lismore Turf Club is the new home for the popular community celebration with an Italian twist - LisAmore! Formerly known as Piazza in the Park, the new name and the new venue will welcome locals and...
Grand masquerade dance: Nimbin Good Times, January 2023, p.17
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A grand masquerade dance party: The Northern Rivers Times, 5 January 2023, p.10
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Beyond Venice 2023 Masquerade Party: The Lismore App, 3 January 2023
As we roll into the new year, it is time to plan the calendar with this year's upcoming events. One being LisAmore, the Italian Festival in June, and Beyond Venice coming up in February. Following the success of the Beyond Venice dance parties in 2016 and 2017 hosted...
Friendship festival postponed
THE popular Italian-themed Piazza in the Park is the latest major Lismore event to fall victim to the COVID-19 crisis. The popular event has been...
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Friendship Festival invites new members [Lismore Echo, p.15, 22 August 2019]
After the success of the fourth annual Lismore Friendship Festival, plans are in hand to make the 2020 program even more dynamic! Organisers wish to...
Inaugural Italian Film Festival, 15-16 June 2019
Inaugural Italian Film Festival, 15-16 June 2019 Lismore Friendship Festival Inc & BCC Cinemas partnered to bring the inaugural...
Piazza in the Park – Destination NSW
The Friendship Festival pays tribute to Lismore’s friendship relationship with Conegliano in the Veneto of northern Italy with a marketplace...
Adrift with lucky 13 things to do this week
Spotted in the Northern Star this weekend!
Dunoon and District Gazette June-July 2019
BENVENUTI A TUTTI! Everyone is welcome at the Lismore Friendship Festival’s Piazza in the Park to be held again on Sunday 23 June 2019. The free...
Celebrating Italian National Day 2019 in Lismore
Members of the Lismore Italian Seniors Day Club celebrated Italy’s National (Republic) Day. Festa della Republica is June 2. It commemorates the...
Italian fever hits Lismore with the Friendship Festival’s Piazza in the Park 2019 – Senior Traveller, June 2019
FROM bocce to bocconcini, all things Italian will be celebrated in the northern NSW town of Lismore in June. The Lismore Friendship Festival's...
Arts Northern Rivers What’s On
Fabulous to see the Italian Film Festival, and Piazza in the Park included in the Arts Northern Rivers What's On!
Briefs: All things Italian. Northern Star
The 2019 Lismore Friendship Festival's Piazza in the Park is set tantalise your inner Italian. The event acknowledges the contribution Italian...
Italian-themed festival gearing up for another big year
Lovely story on The Lismore App ... The organisers of the LIsmore friendship Festival Piazza in the Park are looking forward to putting on another...
Screenworks, eNews, April 2019
Lovely shoutout from the folks at Screenworks. It's in their April 2019 eNews.
Tickets now on sale for the Lismore Italian Film Festival 2019!
The festival is a partnership between the Lismore Friendship Festival and BCC Cinemas, with all the films screening at the Keen St cinema complex on...
The Good Light, echonews.com.au
"Michele Grigoletti was a guest of Historic New Italy for the 8th anniversary celebrations of Italian settlement at New Italy south of Woodburn. He...
Curly Cousins get friendly at festival
A smash hit at this year's Friendship Festival but also at other events, the "Curly Cousins" [made up of Rochelle , Mandy and Laurel] are superb...
Citizen of the year shows community spirit through meaningful action
Well-known event manager and community volunteer Aliison Kelly has been named Lismore’s 2019 Citizen of the Year. Aliison was one of 10 individuals...
Nothing like Lismore to lighten up grey tired faces
WINTER is time where we naturally pull back, retreat and do things like stare into fires, walk alongside cold seas, watch dramatic sunsets, rug up...
Piazza In The Park celebrates Friendship Festival
Lismore's Friendship Festival - Piazza In The Park was a huge success on the weekend highlighting the region's Italian heritage bringing people from...
Bringing the world to us in celebration
"WHY can't we do this more often?” was the question on the street last weekend following the Lantern Parade and Piazza in the Park. And we should....
10 luminous things to do this weekend
2. Lismore Friendship Festival: A free, fun-filled, family outdoor event acknowledging the regional Italian heritage. Celebrations will include...
Benvenuto Lismore
Organisers of the Friendship Festival are embarking on a 3 year history project inviting Italian settlers and their descendants to indicate on a...
Visit NSW – Lismore Friendship Festival – Piazza in the Park
The Lismore Friendship Festival – Piazza in the Park is an authentic, free, family friendly community event that encourages residents and visitors...
$12,000 needed for two iconic Lismore festivals
COMMUNITY groups are seeking more than $12,000 from Lismore Council for two key festivals in 2018. On the agenda of the April Lismore Business Panel...