Festa Italiana 2011 Ticket Giveaway Winners
Thank you to everyone who entered our giveaway for free tickets to Festa Italiana 2011. Festa starts on Thursday and runs through the weekend.
Congratulations to the following winners who were randomly selected to win a pair of tickets to Festa:
- Cathy M.
- Dawn N.
- Ken K.
- Wendy L.
Our winners have been notified and will be sent their tickets in time for the festival.
If you didn’t win, there are still ways to get free or discounted admission to Festa Italiana. Thank you to the organizers of Festa Italiana for providing the passes for this giveaway!
Festa Italiana 2011 Admission Promotions
Festa Italiana, Milwaukee’s popular annual Italian festival, runs from July 21 - 24. There is a lot to see and do at Festa Italiana including seven stages of free entertainment, free rides and food from over 30 different vendors. The famous Festa Italiana Fireworks take place nightly.
Admission at the gate is $13 for adults, and free for children 12 and under. If you are attending the Buddy Valastro: TLC’s Cake Boss, Frankie Valli, or The Monkees shows at the Marcus Amphitheater, admission to Festa Italiana is included with your ticket purchase.
Every Day Admission Promotions
Active duty military personnel receive free admission for themselves plus one guest all four days of Festa. Eligible individuals can present a current military identification card at any admission gate for free admission.
Get a free Festa Italiana admission voucher when you purchase one 12-pack or two 6-packs of Peroni (bottles) at area grocery and liquor stores. Ticket or voucher redeemable at the Mid-Gate.
Participating stores: Pick ‘n Save*, Metro Market*, Sendik’s (all area locations), Otto’s, Discount Liquor, Ray’s Liquor, Avenue wine and Liquor, Oklahoma Beer, Gary’s Beer and Muskego Beer. *The six-pack option is not available at Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market.
Specific day admission promotions are as follows:
Thursday, July 21
2:00 p.m. to closing - U.S. Cellular Day. Present your U.S. Cellular phone at the Mid-Gate for free admission.
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Piggly Wiggly 1/2 Price Admission. Bring your Piggly Wiggly Preferred Club Card to the Mid-Gate for ½ price admission.
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - VIP day for those with disabilities. People with disabilities, along with their caregivers, receive free admission, half-price on all food items and soda, while the grounds are closed to the general public.
Friday, July 22
11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Free Admission for everyone!
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Piggly Wiggly 1/2 Price Admission. Bring your Piggly Wiggly Preferred Club Card to the Mid-Gate for ½ price admission.
Saturday, July 23
No admission promotions.
Sunday, July 24
All day - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Press Perk. Bring your Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Press Perk to the Mid-Gate for half price admission.
10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. - Free Admission After High Mass. South Entrance Only. Free admission to Festa when you attend High Mass in the Marcus Amphitheater. Mass begins at 11:00 a.m. Mass is followed by an authentic Italian religious street procession through the Festa grounds.
Details on admission promotions and all of the events scheduled for Festa Italiana 2011 can be found on the Festa Italiana website.
Festa Italiana 2011 Ticket Giveaway
Next up on Milwaukee’s summer festival schedule is Festa Italiana! Festa Italiana runs Thursday, July 21st through Sunday, July 24th. The organizers of Festa Italiana have provided us with four pairs of tickets to be given away to our readers.
To enter the drawing, simply sign up for our email list by filling out the form below (if you’re already signed up for our email list, you can still enter the giveaway by filling out the form). One entry per person, please!
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Four winners of two tickets to Festa Italiana will be drawn at 10:00 p.m. on Monday, July 18th. Contest winners will be contacted via email and will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond, a new winner will be drawn.
Festa Italiana 2010 Admission Promotions
Festa Italiana starts this week at the Summerfest grounds. Milwaukee’s popular annual Italian festival runs from Thursday, July 15th through Sunday July 18th. There is a lot to see and do at Festa Italiana including six stages of free entertainment, free rides and food from over 40 different vendors. The famous Festa Italiana Fireworks take place each night at 10:15.
Admission at the gate is $12 for adults, and free for children 12 and under. If you are attending the Chris Botti or Frankie Valli shows at the Marcus Amphitheater, admission to Festa Italiana is included with your ticket purchase. Specific day admission promotions are as follows:
Thursday, July 15
2 p.m. to closing - U.S. Cellular Day. Present your U.S. Cellular phone at the Mid-Gate for free admission.
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Palermo’s Pizza Buy One Get One Free Admission. Bring the entire UPC side panel from one box of Palermo’s Primo Thin, Rustico or Hearth Italia pizzas and store receipt to the cashiers window for buy one-get one free admission. Check out our Milwaukee Coupons page for a coupon for Palermo’s Pizza.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - VIP day for those with disabilities. People with disabilities, along with their caregivers, receive free admission, half-price on all food items and soda, while the grounds are closed to the general public.
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Piggly Wiggly 1/2 Price Admission. Bring your Piggly Wiggly Preferred Club Card to the Mid-Gate for ½ price admission. Read more
Ticket to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Plus Festa Italiana Admission For $19
Today’s Groupon offer (which should be available through Sunday evening) will likely appeal to adults who grew up on American music in the 60′s and 70′s. On Sunday, July 18th, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, who delivered 29 Top 40 hits in their career, will be playing at 6:30pm at Festa Italiana. For only $19, you receive admission to Festa Italiana and a ticket to the concert. Also, there isn’t a purchase limit for this offer, so you can purchase as many tickets for your friends and family as you’d like! This deal represents a 49% discount off the $37 retail value.
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons have enjoyed a renewed interest in their music lately due to the success of the musical Jersey Boys, which portrayed the story of the rise of Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons. A poster for Jersey Boys is pictured here to give you an idea of some of the hits that the group has recorded, such as Oh! What a Night, Big Girls Don’t Cry, and Sherry.
To review the terms of the offer and to purchase tickets, visit the Groupon website.
Festa Italiana 2009 - Free Admission Promotions
Festa Italiana takes place this week in Milwaukee on Thursday July 16th through Sunday July 19th. Tickets are $12 at the gate. Advance tickets can be purchased for $10 at Piggly Wiggly stores, North Shore Bank locations, and Sendik’s stores (Balistreri owned and operated). Advance tickets can also be purchased at the Italian Community Center (631 Chicago St., Milwaukee) between 9am and 5pm. Advance tickets include one raffle ticket.
If you’re looking for a way to get into Festa Italiana for free this year, it shouldn’t be a problem. There are many different ways to obtain free admission!
Kids 12 and under are free every day when they are accompanied by an adult.
You can also get a free Festa Italiana admission voucher or ticket at participating Pick n’ Save and Copps Food Center stores when you purchase one 12 pack of Peroni beer. The offer is valid 6/21 to 7/19 and the ticket or voucher is redeemable at the main gate.
Here are specific daily promotions for free admission to Festa Italiana:
Thursday, July 16
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Present your Piggly Wiggly Preferred Club card at the mid-gate for free admission.
2 p.m. to closing. U.S. Cellular Day. Present your U.S. Cellular phone at the mid-gate for free admission.
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring the entire UPC side panel from one box of Palermo’s Primo Thin, Rustico or Hearth Italia pizzas to the mid-gate for free admission to grounds.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. VIP day for those with disabilities. People with disabilities, along with their caregivers, receive free admission, half-price on all food items and soda, while the grounds are closed to the general public. Sponsored by ICare and Summerfest.
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Potawatomi Day. Show your Fire Keeper’s Club card at the mid-gate and receive $2.00 off.
Friday, July 17
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free Admission for everyone! Compliments of the Italian Community Center.
Saturday, July 18
Free admission all day to Festa when you present your ticket for the Def Leppard concert at the Marcus Amphitheater!
Sunday, July 19
10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. South Entrance Only. Free addmission to Festa when you attend High Mass in the Marcus Amphitheatre, followed by an authentic Italian religious street procession through the Fest site.
All day - Bring the entire UPC side panel from one box of Palermo’s Primo Thin, Rustico or Hearth Italia pizzas to the mid-gate for free admission to grounds. Palermo’s Pizza, the Official Pizza of Festa Italiana!
Festa Italiana hours:
Thursday, July 16th - 2pm to Midnight
Friday, July 17th thru Sunday, July 19th - 11:30am to Midnight
Free Rides for Kids and Adults
This is a great value for the family. There will be 15 major amusement park rides located throughout Festa Italiana. Both kids and adults can ride for FREE all day and night!
Journal Sentinel Sunday Deals - June 28, 2009
Filed under: Automobile, Coupons, Entertainment
One of the best deals around Milwaukee is the home delivery of the Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. You can easily recoup the cost of the paper with using a few of the coupons from the paper. Each week we’ll post some of the best deals we think we saw in the most recent Sunday paper. We know value is in the eye of the beholder, so we’d love to see you submit a comment with the best values you think are advertised in the Sunday paper.
Summerfest Admission Coupon
Page 9A has a Summerfest admission coupon from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for today. Use the coupon today between 12pm and 3pm and get into Summerfest for only $8. You must cut the coupon from the newspaper and present it when you purchase your Summerfest ticket at the ticket window. Copies of coupons will not be accepted and only one coupon per person.
Panera Bread Coupon
Page 2A has a coupon for Panera Bread. Get a free frozen lemonade with the purchase of Panera’s new chopped cobb or strawberry poppyseed salad. Coupon expires 7/31/09.
Ray’s Liquor Coupons
Page 4A has a half page ad loaded with 21 coupons for their 4th of July Sale.
In addition to the coupons Ray’s is advertising a few ways to get free Summerfest tickets:
- Get 2 free Summerfest tickets with the purchase of any 4 cases (24 pack bottles) of Miller Lite, MGD, or MGD64. Or, you can buy 2 cases, and get one free Summerfest ticket. (No coupon necessary.)
- Buy 12 bottles of Leinenkugel Classic Amber and get 1 free Summerfest ticket. (No coupon necessary.)
Coupons from the ad include:
- 4 free Festa Italiana tickets with purchase of $50 or more. Tickets good for Thursday, July 16 only. Coupon good thru July 5, 2009.
- 1 free State Fair ticket with each bottle of Rehorst Gin or Vodka (on sale for $26.99). Coupon good thru July 5, 2009.
Ray’s is located at 89th and W. North Ave in Wauwatosa. Their phone number is 414-258-9821.
Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Service Coupon
Page 10A has a coupon for 20% off any service or repair from Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge. The coupon is not valid with other service offers and there is a limit of 1 coupon per customer. Also includes a free car wash and vacuum. Coupon expires 7/31/09.
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