‘Fešta’ (pronounced "Feshta"), is a broad term, which generally describes events such as festivals, celebrations or parties - basically, it's the Croatian way to describe ‘a good time’.
Fešta - The Croatian Food & Wine Festival is an annual one-day outdoor event held each November. 2009 will be the 6th consecutive year. The festival’s location is The Croatian Sports Centre SA Inc, Gepps Cross, Adelaide, South Australia.
Fešta has always been a relaxed and casual family day out with a strong emphasis on delicious food and great entertainment. The availability of various regional Croatian cuisines, all cooked to authentic home-style recipes and techniques is what sets Fešta apart from other food & wine festivals. It makes Fesšta unique in a state famous for it's food & wine festivals.
Fešta is organised by The Croatian Food & Wine Festival Committee, The Croatian Sports Centre SA Inc. and numerous volunteers from a range of South Australian Croatian organisations.
Each year Fešta as an event gets bigger and better. Attendance figures are steadily increasing year after year. Recognition of the event by the non-Croatian population is also improving each year and this has been reflected in the attendance figures.
Fešta is run exclusively by volunteers, and continues to be the biggest event on the calendar for the Croatian community of South Australia due to it's committed volunteers, loyal community and the generous support of its sponsors.
We look forward to your support and another highly successful Fešta.
Yours Sincerely,
Co-Directors
Zeljko Kuzman and Jason Gilli
Well what was set to be the largest event on the Croatian community calender in South Australia certainly did not disappoint. Saturday the 22nd of November saw the 5th annual “Fešta — the Croatian Food and Wine Festival” come to life and with over 6,000 people in attendance, the Croatian Sports Centre certainly became alive and full of atmosphere.
The morning of the ‘Festa’ was a daunting one with only grey heavy clouds in sight and not a sight of blue over the whole of Adelaide; it was a bit of a worry for our festival and the crowd attendance. Regardless, our team of volunteers continued to push on with positive attitudes to make the day, regardless of anything out of our hands, an absolute success.
The official opening began with me as the MC for the day introducing all our distinguished guests, President of the Croatian Sports Centre Mr Tony Kilic, co-directors of the ‘Festa’ Mr Jason Gilli and Mr Zeljko Kuzman and Croatian Community Priest Father Luka Pranjic. We were truly thrilled to have such a wide range of VIP's present on the day, including the South Australian Premier the Hon. Mike Rann, other MP's, sports stars Ivan Maric and Steven Salopek and thoroughbred owner and tuna fisherman Tony Santic amongst many others. This demonstrated to us all, just how interested people were in our community and ultimately how much of an impact we as Croats in South Australia have in all aspects of the wider South Australian community.
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