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Sydney's Little Italy · Est. 1997
Benvenuti
al Forum
A sun-drenched piazza on Norton Street Tuscan arches, espresso steam and the hum of long lunches. Step through the galleria and into Italy.
Now happening · Festa season Live opera in the piazza Twilight aperitivo markets Pasta workshops every Saturday Now happening · Festa season Live opera in the piazza Twilight aperitivo markets Pasta workshops every Saturday
1988
Land granted
Our Story
A piece of Italy, gifted to Sydney
In 1988, on behalf of the NSW Government, Premier Neville Wran granted 12,000 square metres of Norton Street land to Sydney's Italian community a gesture to the migrants who made Leichhardt their home after the war.
Designed by Brewster Hjorth Architects and completed in 1997, the Forum rises around an open-air piazza ringed by arches, a clock tower and café life today the cultural heart of Sydney's Little Italy, home to Co.As.It., the Actors Centre Australia and Leichhardt Library.
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What's on
Fri 02 Oct 2026Cultural
Bugsy Malone
A splurge-tastic musical adventure set in the world of 1920s gangsters.
TBA Teatro at the Italian Forum
Sun 25 Oct 2026Cultural
40th Norton Street Italian Festa
One of Australia's largest annual street festivals, celebrating Italian culture with over 180,000 visitors each year. Free entry and family-friendly, the Festa fills Norton Street — the heart of Sydney's 'Little Italy' — with cooking demonstrations by the best Italian professional chefs and local Nonnas, plus food, coffee and gelato stalls, carnival rides, jumping castles, animal farms, face painting, street performers and pony rides for the kids, and concerts, dancing and hundreds of stallholders showcasing the best in products and produce. Supported by Inner West Council and Co.As.It. No cost for entry.
10am – 5pm Norton Street, Leichhardt